Zbyszko and Lewis Start Riot

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Aprillil 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” tikud. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling

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Charley Olson võidab venelast

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Frank J. Quinn, kohalik St. Louis advokaat, töötas professionaalsete maadlejate George Baptise mänedžerina, Charley Olson ja Fred Beell. Algselt George Baptiste'i austaja, kes oli legend St. Louisi naabruskond Cooki ja Vandeventer Avenues'i ümber. Baptiste palkas Quinni oma sõimeks ja hiljem oma telkide ja varikatuste ettevõtte advokaadiks. During his

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British Intelligence (1940)

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On jaanuar 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Kuigi Briti

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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

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Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmanni plaan Abergi asutamiseks läks pärast turniiri algust plaanipäraselt

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Burns eitab seost Stecheriga

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Aasta alguses 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, kes treenis ja juhtis Frank Gotchi raskekaalu maailmameistrivõistlusteks, hakkas eitama, et ta arendas välja praeguse Ameerika raskekaalu tšempioni Joe Stecheri. Väide tundus veider, sest Burns oli Stecheriga mitu aastat koostööd teinud. Burns aitas Stecheril ette valmistada tema meistrivõistluste võitlust koos Charlie Cutleriga 1915. Mõnes mõttes, mis Põleb

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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On detsember 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 intends to exact revenge on the men who

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Tom Allen võidab tiitli eest Mike McCoole'i

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Sel ajal kui paljaste sõrmenukkidega võitleja Tom Allen sündis Inglismaal ajal 1840, aastal veetis ta suurema osa oma täiskasvanueast St Louisis pärast USA-sse kolimist 1867. Pärast pettumust valmistavat kaotust Jem Mace'ile 1870, kus ta avaldas pealtvaatajatele muljet galantse etteastega kaotusseisus, Allen alustas kampaaniat Ameerika pihta tulistamise nimel

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Metropolis (1927)

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On jaanuar 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 tärni. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the

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