Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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

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Interfectorem Dill (1947)

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On August 2, 1947, Max M. Rex productiones dimisit interfectorem Dill (1947), crimen amet, quod professionalem luctatorem Mike Mazurki ludit "Parva Joe", comes ludens utrimque turba feodi. Marcus Erwin sidera sicut Johnny "Interfectorem" Dill, a lingerie excogitatoris et salesperson, qui errant pro perfide. Post accidens bellum cohors se involvit, eius

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

Joe-stetcher

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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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

Alex-aberg

Et factum est in duobus temporibus LUDUS International palaestrica inter May 19, 1915 et December 31, 1915. Et quinquaginta in certamen luctandi esset primum et exspoliatus nec Mundus Champion Graeco-Romanae Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Secundum autem quod praesenti 40 athletas quoque, et venit Stella Ed “Strangulatam” Lewis, qui quondam in a tournament in mense Novembris 22, 1915. In

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Effectus pugilatus de Legitima Wrestling

Johnson et Martin

In 1910s, American professio luctando in perpetuum movetur a legitimis luctationibus ad praestituta spectacula. Fan interest, moderatoris temperantiae ac minus vestium ac dilacerant luctatores omnes in hoc transitu munere fungebantur. Alius minus loquebatur de pressura extra ipsum lusum. Ante 20th century, professionales caestu contra legem in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Nuda talorum

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Caddock and W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. Autem, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back

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