Unua Caddock-Stecher Matĉo

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Mi duan rigardon al ĉi tiu matĉo post aŭskultado de la podkasta intervjuo de Shut Up and Wrestle kun Mike Chapman, unu el la plej elstaraj spertuloj pri Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman prezentis konvinkan argumenton por sia kredo ke ambaŭ grafo Caddock vs. Joe Stecher mondĉampionaj matĉoj estis "ŝosoj" aŭ legitimaj konkursoj. Post revizii la kontojn de la

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Sorakichi Matsuda Mortas en New York

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Sorakichi Matsuda malfrue vojaĝis al Usono 1883 por komenci sian luktadkarieron. Matsuda intencis lerni amerikan vrestlingon kaj reveni al sia patrujo por komenci sian propran luktadreklamon. La manaĝero de Matsuda faris asertojn pri sia trejnado en Japanio, Kiu ne povus esti konfirmita. Matsuda trejnis en sumoo-luktado kun la fama Isegahama stalo sed faris

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Browning Pafas kun Miyake?

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Marde, Junio 3, 1924, up-and-coming wrestler Jim Browning challenged Taro Miyake in a mixed styles match in Nashville, Tenesio. Browning, a wrestler from Verona, Missouri recently left the Missouri-Kansas area to wrestle in Tennessee and Kentucky. The 21-year-old Browning was developing a reputation for solid wrestling. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the

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Londono vs. Shikat en 1930

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Over the past twenty years, preservationists have found several wrestling films from the 1920s through the 1950s that were assumed lost. Fans can watch most of the newly discovered films on YouTube. One of the surviving films is eighteen minutes of an hour, twenty minutes match from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (video link) por

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McLaughlin Miksas It Up kun Ross

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#?A?de, Aprilo 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side

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Great Gama Wrestles Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Sabate, septembra 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, Anglio. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, S-ro. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama

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Dufur Remizas kun Cox

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Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, En Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. Sur junio 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans

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Lewis and Zbyszko Argue Over Referee

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World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Red “Strangler” Lewis was scheduled to meet former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, Decembro 14, 1922 but the match was almost called off due to disagreements over the selection of a referee. It was only after the intercession of St. Louis promoter John Contos that both men agreed to St. Louis

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Lewis Pafas Kun Steele

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Lunde, Decembro 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Jozefo "Toots" Mondt

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