Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 bunnoedd. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Fodd bynnag,, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, a deithiodd i America i gymryd Frank Gotch ar ôl iddo orchfygu

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Fiasco Reslo Nos Nadolig

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Ar Nos Nadolig 1911, Cyfarfu Stanislaus Zbyszko Giovanni Raicievich mewn pwl reslo pwysau trwm hir-ddisgwyliedig. Zbyszko, a oedd yn ymgyrchu am rematch gyda Pwysau Trwm y Byd Reslo Pencampwr Frank Gotch, cytunwyd i daflu Raicevich 3 gwaith yn 90 munud neu yn cael ei ddatgan y collwr. Wrth i'r dynion fynd i mewn i'r Madison Square Garden enwog yn Ninas Efrog Newydd, Zbyszko oedd yn amlwg y

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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Ar Fai 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Roedd hawliadau i'r bencampwriaeth yn wallgof iawn ar y pryd. Roedd triciau thuggery a budr yn aml yn cuddio pwy oedd Pencampwr America mewn gwirionedd. Jem Mace, a gafodd ei ystyried yn Bencampwr y Byd ddwywaith tra'n ymladd yn Lloegr, wedi ei arwyddo i gyfarfod Tom

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Strangler” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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EdStranglerLewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or

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Matsuda Wins First Match

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Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Sicrhaodd o'r diwedd

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Sioc, Cyf. 2

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Gyda Choque, Cyf. 2 (Cyswllt cyswllt Amazon), Roberto Pedreira yn codi stori Jiu-Jitsu Brasil yn yr hyn y mae'n ei ystyried yn ei hanterth ym Mrasil, 1950 – 1960. Heblaw am Carlos a Helio Gracie, sawl academi arall, megis Oswaldo Fadda, yn ffynnu hefyd. Roedd Jwdo yn dod yn fwy poblogaidd ond nid oedd wedi goresgyn Jiu-Jitsu mewn poblogrwydd. Roedd gemau Tudo'r Fro ar yr anterth

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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Mae hyn yn ffilm (cyswllt Affiliate) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield cyfarwyddo y Hound y Baskervilles (1939) ar gyfer yr Ugeinfed Ganrif Fox. Cyd-sêr Nigel Bruce fel Dr. John Watson. Byddai Rathbone a Bruce chwarae Holmes a Watson mewn tri ar ddeg o ffilmiau dilynol, un yn fwy ar gyfer yr Ugeinfed Ganrif Fox a deuddeg ar gyfer Universal Pictures. This film is a

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Aberg Tempts Gotch

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A dweud y gwir, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Roedd twrnamaint Rachman i ddechrau dydd Mercher

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Fodd bynnag,, Roedd Burns yn wrestler mawr yn ei rinwedd ei hun. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Y Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Yn 1893, Roedd Burns yn dal i fod

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