עפּיזאָד 21 – Yusuf Ismail

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אין דעם עפּיזאָד, I discuss the short but impactful career of the original Terrible Turk, Yusuf Ismail.

דערהייַנטיקן

Endeavor recently bought World Wrestling Entertainment (ווווע) and merged it into a company with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (ופק). Merging a worked exhibition with legitimate contests may not be the great idea Endeavor envisioned.

הויפּט אינהאַלט

די “שרעקלעך טערק”, Yusuf Ismail, arrived in the United States during March 1898. Ismail wrestled Ernst Roeber (twice), Tom Jenkins, Herklides and Evan “סטראַנגלער” לויס.

Ismail booked passage back to the Ottoman Empire on the סס בורגונדי. The ship struck another ship and sank off the coast of the United States and Canada. The SS La Bourgogne is famous for only 13 percent of passengers surviving while 48 percent of the crew survived.

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In the next episode, I will discuss the first wrestling matches to include Sumo wrestling in the United States during the 1880s.

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