Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Po

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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V pozno 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Kmet” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Vendar, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Jo 1902, George

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Dufur remizira s Coxom

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Henry Moses Dufur se je specializiral za rokoborbo z ovratnikom in komolcem, ko se je Dufur profesionalno boril v 1870-ih in 1880-ih. Rojen maja 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur se je boril predvsem na severovzhodu ZDA. On June 27, 1878, Dufur se je boril v povratnem dvoboju z rokoborcem po imenu Cox v bostonskem baseball parku pred petsto navijači. Petsto navijačev

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Avgusta 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Vsaj tako sem prvotno mislil in večina zgodovinarjev je citirala. Moderno

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Zbyszko “Wins” World Title in 1921

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Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival

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Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ker so oboževalci samo menili, da je Clarence Whistler dovolj izkušen, da resnično ogrozi njegovo vladavino, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Maja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ki

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“Mornar” Art Thomas vs. Ray Zills

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When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis med 1979, “Mornar” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas

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Stecher Beats Cutlerja za ameriško naslova,en

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When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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