Wild Bill Longson Regains Title

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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. Louis, Missouri. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. Louis. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder

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“Farmer” Burns Jieqaf Charles Green

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F'post riċenti, Ktibt dwar it-tentattiv bla suċċess ta 'Charles Green biex jegħleb lil Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1889. A year later, Green kellu suċċess akbar ma' leġġenda oħra tal-lotta Amerikana, Martin “Farmer” Burns. Burns li dalwaqt se jkun ta’ 29 sena kien wrestler eċċellenti iżda kien għadu ma kienx fuq il-livell ta’ Evan Lewis. Madankollu, ikollu jkun fil-quċċata 10

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Lewis u Stecher Jisparaw għall-Aħħar Darba

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Id-dominanza tal-Gold Dust Trio tal-lotta professjonali fil-bidu sa nofs l-1920s ġabet ħafna riżentiment ma’ wrestlers u promoturi oħra. Din l-għira professjonali wasslet għal double-cross famuż 1925. Minn dan iż-żmien 'il quddiem, it-titlu mondjali kien ikkontestat hekk kif Joe Stecher kellu verżjoni waħda, filwaqt li Ed “Strangler” Lewis kellu l-verżjoni l-oħra. Minħabba r-riżentiment reali

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Charles Green Preps għal Evan Lewis

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Charles Green, wrestler Ingliż tas-sengħa catch-as-catch-can, ivvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti fl-aħħar tas-snin tmenin biex tiġġieled l-aqwa wrestlers Amerikani. Green kiseb l-opportunità tiegħu f'Lulju 21, 1889, meta ġġieled liċ-Champion Amerikan tal-Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Evan Lewis. Biex nippreparaw għal din il-partita, Green ħa attakk ta' handicap mal-wrestler tal-vjaġġaturi Bert Scheller fl-aħħar ta' Ġunju. Scheller twieled

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Stecher vs. Sonnenburg fi 1930

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Fuq Jannar 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win

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Double-Cross Marret Ħażin

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Kemm jekk kien double-cross jew attentat biex jitwaqqaf kompetizzjoni leġittima, It-tentattiv ta’ Paul Bowser li jassigura partita bejn Joe Stecher u Joe Malcewicz kważi rriżulta f’rewwixta f’Marzu 11, 1926. L-avvenimenti tas-sena ta’ qabel fil-fatt wasslu għal din id-diżgrazzja. Mill-aħħar ta 1922, it-Trio tat-Trab tad-Deheb tal-Ed “Strangler” Lewis, tiegħu

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Jenkins’ u Beell’s Closed Door Match

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Tom Jenkins kellu d-distinzjoni li kien l-uniku wrestler li għeleb lil Frank Gotch diversi drabi. Jenkins u Gotch innegozjaw il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight bejn 1902 u 1906. Fil-ħin ta’ din il-partita, Jenkins reġa’ kien iċ-champion. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to meet him but

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Little Demon Wrestles Tom Cannon

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F’għeluq it-33 sena ta’ Joe Acton, Marzu 8, 1885, huwa ġġieled lil pajjiżu Tom Cannon f'logħba ta' 2 minn 3 waqgħat fi Sportsman Park fi New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton u Cannon kellhom storja twila flimkien. Iż-żewġt irġiel twieldu fl-Ingilterra kmieni 1952. Cannon twieled xahar wara minn Acton f'April 19, 1852. Iż-żewġt irġiel bdew jiġġieldu fil-

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Ketchel Fights Light Heavy Champ

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1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was

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