Jack Pfefer Jesponi Pro Wrestling

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Matul il-bidu tas-snin tletin, l-aktar promoturi qawwija fil-lotta professjonali, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, u Tom Packs esegwiti double-crosses fuq xulxin li jweġġgħu l-qawwa ġenerali tal-ġbid tal-wrestlers tagħhom. Matul il-gwerra promozzjonali, Jack Pfefer allinja ruħu ma 'Jack Curley u "Toots" Mondt, li spiċċaw minn New York City. Fl-aħħar 1933, Curley u

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L-Ewwel Partita Caddock-Stecher

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Tajt it-tieni ħarsa lejn din il-partita wara li smajt l-intervista tal-podcast Shut Up and Wrestle ma’ Mike Chapman, wieħed mill-esperti ewlenin fuq Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman ressaq argument konvinċenti għat-twemmin tiegħu li kemm Earl Caddock vs. Il-logħbiet tat-titlu dinji Joe Stecher kienu "rimjiet" jew kompetizzjonijiet leġittimi. Wara li tirrevedi l-kontijiet tal-

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Jeffries KOs Jackson

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James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 li 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing

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Imut Sorakichi Matsuda fi New York

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Sorakichi Matsuda vvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti tard 1883 biex jibda l-karriera professjonali tiegħu fil-lotta. Matsuda kellu l-intenzjoni li jitgħallem il-lotta professjonali Amerikana u jirritorna lejn art twelidu biex jibda l-promozzjoni tiegħu stess tal-lotta. Il-maniġer ta’ Matsuda għamel stqarrijiet dwar it-taħriġ tiegħu fil-Ġappun, li ma setgħetx tkun verifikata. Matsuda tħarreġ fil-lotta tas-sumo mal-istalla famuża Isegahama iżda għamel

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Ketchel Isalva lilu nnifsu

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Ġunju 10, 1910, Iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing tal-Piż medju Stanley Ketchel ġġieled l-aħħar ġlieda tiegħu kontra Jim Smith, li ma kienx imħabbar. Ketchel neħħiet id-diviżjoni tal-piż medju, għalhekk promoturi tal-boxing tħabtu biex isibu kompetizzjoni xierqa għal Ketchel. At only 24 sena, Ketchel għex iebes u ġġieled kontinwament u kkawża tkissir bikri ta 'ġismu. Wara l-ġlieda kontra Smith, Ketchel maħsub biex

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Browning Shoots ma' Miyake?

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Ġunju 3, 1924, up-and-coming wrestler Jim Browning challenged Taro Miyake in a mixed styles match in Nashville, Tennessee. Browning, a wrestler from Verona, Missouri recently left the Missouri-Kansas area to wrestle in Tennessee and Kentucky. The 21-year-old Browning was developing a reputation for solid wrestling. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the

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Londra vs. Shikat in 1930

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Matul l-aħħar għoxrin sena, preservazzjonisti sabu diversi films tal-lotta mill-1920s sal-1950ijiet li kienu preżunti mitlufa. Il-partitarji jistgħu jaraw il-biċċa l-kbira tal-films skoperti ġodda fuq YouTube. Wieħed mill-films li baqgħu ħajjin huwa ta’ tmintax-il minuta ta’ siegħa, partita g[oxrin minuta minn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania fi 1930. Jim Londos ġġieled Dick Shikat (link tal-vidjo) for a

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McLaughlin Mixes It Up with Ross

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Nhar il-Ħamis, April 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side

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Great Gama Wrestles Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Nhar is-Sibt, Settembru 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, frisk mill-ewwel tour tiegħu fl-Istati Uniti, ġġieldu mal-Great Gama f’Shepherd’s Bush Stadium f’Londra, Ingilterra. 7,000 l-ispettaturi nġabru fil-grawnd biex isegwu l-partita. Ftit ġimgħat qabel, Mr. Benjamin ġab grupp ta’ lottaturi Pehlwani mill-Indja biex jiġġieldu fl-Ingilterra. Fannijiet jikkunsidraw il-Great Gama

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