Mahmout slår Jenkins i Straight Falls

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On Thanksgiving in America, Thursday, November 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the

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Jack Claybournes Missouri Roots

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Jack Claybourne, en af ​​de tidligste afroamerikanere, professionelle wrestlere, blev født Elmer Claybourn i Mexico, Missouri, marts 8, 1910. I 1910, Mexico var hjemsted for ca 5,939 residents. Claybourne startede sin professionelle wrestling-karriere i Missouri i 1931. Oprindeligt, Claybourne kæmpede i det nærliggende Moberly, Missouri. Moberly havde en befolkning på 13,722 beboere i forhold til 8,290 indbyggere i Mexico, Missouri

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Før han blev Ed “Strangler” Lewis

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Wrestlinghistorikere betragter enten Ed "Strangler" Lewis eller Frank Gotch for at være den største amerikanske professionelle wrestler. Mens vi ved en del om Frank Gotchs tidlige karriere, vi ved meget mindre om Ed "Strangler" Lewis' tidlige karriere. Forskellige kilder hævder, at Lewis lærte catch-as-catch-can wrestling i karnevalerne, da han kun var fjorten år gammel. Lewis

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Jack Pfefer afslører Pro Wrestling

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During the early 1930s, the most powerful promoters in professional wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, and Tom Packs executed double-crosses on each other hurting the overall drawing power of their wrestlers. During the promotional war, Jack Pfefer aligned himself with Jack Curley and “Toots” Mondt, who ran out of New York City. I slutningen af 1933, Curley and

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Første Caddock-Stecher Match

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I took a second look at this match after listening to the Shut Up and Wrestle podcast interview with Mike Chapman, one of the foremost experts on Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman put forth a convincing argument for his belief that both Earl Caddock vs. Joe Stecher world title matches were “shoots” or legitimate contests. After reviewing the accounts of the

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Browning Shoots med Miyake?

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På tirsdag, Juni 3, 1924, Den kommende wrestler Jim Browning udfordrede Taro Miyake i en blandet kamp i Nashville, Tennessee. Bruning, en wrestler fra Verona, Missouri forlod for nylig Missouri-Kansas-området for at kæmpe i Tennessee og Kentucky. Den 21-årige Browning var ved at udvikle et ry for solid wrestling. Browning imponerede promotorerne så meget i 1920'erne, at promotorerne satte

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Great Gama Wrestles Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Lørdag, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, frisk på sin første turné i USA, kæmpede Great Gama på Shepherd's Bush Stadium i London, England. 7,000 tilskuere stimlede ind på stadion for at se kampen. Et par uger tidligere, Mr. Benjamin bragte en gruppe Pehlwani-brydere fra Indien for at bryde i England. Fans overvejer Great Gama

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Lewis sender titel til Sonnenberg

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EdStrangler” Lewis er en af ​​de to bedste amerikanske professionelle wrestlere nogensinde. Mens Lewis var en legitim submission wrestler, der kunne slå enhver i en brydekonkurrence, han arbejdede næsten udelukkende i forudaftalte opvisningskampe. I 1929, han deltog i en kamp med en professionel fodboldspiller, der blev wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg var på Providence Steam Roller,

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Lewis and Zbyszko Argue Over Referee

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World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “StranglerLewis was scheduled to meet former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, December 14, 1922 but the match was almost called off due to disagreements over the selection of a referee. It was only after the intercession of St. Louis promoter John Contos that both men agreed to St. Louis

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