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 “亞歷克斯” ABERG. 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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上週六, 十一月 25, 1899, 聖. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 分鐘. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. 路易’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. 瓦西姆著身

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Killer Dill (1947)

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八月 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, 他的

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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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狂野的比爾·朗森重獲冠軍

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威拉德 “狂野的比爾” 朗森(Longson)出生於鹽湖城, 猶他州, 六月 8, 1906 但他成年後的大部分時間都在聖. 路易, 密蘇里州. 在開始他的職業摔跤手生涯之後, 1931, 朗森(Longson)發現自己在聖湯姆(Tom Packs)工作. 路易. 他從未真正離開過,因為它將成為其餘人的家園

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