Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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Όταν ο 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. Μετά

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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In late 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 “Γεωργός” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Ωστόσο, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Με 1902, George

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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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Duncan Ross Wrestles Sorakichi Matsuda

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Τον Απρίλιο του 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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On August 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. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern

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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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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Το Σάββατο, Νοέμβριος 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 πρακτικά. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, η Παγκόσμια Ελληνορωμαϊκή Πάλη Πρωταθλητής και φυσική υπερασπιστής του πολιτισμού, ήρθε στο Λος Άντζελες την Τρίτη, Απρίλιος 15, 1884 για να αντιμετωπίσει την τοπική παλαιστής Fred Bauer. Ο αγώνας έγινε στο τοπικό Turnvereine Hall στο Λος Άντζελες. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Λουδοβίκος, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Ο

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William Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. Sullivan, the last bare knuckle heavyweight champion. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. The last major bare knuckle bout was fought by Sullivan against Jake Kilrain in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Ήταν

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