Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

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Pada hari Sabtu, Januari 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt mempertahankan Championship Wrestling Greco-Roman Dunia menentang Ahmed Medrali. “The Lion Rusia” akan perlu kekalahan “The Terrible Turk” untuk mengekalkan kejohanan beliau. Promoter memilih Medrali gergasi, yang 6’02” dan 224 pound, untuk mengalahkan Hackenschmidt seolah-olah kebal. George Hackenschmidt berdiri hanya 5’09” tinggi dan berat 209 pound. Despite his smaller

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Adakah Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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Pada Mac 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Kejatuhan terakhir akan diputuskan melalui apa yang The New York

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Joe Stecher Membaling Dan Kolov

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Pada hari Khamis, November 22, 1923, St. Penganjur Louis John Contos menjadi tuan rumah kad kontroversi yang diungguli oleh perlawanan antara Joe Stecher dan Dan Kolov, ahli gusti Bulgaria yang sedang berkembang pesat. Kad itu dilindungi oleh John E. Wray, Editor Sukan untuk St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kad itu menjadi kontroversi kerana dua bintang terbesar dalam gusti telah diiklankan tetapi tidak

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Alias the Champ (1949)

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Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star

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Gotch Bertemu Perlawanan di Zbyszko

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Pada malam Khamis, November 25, 1909, Gusti Juara Dunia Frank Gotch bertemu Gusti Poland Juara Stanislaus Zbyszko untuk perlawanan handicap di Buffalo, New York. Gotch bersetuju untuk membatalkan pertarungan itu jika dia tidak boleh membuang Zbyszko dua kali dalam masa satu jam. Saiz dan kekuatan Zbyszko ini menimbulkan masalah kepada Gotch, yang ditimbang 190 pound untuk ini Zbyszko 260 pound. Walau bagaimanapun, Zbyszko

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

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Stecher Beats Westergaard di Lincoln

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Dalam catatan blog bulan lalu, Saya menulis mengenai kesukaran penganjur dalam mengadakan pertandingan Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Asalnya dijadualkan untuk Omaha, Nebraska, Ketua Polis Negara dan Pesuruhjaya Polis Omaha prihatin mengenai pertandingan yang telah diatur atau a “work”. Mereka tidak mahu penjudi dibawa masuk dalam pameran tersebut. Untuk mengelakkan kejadian ini berlaku, mereka

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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. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Pada Mei 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, who

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Frank Gotch Membayar Dius beliau

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Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” dalam 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

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