Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 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. کے بعد

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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 “کسان” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. تاہم, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. لوئس, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. کی طرف سے 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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ڈنکن راس کشتی سورکیچی مٹسودا

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اپریل 21, 1884, ڈنکن سی. 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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کوائف لیوس Strangles ٹام تپ

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اگست 26, 1886, کوائف “Strangler کے” لیوس سنسناٹی میں برطانوی کشتی چیمپیئن ٹام کینن سے ملاقات, اوہائیو. جائز کشتی دور میں, دیگر پہلوانوں کیونکہ ان کی پکڑ کے طاقتور لیوس خدشہ تھا. لیوس جوڈو میں پیچھے ننگے گلا گھونٹنا کے طور پر جانا جاتا ہے ایک منیا دمنی گلا گھونٹ ایمپلائڈ. 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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ہفتہ, نومبر 25, 1899, سینٹ. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 منٹ. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. لوئس’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. وسیم نے قبضہ کر لیا۔

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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ولیم Muldoon, عالمی گریکو رومن کشتی چیمپیئن اور جسمانی ثقافت حامی, منگل کو لاس اینجلس میں آیا, اپریل 15, 1884 مقامی پہلوان فریڈ باو ¿ر کا سامنا کرنا. میچ لاس اینجلس میں مقامی Turnvereine ہال میں جگہ لے لی. 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 کے” لیوس, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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ولیم Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. سلیوان, 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. انہوں نے کہا تھا

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