Burns Neitar félagi við Stecher

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In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, sem þjálfaði og stýrði Frank Gotch til heimsmeistaramótsins í þungavigt, byrjaði að neita því að hann hafi þróað núverandi bandaríska þungavigtarmeistarann ​​Joe Stecher. Krafan virtist undarleg vegna þess að Burns hafði unnið með Stecher í nokkur ár. Burns hjálpaði til við að undirbúa Stecher fyrir meistarakeppnina með Charlie Cutler inná 1915. Á vissan hátt, hvað brennur

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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Á Desember 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann ætlar að hefna sín á mönnunum sem

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Tom Allen slær Mike McCoole fyrir titilinn

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Á meðan berknúinn verðlaunakappinn Tom Allen fæddist í Englandi á meðan 1840, hann eyddi meirihluta fullorðinsárs síns í St Louis eftir að hafa flutt til Bandaríkjanna í 1867. Eftir svekkjandi tap fyrir Jem Mace í 1870, þar sem hann heillaði áhorfendur með glæsilegri frammistöðu í taprekstri, Allen byrjaði að berjast fyrir skoti á American

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Metropolis (1927)

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Janúar 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the

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Tom Allen skýtur verndara

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Tom Allen fæddist í Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 en hann varð frægur sem þungavigtar verðlaunahafi með berum hnúum í Ameríku. Settist að í St. Louis around 1867, Allen vann American Heavyweight Championship í 1873 og hélt titlinum til kl 1876. Hann sneri aftur til Englands í eitt ár áður en hann sneri aftur til St. Louis til góðs í 1878. Back

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Pesek Palm Strikes Rickard úr Wrestling

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Í lok 1910, faglegir glímuforstjórar bókuðu glímumenn í unnum eða fyrirfram ákveðnum glímum. Occasionally, venjulega sem afleiðing af tvöföldum krossi, aðdáendur myndu sjá raunverulega keppni eða “shoot” viðureign glímumannanna. Einn þessara leikja átti sér stað seint 1921 og spratt af deilum milli Tex Rickard, fyrst og fremst hnefaleikaformaður, og Jack

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Belief No Longer Suspended

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Á Desember 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann

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After the Thin Man (1936)

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.

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Lurich Throws Losson

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Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, í síðasta Gotch

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