Gotch Fouls His Way to Title

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Красавіка 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 гадоў. Готч быў на год старэйшы, але лічыўся перспектыўным. Заўзятары і рэпарцёры, якія асвятляюць спорт, лічылі Готча

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Доктар. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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У аўторак, Сакавік 22, 1910, Доктар. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 і 1920. Доктар. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Доктар.

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Чарлі Олсан забівае змагара

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Я часта выяўляў, што самай вялікай праблемай у даследаванні ранняй прафесійнай барацьбы з'яўляецца аддзяленне фактаў ад выдумкі. Нават тады, калі барцы спаборнічалі ў законных паядынках, яны часта завышалі вынікі, стварылі апакрыфічны фальклор вакол сваіх перамог і складалі фантастычныя казкі, каб растлумачыць свае страты. Прафесійная барацьба паўстала з карнавалаў і захавала інстынкты прасоўвання гэтага мастацтва. Вуліца.

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Станіслава Zbyszko Паразы былы баксёр

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Студзеня 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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The One Opponent Gotch Could Not Beat

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Сьнежня 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

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Люіс’ і іпадром Актона

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У панядзелак, Лютага 7, 1887, Эван “Душыцель” Lewis and “Little Demon” Джо Эктан сустрэўся ў Battery D у Чыкага, Illinois. Гэта будзе першы з некалькіх паказальных паядынкаў паміж мужчынамі. У пачатку яны праводзілі гэтыя выставы ў буйных гарадах Сярэдняга Захаду 1887. Як і св. Матч Пола, пра які я распавядаў у папярэднім паведамленні, Льюіс і Эктан пагадзіліся

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Эван Люіс’ Ўдушэнне

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. У гэтым эпізодзе, I discuss what Evan “Душыцель” Люіс’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Аднак, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Люіс

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William Muldoon Prepares to Be Champion

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У 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. У 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

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Zbyszko Double Crosses Trio

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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” прасоўванне па барацьбе і перамог Манна за

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Як памёр Алекс Эберг?

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Я вырашыў пачаць 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but

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