Ed Lewis besti Dick Shikat

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Færsla vikunnar er til að klára söguna um tvöfalda krossinn sem tengist Dick Shikat og Danno O'Mahony. Uppruni tvöfalda krossins hófst í raun í leik við Ed “Strangler” Lewis í Madison Square Garden í júní 9, 1932. Þó að þessi leikur hafi verið fyrirfram ákveðin sýning, glímumennirnir höfðu verið í umræðu um að Lewis hefði sleppt beltinu

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Attell ver gegn Reagan

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Á fyrsta hlaupi sínu sem heimsmeistari fjaðurvigtar í hnefaleikum, Abe Attell var staðsettur frá St. Louis, Missouri. Fyrir utan að hafa búðir sínar í St. Louis, Attell varði titil sinn nokkrum sinnum á St. Louis’ Íþróttafélagið West End. Á þeim tíma, St. Louis var stærsta borgin vestan við Mississippi ána í Bandaríkjunum. Fæddur Abraham Washington Attell

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Rudy Robert tekur fyrsta titilinn

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Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons var enskur hnefaleikamaður, sem vann óumdeildan millivigt, heimsmeistaramót í þungavigt og léttþungavigt, um aldamótin 20. Oft er rangt fyrir ástralska því hann hóf hnefaleikaferil sinn þar, Fitzsimmons ferðaðist til Bandaríkjanna í 1890 að berjast fyrir millivigtarmeistaratitlinum. Fitzsimmons stóð rétt undir 6 fet á hæð en

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Belgian Bloodies Nef þýska wrestler er

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Á maí 21, 1915, International Glíma Tournament hófst í New York. Samuel Rachman kynnt viðburðinn sem leið til að sýna Evrópu Greco-Roman glímukappi Alek Åberg. Rachman trúði Åberg var náttúrulega arftaki fugla glímukappi Frank Gotch, sem lét af störfum í 1913. Á fyrsta degi mótsins, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up

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Lewis “Triumphs” in Fake Match

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The April 12, 1887 útgáfa af St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 £, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been

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Terrible Turk’s Horrible Foul of Roeber

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Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 til 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Þó, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk, var talinn einn af þeim

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Zbyszko Knocks Out Greek Wrestler

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Júní 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.

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Wladek Zbyszko Beats Strangler for Title

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Mars 22, 1919, Og “Strangler” Lewis met Wladek Zbyszko for the vacant World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. In a surprise victory, Zbyszko defeated Lewis to claim the title. Unfortunately for Wladek Zbyszko, he would only have a cup of coffee with the belt. A month or two later, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely

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