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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Sullivan ile Muldoon Spars

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William Muldoon, son Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonu ve tanınmış bir fiziksel kültür uzmanıydı., Muldoon John L. tarafından nişanlandığında. Sullivan'ın destekçileri dövüşçülerini forma sokacak. Sullivan, son Dünya Ağır Siklet Bare Knuckle Ödüllü Dövüş Şampiyonuydu. En zorlu rakibiyle yüzleşmek için anlaşma imzaladı, Jake Kilrain, temmuzda 1889. Sullivan kötü durumda olduğunu itiraf etti,

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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EdStrangler” 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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Levinsky ile Mücadele İlk Şampiyonluğu Kazandı

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Hiç kimse profesyonel boksun Kararsızlık döneminden Battle Levinsky kadar yararlanamadı. Levinsky yetenekli bir savunma boksörüydü, Dövüşleri sırasında çok az hasar alan. Ring Magazine ona neden bu kadar aktif olduğunu sorduğunda, bazen alıyor 3 New York'ta bir günde kavgalar, Levinsky dedi ki, “Parayı severim ve asla incinmem.” Levinsky

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Dr. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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Salı günü, Mart 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 ve 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 Loses Unexpectedly

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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, kim oldu 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. Unfortunately, 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 Kills Wrestler

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I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Defeats Former Boxer

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On January 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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Allen Battles Mace for World Title

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Tom Allen Birmingham'da doğdu, İngiltere, ancak Amerika'daki en ünlü dövüşlerinden bazılarıyla savaştı. Içinde 1867, Allen St'ye taşındı. Louis, Mississippi'nin batısındaki en büyük şehir. Allen hiç ayrılmadı ve St'i kullanırdı. Louis, ödül dövüşleri için antrenman yapmak için ana üssü olarak. Allen, Amerikan boksunun olmayacağı için çoğunlukla çıplak boğum ödül dövüşlerinde savaştı.

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