Terrible Turk’s Horrible Foul of Roeber

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Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 til 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Þó, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk, var talinn einn af þeim

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Zbyszko Knocks Out Greek Wrestler

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Júní 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.

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Wladek Zbyszko Beats Strangler for Title

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Mars 22, 1919, Og “Strangler” Lewis met Wladek Zbyszko for the vacant World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. In a surprise victory, Zbyszko defeated Lewis to claim the title. Unfortunately for Wladek Zbyszko, he would only have a cup of coffee with the belt. A month or two later, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely

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Shikat kemur O'Mahony og kynningarmönnum á óvart

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Ég skrifa þessa færslu til að leiðrétta fyrri færslu sem ég skrifaði um tvöfalda krossa í atvinnuglímu. Ég hélt upphaflega að tvöfaldir krossar enduðu eftir að Stanislaus Zybszko fór tvívegis yfir Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, eftir að hafa samþykkt að tapa fyrir Munn, sigraði hann í því sem varð lögmæt keppni um heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt. Og “Strangler” Lewis, sem sleppti

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Stanislaus Zbyszko hittir Charley Olson

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Stanislaus Zbyszko ferðaðist um Bandaríkin í 1910 til undirbúnings fyrir titilleik með heimsmeistaranum í þungavigt, Frank Gotch, síðar á árinu. Ferð hans leiddi hann til St. Louis í maí 29, 1910. Zbyszko átti að hitta virtan léttþungavigtarmanninn Charley Olson. Olson var hæfur glímumaður, sem æfði með St. Louis glímukappinn George

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Zbyszko Beats Aberg for Title

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On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in

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M (1931)

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Á maí 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (tengja hlekkur) var gefin út í Berlín, Þýskaland. Auk þess að vera á flestum listum fyrir ofan 100 kvikmyndir allra tíma, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Myndin er saga af röð barna morð sem eru að verða í Berlín. The police are determined to catch the killer

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Aberg Beats Other Zbyszko for Title

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Á október 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Í 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this

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Martin “Farmer” Burns

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Martin “Farmer” Burns var faglegur grípa-og-afli Wrestler og glímu og líkamlega menningar þjálfari. Þrátt fyrir mikinn árangur sem atvinnumaður, sigraði meira að segja ameríska meistaratitilinn í þungavigt, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Martin “Farmer” Burns var fæddur febrúar 15, 1861 Cedar County, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.

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