Gotch Avenges poob

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Sunday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri ib zaug proved nws tus kheej kom tau ib hotbed rau kev wrestling li 8,000 Kiv cua crammed Convention nrog saib lub rematch ntawm Frank Gotch thiab Fred Beell. Beell yeej tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Gotch peb lub lis piam lawm hauv New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch tau thov cov tsis tau ib fluke, Thaum

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Mooney Wrestles Luttbeg

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Rau hnub Saturday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 2nd, 1893, Neeg dawb huv Louis boxing txij thiab Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Mooney ntsib Max Luttbeg ntawm neeg dawb huv Louis’ Lom ze nrog. Ua ntej match hype teem rau Mooney yeej tsis poob ib wrestling match los yog ib boxing boxing. Mooney yog ib tug zoo Greco-Roman wrestler, Thaum Luttbeg yog ib tug zoo catch-as-can wrestler. Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 19th, Nws yog hom rau qhov yuam kev

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“Toots” Mondt Dies hauv St. Louis

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Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 11, 1976, Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt tuag enroute rau Christian Northeast tsev kho mob nyob rau sab qaum teb St. Louis County. Mondt twb nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis hauv 1969 Pab saib xyuas nws tus poj niam Alda niam. Tom qab nws niam tuag nyob rau hauv 1971, Tus Mondts txiav txim siab nyob hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg Alda twb tau yug thiab tsa ceg. Mondt yog ib legendary

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Nco Ntsoov Wayne Munn

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txoj kev “Loj” Munn tus meteoric sawv hauv kev wrestling. Debuting hauv 1924, Munn “yeej” Lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Ed “Strangler” Lewis nyob rau thaum ntxov 1925. Nws lub caij nplooj zeeg cia li ceev ceev. Los ntawm 1926, Munn yog txijnkawm. Ib tug kawm ntawv qib siab football kab ntawm Nebraska, Munn yog recruited rau hauv kev wrestling los Billy Sandow, defacto coj ntawm cov kub Trio Trio. Tus

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Beell Wins Title

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Fred Beell yog ib qho muaj zog, Tuav kev wrestler ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Beell muab tag nrho cov wrestlers zoo wrestlers ntawm hnub tawv contests tab sis nws tsis muaj luaj li cas hampered nws muaj peev xwm nrog ntiaj teb hoob kawm wrestlers. Txawm tias haib ua tau, Beell yog generously teev nyob 5’06”. Thaum nws heaviest, Beell yeej tsis tshaj 170 phaus. Thaum possessing ib bodybuilder lub bodybuilder

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Lewis thiab Roeber Unify Npe

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Thaum William Muldoon txijnkawm los ntawm kev wrestling hauv 1889, Nws npaj siab rau nws protégé, Ernst Roeber, Ua lub ntiaj teb tshiab Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Txij thaum Muldoon ib txwm defended nws championship hauv lub Greco-Roman wrestling style, Nws xaiv ua kev txiav txim zoo. Roeber yog arguably qhov zoo Greco-Roman wrestler hauv America thaum lub sij hawm. Txawm li cas los, Tus kiv cua wrestling thiab journalist, npog cov kev ua si nawv,

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Marvin Hart coj yeej

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Nyob rau hauv 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. Tom 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to

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“Ua teb” Burns Holds Off Charles Green

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In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis hauv 1889. Ib lub xyoos tom qab, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Ua teb” Zaus. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Txawm li cas los, he would have to be in the top 10

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Lewis thiab Stecher tua ib lub sij hawm dhau lub sij hawm

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Kub Dust Trio dominance ntawm kev wrestling nyob rau thaum ntxov mus-1920s bred ntau resentment nrog lwm wrestlers thiab promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. Txij lub sij hawm no rau, Lub ntiaj teb npe yog xamphaj li Joe Stecher tuav ib version, thaum Ed “Strangler” Lewis tuav lwm version. Due to the real resentment

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Zbyszko Versus Plestina?

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The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. Thaum lub caij ntuj sov (ntawm 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a

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