Changing Tastes

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In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match betweenWorld ChampionHardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon Spars With Sullivan

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William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,

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The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

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Oktober 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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Og “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

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Dr. Roller og Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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On Tuesday, March 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 and 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

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Wladek Zbyszko taper Uventet,en

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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, who was 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Dessverre, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

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Charley Olson dreper bryteren

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Jeg har ofte funnet ut at den største utfordringen med å forske på tidlig profesjonell bryting er å skille fakta fra fiksjon. Selv når bryterne konkurrerte i legitime kamper, de oppblåste ofte utfall, bygget opp apokryfisk folklore rundt sine seire og laget fantasifulle historier for å bortforklare tapene deres. Profesjonell bryting sprang ut av karnevalene og beholdt reklameinstinktene til denne kunsten. St.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tap Tidligere Boxer

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Januar 10, 1910, nylig kom polsk bryter Stanislaus Zbyszko tok på Charlie “The Kid” Cutler i en beste kamp to-ut-av-tre faller. Cutler hadde vært en bokser i en trupp drevet av John L. Sullivan før overgangen til bryting. Mens Cutler var ekstremt tøff, Stanislaus Zbyszko hadde blitt bryting siden sin ungdom. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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