Acton painii kreikkalais-roomalaiseksi

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Maanantaina, Maaliskuu 26, 1888, Joe Acton, joka on erikoistunut saalispainiin, paini professori William Miller, australialainen painija, ja paljas rystysettelijä, kaksi kolmesta putoamassa kreikkalais-roomalaisessa painiottelussa. Molemmat miesten leirit uskoivat ottelun painimisen tällä tyylillä varmistavan reiluimman kilpailun heidän välillään. Miehet painivat puolesta $500.00 yksi puoli. 1,500 fans, aikakaudelle suuri joukko, kääntyi

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Episodi 5: Wild Claims

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Toista uudessa ikkunassa | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some of the wild claims fans, wrestlers and wrestling historians make about professional wrestling matches. Update I recently discovered that before Mildred Burke was even born, wrestling fans and reporters recognized Cora Livingston as the first women’s wrestling champion. Cora learned to wrestle in the carnivals.

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Lewis Wins American Title

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Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 vuotias. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original

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Episodi 4: Biggest Double-Cross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jeixi/Episode_48a46i.mp3Podcast: Toista uudessa ikkunassa | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the biggest double-cross in pro wrestling history. Introduction or Update After two weeks of COVID, my breathing finally returned to normal, so it is back to researching the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. This project has proven to be as frustrating as I expected it

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Episodi 3: Evan “Strangler” Lewis

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/79nsr9/Episode_36u5sw.mp3Podcast: Toista uudessa ikkunassa | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about one of the most vicious hookers in the history of professional wrestling. I will focus on three incidents which illustrate why other wrestlers feared Evan “The Strangler” Lewis. Update The update will be on the light side because I contracted COVID for the second time this

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Episodi 2: Jim London

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfejv3/Episode_275lyj.mp3Podcast: Toista uudessa ikkunassa | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about biggest box office attraction in wrestling history. When he took a working vacation back to his home country of Greece, he filled up 100,000 stadiums. He was the first wrestler to draw 30,000 fans since the second Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt match in 1911. Update Why I

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Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 vuotiaita, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking

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Iso mies liikaa Jenkinsille

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Toukokuun 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins paini jättiläinen Nouralah Hassanin kanssa New Yorkissa. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 kiloa. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in

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1883 Buffalo New York Tournament

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Perjantaina, Kesäkuu 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox

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