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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the

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Na terça-feira, Dezembro 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Entre 1904 e 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other forColoredChampionship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to

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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. Oeste dirigiu o thriller de silêncio The Bat em 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. Em 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,

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Jeffries nocauteia Jackson

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James J. Jeffries dominou o boxe peso-pesado americano desde 1899 a 1904. Depois de vencer o Campeonato Mundial de Boxe Peso Pesado de Bob Fitzsimmons em 1899, Jeffries fez 9 defesas de título bem-sucedidas durante os próximos cinco anos. Ele se aposentou invicto em 1905 antes de ser atraído de volta para um retorno malfadado contra o grande Jack Johnson. Jeffries não venceu suas lutas com um boxe superior

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Como Alex Aberg morreu?

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Eu decidi começar 2020 usando dois exemplos de luta livre profissional para discutir por que você mudaria um relato histórico que escreveu no passado. Na escrita da história, você está limitado pelas fontes disponíveis sobre o assunto. Fontes primárias como diários, registros oficiais e autobiografias são muito valiosos. Outras fontes, como jornais, também são boas, mas

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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 (link de afiliado) 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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On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, EdStrangler” 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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Em outubro 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” filmes. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall e Bobby Jordan jogar os líderes

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