Zbyszko Double Crosses Trio

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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” bryting opprykk og slo Munn for

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Sam Langford KOs Battlin’ Jim Johnson

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On Tuesday, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford forsvarte “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, som han vant fra Sam McVea i februar 1916. Mellom 1904 and 1919, de beste afroamerikanske bokserne, eller svarte kanadiere som Langford, sto fast og kjempet mot hverandre “farget” Mesterskap. Hvis en hvit fighter kjempet mot dem, det var bare for å utvikle sitt eget rykte til

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Corsair (1931)

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Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. I 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,

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Jeffries KOs Jackson

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James J. Jeffries dominerte amerikansk tungvektsboksing fra 1899 til 1904. Etter å ha vunnet World Heavyweight Boxing Championship fra Bob Fitzsimmons i 1899, Jeffries laget 9 vellykkede tittelforsvar i løpet av de neste fem årene. Han trakk seg ubeseiret inn 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing

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Hvordan døde Alex Aberg?

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Jeg bestemte meg for å begynne 2020 ved å bruke to eksempler fra profesjonell bryting for å diskutere hvorfor du ville endre en historisk beretning du skrev tidligere. I å skrive historie, du er begrenset av tilgjengelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøker, offisielle opptegnelser og selvbiografier er svært verdifulle. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men

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Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

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Republic Pictures produced many quality movie serials in the 1930s and 1940s. One of their finer offerings was Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), a twelve chapter serial (affiliate link) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Jr., accompanies the Malcolm Expedition to Siam. While searching an

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Lewis Takes Title Back from Munn

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Samme dag kjempet Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkjente versjonen av World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i St.. Louis, Og “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and

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Spooks Run Wild (1941)

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Oktober 24, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Spooks Run Wild starring the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi. At this point in his career, Bela Lugosi was relegated to “B” filmer. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bobby Jordan play the leaders

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