Paul Pons, Hacedor d'Estels Wrestling

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Paul Pons va ser el campió de lluita grecoromana de França en la dècada de 1890. Ell va guanyar un torneig en el Folies-Bergère, abans de guanyar un torneig a Rússia en 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons va aprofitar aquesta notorietat mitjançant l'obertura d'un gimnàs per als lluitadors de tren i dels homes forts. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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En 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Però, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Després

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Però, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Per 1902, George

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