Beell Beats “Americus”

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V januarju 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” in 210 funtov, “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. Drugi,

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Maskirani Marvel premaga Lurich

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(Ta objava je izvleček iz moje najnovejše knjige Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Trik, ki je rešil 1915 Mednarodni rokoborski turnir je na voljo na Amazonu.) Jesenska različica 1915 Mednarodni rokoborbeni turnir se je boril z udeležbo in zanimanjem, ko je promotor Sam Rachmann dosegel promocijsko zlato z uvedbo zamaskiranega rokoborca ​​na svoj turnir. Zamaskiran Marvel je nevihto

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Načrtovan Lewis – Tekma Zbyszko

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Ko sta se Billy Sandow in Ed Lewis odločila, da je vladavini naslova Stanislausa Zbyszka zmanjkalo promocijske moči, so se odločili za “win” nazaj naslov marca 1922. St. Louisov promotor John Contos je uspel zagotoviti veliki povratni dvoboj, ki bi se zgodila pri sv. Louis Coliseum v četrtek, December 14, 1922. By this time, Ameriška profesionalna rokoborba zunaj

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Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

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V soboto, Januar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Ruski Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” in 224 funtov, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 funtov. Despite his smaller

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Thiebaud Bauer zanika delo v tekmah 1876

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Thiebaud ali Theobald Bauer je bil francoski rokoborec, ki se je specializiral za grško-rimsko rokoborbo. Bauer je v Ameriko prispel med 1875 z dvomljivo zahtevo za naslov svetovnega prvaka v grško-rimskem rokoborbi v težki kategoriji. Bi branil svoj naslov za 5 leta, dokler ga ni premagal William Muldoon v 1880. Če oboževalci rokoborbe sploh poznajo Bauerja, običajno je kot nasprotnik

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Alias ​​Champ (1949)

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Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. 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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Gotch Meets Match in Zbyszko

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On a Thursday night, November 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 funtov. Vendar, Zbyszko

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