Ringer Throws Wasem

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Larunbatean, Azaroa 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutu. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem jabetu zen

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins Izenburua

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On Thursday, Urtarrila 27, 1904, Tom Jenkinsek bere American Wrestling Championship defendatu zuen Iowako borrokalari berri baten aurka.. After the first fall, zaleak konturatu ziren Frank Alvin Gotch-eko partidarik gogorrena zela, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkinsek Gotch's garaitu zuen

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Azaroa 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Henry Moses Dufur Oroitzapenak

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Henry Moses Dufur-ek munduko pisu astuneko lepoko eta ukondoko borroka txapelduna izan zuen 1870eko hamarkadan.. Arabera 1855, Dufur borroka profesionaletik erretiratu zen bere lanaldi osoko arropa jostun lanbidean aritzeko. Nahiz eta bere borroka karreran zehar, Dufur jostun lanetan aritu zen. Dufur-ek The Boston Globeko berriemaileari esan zion Richforden jaio zela, Vermont ekainean 5, 1943. Data hau

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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Mendean XIX, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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Urtarrilean 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paul Pons, Borroka Stars of sortzailea

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Paul Pons greko-erromatar Borroka Frantziako txapelduna 1890eko zegoen. Txapelketa bat irabazi zuen Folies-Bergeres etan Errusiako txapelketa bat irabazi aurretik 1898. Garaipen hauek Munduko borroka greko-erromatarreko txapelketa aldarrikatzeko aukera eman zioten. Pons nabarmendu honetako kapitalizatzen gimnasio bat irekitzea tren wrestlers eta gizon indartsuak arabera. Pons’ garaipena bereziki nabarmena izan zen

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Pretty Boy Floyd's St. Louis Lapurreta

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Urtean 1934, Charles Arthur “Mutil Polita” Floydek bere karrera kriminala amaitu zuen East Liverpool-en, Ohioko arto-zelaia FBIko agenteekin eta tokiko legea betearazteko agenteekin tiroketa baten ostean. Hala ere, abenduan 1925, preso zenbakia zen 29078 Missouriko espetxean. Floyd 21 urteko gaztea Kroeger Grocery and Baking Companyren bulego nagusia lapurtzeagatik epaitu berri zuten.

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