Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pound. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Walau bagaimanapun, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, yang mengembara ke Amerika untuk menentang Frank Gotch selepas dia kalah

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Fiasco Gusti Malam Krismas

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Pada Malam Krismas 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko bertemu Giovanni Raicievich dalam pertarungan gusti heavyweight yang dinanti-nantikan. Zbyszko, yang berkempen untuk perlawanan timbal balik dengan Juara Gusti Heavyweight Dunia Frank Gotch, bersetuju untuk membuang Raicevich 3 kali masuk 90 minit atau diisytiharkan kalah. Ketika lelaki itu memasuki Madison Square Garden yang terkenal di New York City, Zbyszko adalah jelas

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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Pada Mei 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Tuntutan untuk kejuaraan adalah sangat keruh pada masa itu. Samseng dan muslihat kotor sering mengaburkan siapa sebenarnya Juara Amerika. Jem Mace, yang dianggap Juara Dunia sebanyak dua kali semasa berlawan di England, telah ditandatangani untuk bertemu Tom

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Strangler” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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EdStrangler” Lewis adalah salah seorang ahli gusti profesional terhebat dan juara dunia sepanjang zaman. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, yang Lewis mula gunakan sebagai penganjur dan ahli gusti mengalihkan gusti profesional kepada pameran yang telah diatur atau "dikerjakan". Lewis pada asalnya menggunakan kunci muka depan atau pencekik guillotine. Senama Lewis Evan "Strangler" Lewis membuat kunci muka depan atau

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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. Dia akhirnya selamat

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Terkejut, Vol. 2

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Dengan Choque, Vol. 2 (Pautan gabungan Amazon), Roberto Pedreira mengambil kisah Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu dalam apa yang dia anggap zaman kegemilangannya di Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Selain Carlos dan Helio Gracie, beberapa akademi lain, seperti Oswaldo Fadda, juga berkembang maju. Judo semakin popular tetapi tidak mengatasi Jiu-Jitsu dalam populariti. Perlawanan Vale Tudo berada di puncak

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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This film (link affiliate) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stars as Dr. John Watson. Rathbone and Bruce would play Holmes and Watson in thirteen subsequent films, one more for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve for Universal Pictures. This film is a

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Aberg Tempts Gotch

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Actually, 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. Kejohanan Rachman akan bermula Rabu

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Martin “Petani” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Walau bagaimanapun, Burns adalah seorang ahli gusti yang hebat dalam haknya sendiri. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “The pencekik” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Dalam 1893, Burns diam

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