George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Die Veneris, Jube 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Porta ad Occidentem”, St. Ludovicus, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Interfectorem Dill (1947)

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On August 2, 1947, Max M. Rex productiones dimisit interfectorem Dill (1947), crimen amet, quod professionalem luctatorem Mike Mazurki ludit "Parva Joe", comes ludens utrimque turba feodi. Marcus Erwin sidera sicut Johnny "Interfectorem" Dill, a lingerie excogitatoris et salesperson, qui errant pro perfide. Post accidens bellum cohors se involvit, eius

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel pluribus certaminibus legitimis cum Iaponica jujitsu medicorum interfuit. Adhibuit

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, qui

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Die Saturni, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Ludovicus’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem habiti

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Imago enim Gotch Crushes Title

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Die Jovis, January 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Post lapsum primi, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, de Humboldt, Iowa puer fundum qui percusseritis Georg Hackenschmidt in in Mundus risus Heavyweight 1908, Imago eius’ Aemulator. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Henricus Moses Dufur Reminiscentiae

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Henricus Moses Dufur Mundum Heavyweight Collarium et Cubitum palaestrae Champion tenuit per 1870s.. By 1855, Dufur recessit a palaestra ad exercendum suum tempus professio vestimentorum sartoris. Etiam in colluctatione curriculo, Dufur laboraverunt ut sartor. Dufur correspondenter narravit ex Globo Bostoniensi natum esse in Richford ., Vermont die Iunii 5, 1943. Hanc diem of

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangulatam” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paulus Pons, Stellarum Opifice palaestrica

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Paulus Pons erat in litteris Graecis et Romanis Champion Francorum palaestrica in 1890s. Ipse victorem a tournament in Folies, Bergeres coram rege privatus in Russia in tournament 1898. Hae victoriae ei permiserunt ut Championship Luctationem Graeco-Romanam vindicaret. Pons capitalized in hac aperta gym dum enim in ordine est, et viri fortes athletas. Pons’ victoria maxime insignis

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