Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kto

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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1909 – Zły rok dla Parker Zimmerman

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1909 był prawdopodobnie najgorszym rokiem życia Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmermana. Stracił zarówno jego dziesięć miesięcy córkę Ida maja Zimmerman i jego drugą żonę Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Przed śmiercią Parkera w Cape Giraurdeau tornado 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Mogę sobie tylko wyobrazić, jak ciężko 1909

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