Acton Wrestles Fitzsimmons

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Vineri, Noiembrie 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling

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Episod 20 – Sorakichi Matsada

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mem3a8/Episode_206q4px.mp3Podcast: Joacă în fereastră nouă | Descărcați în acest episod, I discuss the career of Sorakichi Matsada, a 19th Century Japanese pro wrestler. Update I discuss the new podcast schedule. Hopefully, Caleb will be back with me for the next episode. I will release an episode on the second Monday of every month. If scheduling allows, a second episode will be

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Londra vs. Nagurski în 1938

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Noiembrie 18, 1938, fostul campion mondial la lupte Jim Londos l-a luptat pe actualul campion mondial Bronko Nagurski, marele fost jucător de fotbal pentru Chicago Bears. Bărbații s-au luptat în Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pentru versiunea lui Nagurski a campionatului mondial de lupte. Puteți vedea meciul de 14 minute în întregime pe YouTube. Când am văzut meciul pentru prima dată, several

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Episod 19 – Acton vs. Fitz

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/witdaq/Episode_199c6lp.mp3Podcast: Joacă în fereastră nouă | Descărcați în acest episod, I discuss the 1891 wrestling match between Joe Acton and future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Update I decided to take on a shorter book project on a 19th-Century wrestler to be completed in late summer or early fall 2023. The next project after this book will be a longer book

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Pesek Wrestles Jordan in 1916

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John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. În 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Joi, Septembrie 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and

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Episod 18 – Pesek vs Pendleton

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2yakt8/Episode_18ag9gz.mp3Podcast: Joacă în fereastră nouă | DownloadUpdate The next episode will be released on Monday, Februarie 13, 2023, where I will discuss a match between the former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Main Content In January 1923, the promotional war between Jack Curley and the Gold Dust Trio resulted in a shoot contest between

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Rusty Wescoatt, Athletics and Acting

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Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, Aprilie

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Meets Charley Olson

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Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George

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