Muldoon Spars Ma Sullivan

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William Muldoon kien iċ-Champion renjanti tal-Wrestling World Heavyweight u kulturist fiżiku magħruf, meta Muldoon kien impenjat minn John L. Is-sostennijiet ta’ Sullivan biex iġibu l-ġlied tagħhom fil-forma. Sullivan kien iċ-Champion renjanti World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting. Huwa ffirma ftehim biex jiltaqa’ mal-isfidant l-aktar iebes tiegħu, Jake Kilrain, f'Lulju 1889. Sullivan ammetta li kien f'forma ħażina,

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Ad Wolgast Jirbaħ Titlu Ħfief

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Frar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast sfida ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing Lightweight Battling Nelson għat-titlu ta’ Nelson f’Richmond Arena f’Point Richmond, California. Nelson ta’ 28 sena rebaħ it-titlu billi knock out lill-kbir Joe Gans ġewwa 1908. Esperti tal-boksing ma stennewx li Wolgast jegħleb lil Nelson minkejja li Wolgast kellu deċiżjoni tal-gazzetta fuq Nelson fi 1909. Pundits

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Jiltaqa' ma' Charley Olson

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Stanislaus Zbyszko daret l-Istati Uniti fi 1910 bi tħejjija għal logħba għat-titlu maċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Frank Gotch aktar tard matul is-sena. Il-mawra tiegħu ġabuh St. Louis f'Mejju 29, 1910. Zbyszko kien skedat li jiltaqa' mal-grappler ta' piż tqil ħfief meqjus ħafna Charley Olson. Olson kien wrestler tas-sengħa, li tħarreġ ma’ St. Louis wrestler George

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Gotch fouls triqtu lejn Titolu

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Dwar April 3, 1908, Wrestling American Champion Frank Gotch sodisfatti World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt għall--Titolu Dinja fil Dexter Park Padiljun fil Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt kien ilu ma jitlef bħala professjonali iżda kien World Champion għal madwar 7 snin. Gotch kien sena akbar iżda meqjus bħala up and come. Il-partitarji u l-ġurnalisti li jkopru l-isport meqjusa bħala Gotch

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Dr. Roller u Zbyszko Battalja Pinġi

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Marzu 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller iltaqa Stanislaus Zbyszko fil-logħba lotta leġittimu. Wrestling professjonali se transizzjoni minn konkors leġittimu li wirja fi stadji bejn 1910 u 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller gradwat mill-Università ta 'Pennsylvania bil-logħob tal-futbol professjonali. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

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Wladek Zbyszko Loses Unexpectedly

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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, li kien 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Sfortunatament, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

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Charley Olson Kills Wrestler

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I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.

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