William Muldoon og Heilsa Farm hans

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William Muldoon, fyrrum New York City einkaspæjara, vann Veröld Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship með sigra Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon ríkti í tíu ár áður en gengið er til náða eins og meistari. Eftir svefn, hann byrjaði að gera líf sem einkaþjálfari. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for

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Dick Tracy, Einkaspæjara (1945)

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RKO Pictures færði Dick Tracy grínisti ræma eðli til the stór skjár á desember 1, 1945. Þó að kvikmynd er ákveðið “B” Myndin átti að vera fyrst á tvöföldu frumvarp, enn það hefði verið áhugaverð fyrir margra aðdáendur af the vinsæll grínisti ræma. Chester Gould skapaði ræma í október 1931 for the Detroit

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Killer Dill (1947)

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Ágúst 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, hans

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Legend of Chief Two Feathers

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Á Desember 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the

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Evan “The Strangler” Lewis Laus

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Í janúar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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