Lewis Shoots nrog Wykoff

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Nyob rau hnub tim 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis

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Cora Livingston nyob 1908

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Kuv txaj muag hais tias kuv nyuam qhuav sab cov hauj lwm ntawm Cora Livingston, Thaum researching txoj kev loj hlob ntawm lub zos promotor lawv nyob rau hauv kev wrestling thaum lub 1910s thiab 1920s. Mildred Burke yog tus thawj loj poj niam wrestling tau zus ib uas kuv twb paub. Txawm li cas los, Cora Livingston tau thov lub ntiaj teb Championship ib xyoo ua ntej Burke twb yug. Cora Livingston

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Lewis Shoots With Steele

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Hnub Monday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt

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AntonTonyStecher

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If wrestling fans know of Anton “Tony” Stecher, it is as the long-time promoter of professional wrestling in Minneapolis, Xeev Minnesota. Stecher started promoting professional wrestling in the Twin Cities during 1933. Stecher built the Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club into a powerful local wrestling promotion. Stecher was also one of the early members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Stecher

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Joe Stecher Wrestles rau lub xeev title

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Joe Stecher ua nws kev wrestling debut lig 1912 ntxov 1913. Stecher proved tau ib yus kev los pib ntawm nws cov hauj lwm. Martin "Farmer" Burns, Tus storied wrestler thiab tus kws qhia, coj ib yam ntawm nws proteges, Yussiff Hussane, Mus kuaj Stecher hauv ib contest tseeb contest thaum lub rau hli ntuj 1913. Kub yus thiab feem ntau followers ntawm cov kev ua si nawv xav pom Hussane

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Lewis Wrestles Demetral

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Tuesday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 21, 1913, Ed "Strangler" Lewis defended nws tshiab khiv yeej American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship tiv thaiv William Demetral. Lewis wrestled Demetral ntawm Lexington auditorium rau ib mat xwb tsis txhob muaj ib lub nplhaib. Tus mat setup ua si ib lub luag hauj lwm nyob rau hauv cov tas ntais ntawv. Promoter Jerry Phab ntsa tso ib mat rau theem elevated, ib setup ua ntej qhov ntau

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Txhawb Wrestling

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Kev wrestling evolved rau hauv ib exhibition exhibition ntawm tseeb contests rau ob yam. Kuv tau sau ntawv kim heev txog thawj vim li cas. Tseeb contests ntawm equally skilled wrestlers tau feem ntau ntev, boring affairs nrog me ntsis tes hauj lwm. Cov contests muab tua kiv cua thiab tiv thaiv kev wrestling exploding ua ib spectator kev ua si nawv. Kuv tsis tau sau ntau txog qhov thib ob. Tus

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Lewis yeej American npe

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Ua ntej wrestling hauv Kentucky hauv lub 1910s thaum ntxov, Wrestling kiv cua paub Ed "Strangler" Lewis li Bob Fredrichs. Yug Robert Friedrich hauv Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis ua nws kev wrestling debut hauv 1905, tseem tsuas 14 xyoo. Kentucky promoters xav Bob Fredrichs ib yam nkaus thiab dawb, Ces Lewis xaiv nws lub npe tshiab raws li ib homage rau koj txog haujlwm Wisconsin haiv neeg thiab thawj

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Txiv neej loj heev rau Jenkins

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Saum ntuj 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins wrestled tus giant Nouralah Hassan nyob New York City. Yug hauv Bulgaria thaum lub sij hawm 1870, Hassan sawv rau taw, yim nti siab thiab weighed 331 phaus. Thaum Jenkins possessed superior wrestling txawj ntse, Kiv cua thiab reporters xav pom Hassan tus immense loj los tam sim no teeb meem rau Jenkins. Promoters booked cov txiv neej mus wrestle ntawm Madison Square vaj nyob rau hauv

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Thawj masked Marvel kis tau

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Rau lub yim hli ntuj 4, 1939, Mort Henderson kis tseg hauv Rochester, New York nyob New York nyob New York ntawm 60 xyoo. Wrestling kiv cua yuav tsis nco ntsoov lub npe Mort Henderson tab sis raws li nws alter ego, Tus thawj Masked Marvel, Nws rua lub caij nplooj zeeg version ntawm tus 1915 Tseev tsim ntiaj teb Wrestling kev sib tw nyob New York City. Sam Rachmann nce cov kev sib tw nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm

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