Great Gama Wrestles Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Ar ddydd Sadwrn, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, Lloegr. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, Mr. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama

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Pennod 26 – Stecher vs. Caddock

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2bpuf/Episode_266py6d.mp3Podcast: Chwarae mewn ffenestr newydd | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the 1917 a 1920 World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship matches between Joe Stecher and Earl Caddock. Update A special thank you to listener Shannon Bertrand, who let me know that I loaded the wrong episode for Episode 25. I have corrected the episode and it should be available on all

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Pennod 25 – McLaughlin vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Chwarae mewn ffenestr newydd | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss an 1884 mixed styles match between J.H. McLaughlin and Duncan C. Ross. Update Shut Up and Wrestle Interview with Mike ChapmanWhy I normally don’t read other historians of the time frame that I study. Based on the interview, I am going to research two matches I viewed

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Ar ddydd Sadwrn, Tachwedd 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 cofnodion. 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 possessed

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used

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Pennod 24 – Jim Browning

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa8auy/Episode_247r7qx.mp3Podcast: Chwarae mewn ffenestr newydd | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of unknown World Champion Jim Browning. Update I recently made thirteen of my non-fiction books available to bookstores and libraries in paperback. I hope you will see them in your local bookstore or library soon. Main Content While reading about the double-crosses of the early 1930s, I

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Lewis yn Saethu Gyda Steele

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Ar ddydd Llun, Rhagfyr 6, 1932, 41-Ymladdodd Ed “Strangler” Lewis, sy’n flwydd oed, yn un o’i ornestau cyfreithlon olaf i setlo anghydfod hyrwyddo yn Efrog Newydd. Ar ôl bod yn gynghreiriaid mewn dyrchafiad i ddechrau, Torrodd Jim Londos i ffwrdd o grŵp Jack Curley yn Efrog Newydd. I adfer heddwch, penderfynodd y partïon ar ornest gyfreithlon neu “saethu” i setlo'r anghydfod. Joseph “Toots” Mondt

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