“Little Demon” Unable to Beat Whistler

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Bhí Joe Acton ar dhuine de na wrestlers is fearr i Sasana le linn an 19ú hAois. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of

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Tom Allen Bhuaigh, Cineál ar

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I rith an 19ú haois, bhain comhraiceoirí duaise agus duelists araon leas as na hoileáin sandbar in Abhainn Mississippi, timpeall St. Louis, Missouri, chun troideanna duaiseanna nó duels a reáchtáil. Údaráis a bheith frowned ar duels chun an bás in aon suíomh. Mar sin féin, chuir Illinois agus Missouri cosc ​​ar chomhraic duaiseanna freisin. Oileán na Fola i lár an Abhainn Mississippi díreach ó thuaidh ó Downtown St.

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St. Louis Wrestler Surprises Gotch

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Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. De réir 1904 nó 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

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Troideanna Peter Jackson Frank Slavin

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On Monday, Bealtaine 30, 1892, rinne an t-iontach Peter Jackson bout glodáilte leis an iar-phríosúnach Frank Slavin. Bhí an bheirt fhear ina gcónaí agus ag troid san Astráil, cé gur thug spéis lucht leanúna Jackson ar camchuairt an domhain chun leas a bhaint as na deiseanna airgeadais sna Stáit Aontaithe agus i Sasana. Mar atá san Astráil, Is minic a d’aimsigh Jackson dornálaithe bána nach raibh toilteanach troid leis. Is beag

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Bhuaigh Abe Attell Forbes

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St. Louis, ag tús an 20ú hAois, bhí radharc dornálaíochta gairmiúil feiceálach aige. Abe Attell, cé gur rugadh é i San Francisco, bhí sé bunaithe i St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Chosain Attell a Chraobhchomórtais Dornálaíochta Meáchan Cleite an Domhain i gcoinne Harry Forbes, a chomhraic rialta. Bhí Forbes rialta freisin ar an St. Radharc dornálaíochta Louis. Bhuaigh Forbes Danny Dougherty do na

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Bhuaigh Londos Kolov

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D’éirigh Jim Londos trí chéimeanna na cogaíochta gairmiúla le bheith ar an réalta bosca-oifig is mó ní hamháin sna 1930í ach de ghnáth.. Mar sin féin, mura mbeadh Londos tagtha go St. Louis go luath sna 1920idí, d'fhéadfadh an scéal a bheith an-difriúil. D'fhoghlaim Londos wrestling catch-as-catch-can agus d'fheidhmigh Londos mar fhear láidir i gciorcad an charnabhail le linn

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Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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Ar Deireadh Fómhair 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Craobh ach d’fhan siad as an spotsolas go dtí

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