Jim Browning Stars sa Hometown

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Verona, Ang Missouri ay isang maliit na bayan sa timog-kanluran ng Missouri. Huwag kailanman lumampas 900 mga residente sa kasaysayan nito, only 438 o kaya tinawag ng mga tao si Verona sa bahay 1926. Pa, isang propesyonal na wrestling card ang ginanap sa bayan noong Lunes, Marso 22, 1926. Nang walang malawakang paggamit ng mga sasakyan o mga kalsada na itinayo upang mahawakan ang mga ito, ang paglalakbay ay magiging napakahirap 1926.

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Londos Outlasts Champion

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Sa Biyernes, Pebrero 17, 1922, Ang World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion na si Stanislaus Zbyszko ay nakipagbuno ng handicap match laban kay Francois Lemarque at up-and-coming star na si Jim Londos. Ilang taon pa lang ang Londos para maging pinakamalaking box office draw sa professional wrestling ngunit siya ang pinakasikat na wrestler sa St.. Louis. Habang ang Londo ay nakatayo lamang mga 5’06” o 5’07”, angkin niya

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Gotch Avenges Loss

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On Sunday, Disyembre 17, 1906, Lungsod ng Kansas, Minsan pang pinatunayan ng Missouri ang sarili bilang isang hotbed para sa propesyonal na pakikipagbuno bilang 8,000 dinagsa ng mga fans ang Convention Hall para panoorin ang rematch nina Frank Gotch at Fred Beell. Nanalo si Beell sa American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mula kay Gotch tatlong linggo bago sa New Orleans, Louisiana. Inangkin ni Gotch na ang pagkatalo ay isang fluke, while

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Mooney Wrestles Luttbeg

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Sa Sabado, 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” Namatay si Mondt sa St. Louis

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Noong Hunyo 11, 1976, Joseph “Toots” Namatay si Mondt habang papunta sa Christian Northeast Hospital sa North St. Louis County. Lumipat si Mondt sa St. Louis sa 1969 para tumulong sa pag-aalaga sa ina ng kanyang asawang si Alda. Matapos mamatay ang kanyang ina 1971, nagpasya ang mga Mondts na manatili sa St. Louis, kung saan ipinanganak at lumaki si Alda. Si Mondt ay isang maalamat

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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. Ryan ay isang mahusay na fighter sa kanyang sariling karapatan bagaman. Ryan ay ipinanganak noong Marso 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan ay kilala sa pamamagitan ng ang kanyang

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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 “Strangler” Lewis in early 1925. His fall was just as quick. Sa pamamagitan ng 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. Ang

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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 pounds. 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. Gayunman, the wrestling fans and journalist, covering the sport,

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Nabawi ni Wild Bill Longson ang Pamagat

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Willard “Wild Bill” Ipinanganak si Longson sa Salt Lake City, Utah, sa Hunyo 8, 1906 ngunit ginugol ang karamihan sa kanyang pang-adultong buhay sa St. Louis, Ilog ng Misuri. Matapos simulan ang kanyang karera bilang isang propesyonal na wrestler sa 1931, Natagpuan ni Longson ang kanyang sarili na nagtatrabaho para sa Tom Packs sa St. Louis. Hindi talaga siya umalis dahil ito ang magiging tahanan niya para sa natitira

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