Gotch Fouls His Way to Title

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Në prill 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 vjet. Gotch ishte një vit më i madh, por konsiderohej si një i ri dhe i ardhur. Tifozët dhe gazetarët që mbulojnë sportin e konsideruan Gotch

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Dr. Rul dhe Zbyszko Beteja për të nxjerrë

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Të martën, Mars 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 dhe 1920. Dr. 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. Dr.

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Charley Olson vret mundësin

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Shpesh kam gjetur se sfida më e madhe në kërkimin e mundjes së hershme profesionale është ndarja e fakteve nga trillimet. Edhe kur mundësit garonin në ndeshje legjitime, ata shpesh fryjnë rezultatet, ndërtuan folklorin apokrif rreth fitoreve të tyre dhe shpikin tregime fantastike për të shpjeguar humbjet e tyre. Mundja profesionale doli nga karnavalet dhe ruajti instinktet promovuese të këtij arti. St.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Humbje Ish Boxer

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Ne Janar 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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Më dhjetor 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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Lewis’ and Acton’s Hippodrome

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Të hënën, Shkurt 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis dhe “Thopërç” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to

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Evan Lewis’ Kapje për fyti

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Në këtë episod, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ 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. Megjithatë, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

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William Muldoon Prepares to Be Champion

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Në 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. Në 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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the

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How Did Alex Aberg Die?

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I decided to start 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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