Americus pobjeđuje Charleyja Olsona

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Studeni 7, 1908, Charles Olson upoznao “Americus” Gus Schonlein za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u poluteškoj kategoriji. Utakmica se pokazala uzbudljivom koliko su promatrači i očekivali da će biti, ali završila je kontroverzama. Olson je bio 6’01” ali vagao samo 170 funti. Rođen kao Max Flaskamp u Krefeldu, Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija u 1879, uzeo je ime Charles ili Charley Olson

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Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funti. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Međutim, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated

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Christmas Night Wrestling Fiasco

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U Božićnoj noći 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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Svibnja 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Zahtjevi za prvenstvo u to su vrijeme bili vrlo mutni. Lupeži i prljavi trikovi često su prikrivali tko je zapravo američki prvak. Jem Mace, koji se dva puta smatrao svjetskim prvakom dok se borio u Engleskoj, je potpisan za susret s Tomom

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“Davitelj” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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I “Davitelj” Lewis je jedan od najvećih profesionalnih hrvača i svjetskih prvaka svih vremena. Klin dizač’ signature move was the stranglehold, koje je Lewis počeo koristiti kao promotore i hrvače prebacio je profesionalno hrvanje na unaprijed dogovorenu ili "odrađenu" egzibiciju. Lewis je izvorno koristio bravu s prednje strane ili giljotinsku prigušnicu. Lewisov imenjak Evan "Strangler" Lewis napravio je prednju bravu ili

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Matsuda Wins First Match

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Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Napokon se osigurao

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Šok, Vol. 2

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S Choqueom, Vol. 2 (Amazon partnerska veza), Roberto Pedreira nastavlja priču o brazilskom jiu-jitsuu u razdoblju koje on smatra svojim vrhuncem u Brazilu, 1950 – 1960. Osim Carlosa i Helio Gracie, nekoliko drugih akademija, kao što je Oswaldo Fadda, također su napredovali. Judo je dobivao na popularnosti, ali nije nadmašio Jiu-Jitsu u popularnosti. Utakmice Vale Tuda bile su na vrhuncu

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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Ovaj film (affiliate link) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stars as Dr. John Watson. Rathbone and Bruce would play Holmes and Watson in thirteen subsequent films, one more for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve for Universal Pictures. This film is a

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Aberg Tempts Gotch

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Zapravo, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachmanov turnir trebao je početi u srijedu

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