How to Setup a Big Rematch

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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Agricola” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 pondo, “Agricola” Burns stood 5’11to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Ardens debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, unus

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Lewis Takes Title Back from Munn

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Eodem die Joe Stecher luctatus est Stanislaum Zbyszko pro recognito versione Gravis luctationis Mundi in St.. Ludovicus, Et “Strangulatam” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and

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Zbyszko and Lewis Start Riot

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Aprilis, 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangulatam” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. In

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Ardet Consociationis cum Stecher

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In early 1916, Martin “Agricola” Burns, qui erudivit et administravit Frank Gotch ad Mundus Gravis Championship, coepit negare se exculta current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. Hoc inconveniens videbatur quod Burns cum Stecher per aliquot annos laboraverat. Combustiones adiuverunt Stecher praeparare ad patrocinium suae praedurandae cum Charlie Cutler in 1915. In via, quid Burns

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Belief No Longer Suspended

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In December 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann

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Lurich Throws Losson

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Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in ultima Gotch's

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