Jim Browning Stars in Hometown

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Verona, Missouri is a small town in southwest Missouri. Never exceeding 900 residents in it’s history, only 438 or so people called Verona home in 1926. ಇನ್ನೂ, a professional wrestling card was held in the town on Monday, ಸರಹದ್ದು 22, 1926. Without the widespread use of automobiles or roads built to handle them, travel would be very difficult in 1926.

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Londos Outlasts Champion

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ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ 17, 1922, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled a handicap match against Francois Lemarque and up-and-coming star Jim Londos. Londos was still a few years away from becoming the biggest box office draw in professional wrestling but he was the most popular wrestler in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ. While Londos only stood about 5’06” or 5’07”, he possessed

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Gotch Avenges Loss

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ಭಾನುವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ತಿಂಗಳು 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri once more proved itself to be a hotbed for professional wrestling as 8,000 fans crammed Convention Hall to watch the rematch between Frank Gotch and Fred Beell. Beell won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Gotch three weeks earlier in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch claimed the loss to be a fluke, while

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Mooney Wrestles Luttbeg

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ಶನಿವಾರ, December 2nd, 1893, local Saint Louis boxing instructor and Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Mooney met Max Luttbeg at Saint LouisEntertainment Hall. Pre-match hype focused on Mooney never losing a wrestling match or a boxing bout. Mooney was considered a better Greco-Roman wrestler, while Luttbeg was a better catch-as-catch-can wrestler. In the 19th century, it was common for matches

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“Toots” Mondt Dies in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ

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ಜೂನ್ ರಂದು 11, 1976, ಜೋಸೆಫ್ “Toots” Mondt died enroute to Christian Northeast Hospital in North St. Louis County. Mondt had moved to St. ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 1969 to help take care of his wife Alda’s mother. After her mother died in 1971, the Mondts decided to stay in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ, where Alda had been born and raised. Mondt was a legendary

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Paddy Ryan Wins The Title

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The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. ರಿಯಾನ್ ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರನಾಗಿದ್ದನು. ರಯಾನ್ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದರು 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್. ರಯಾನ್ ಅವರ ಮೂಲಕ ಪರಿಚಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು

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Remembering Wayne Munn

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Wayne “Big” Munn’s a meteoric rise in professional wrestling. Debuting in 1924, Munn “won” the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Ed “<ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾನ್ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2121" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ಕೆಂಪು = "255" ಹಸಿರು = "255" ನೀಲಿ = "255" ಆಲ್ಫಾ = "” Lewis in early 1925. His fall was just as quick. ಮೂಲಕ 1926, Munn was retired. A college football lineman from Nebraska, Munn was recruited into professional wrestling by Billy Sandow, defacto leader of the Gold Dust Trio. ದಿ

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Beell Wins Title

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Fred Beell was a strong, talented professional wrestler at the turn of the 20th Century. Beell gave all the best wrestlers of the day tough contests but his lack of size often hampered his ability with world class wrestlers. Although powerfully built, Beell was generously listed at 5’06”. At his heaviest, Beell never exceeded 170 ಪೌಂಡ್. While possessing a bodybuilder’s

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Lewis and Roeber Unify Title

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When William Muldoon retired from professional wrestling in 1889, he intended for his protege, Ernst Roeber, to become the new World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Since Muldoon always defended his championship in the Greco-Roman wrestling style, his choice made sense. Roeber was arguably the best Greco-Roman wrestler in America at the time. ಹೇಗಾದರೂ, the wrestling fans and journalist, covering the sport,

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ವೈಲ್ಡ್ ಬಿಲ್ ಲಾಂಗ್ಸನ್ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಮರಳಿ ಪಡೆದರು

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WillardWild BillLongson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 but spent most of his adult life in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ, ಮಿಸೌರಿ. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder

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