Lewis Takes Title Back from Zbyszko

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Abenduaren on 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but

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Beell Beats “Americus”

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Urtarrilean 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” eta 210 libera, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Second,

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Masked Marvel Beats Lurich

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(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed

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Planned LewisZbyszko Match

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When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ostegunean, Abendua 14, 1922. Une honetan, American professional wrestling outside of

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Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

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Larunbatean, Urtarrila 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Errusiako Lehoia” garaitzeko behar litzateke “Terrible Turk” bere txapelketan atxikitzen. Etxeak aukeratutako Medrali erraldoia, duten 6 amaitu da’02” eta 224 libera, itxuraz invencible Hackenschmidt garaitzeko. George Hackenschmidt koa izan bakarrik 5’09” altuerako eta pisatu 209 libera. Despite his smaller

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Thiebaud Bauer-ek lan egindako partidak ukatu ditu 1876

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Thiebaud edo Theobald Bauer borrokalari frantziarra izan zen, borroka greko-erromatarrean espezializatu zena. Bauer Ameriketara heldu zen 1875 Pisu Astunen Munduko Greko-Erromatar Borroka Txapelketarako zalantzazko aldarrikapenarekin. Bere titulua defendatuko zuen 5 urtean William Muldoonek garaitu zuen arte 1880. Borroka zaleek Bauer ezagutzen badute, normalean aurkari gisa izaten da

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Joe Stecher Throws Dan Kolov

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On Thursday, Azaroa 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-hilabete. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

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Alias ​​Champ (1949)

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Broadcast enpresak ziren edukien bila ari telebistako lehen egunetan zehar. Filmak zaharragoak eta difusio enpresa ekoizpenak batzuk gain, kirol programazio-iturri telebista kateak askorentzat ziren. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star

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Yusuf Ismailen kondaira

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Yusuf Ismail Estatu Batuetan sei hilabetez bakarrik aritu zen borrokan lehen seihilekoan 1898. Bere lehen partida esanguratsuan, falta zital batengatik deskalifikatu zuten. Bere beste partida esanguratsu bakarrean, eman zion Evani “Strangler” Lewis bere bizitzako jipoia. Hala ere, Estatu Batuetan egindako bira laburra kondaira bihurtu zen. Ismail sartu zen

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Gotch Meets Match in Zbyszko

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On a Thursday night, Azaroa 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libera. Hala ere, Zbyszko

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