Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Χελιδόνι “Γεωργός” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Ωστόσο, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Ο Στραγγαλιστής” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Σε 1893, Ο Μπερνς ήταν ακόμα

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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The Vampire Bat (1933) είναι ένα είδος κάμψης ταινία με πρωταγωνιστή τον Lionel Atwill. Φαινομενικά, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, μια μικρού μήκους ταινία προορίζεται να είναι το ορεκτικό για την κύρια ταινία σε ένα double bill. Majestic Εικόνες παρήγαγε την ταινία, το οποίο σκηνοθέτησε ο Frank R.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko’s Greatest Match?

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No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. He began wrestling when the pro game was still an actual competition. He continued to be successful after the game changed to worked (προσχεδιασμένο) matches. Όντως, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.

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Lewis Drops Title to Sonnenberg

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EdStranglerLewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. Σε 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,

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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Βασίλειος Rathbone επιστρέφει ως Holmes στην ενδέκατη δεκατεσσάρων γυρίζει σαν το αγγλικό λαγωνικό. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” ταινία. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Αφού

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Alex Aberg Returns to Europe

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Alex Aberg defeated many notable foes in the greatest year of his professional wrestling career. Σε 1915, Aberg competed in both the Spring and Fall versions of the New York International Wrestling Tournament. Competing exclusively in his preferred style of Greco-Roman wrestling, Aberg defeated Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko and EdStranglerLewis along with a number of journeyman wrestlers.

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Grandpa Buys a Pop Rivet Tool

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At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated

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Intro to Union, MO ληστεία τράπεζας

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Το βράδυ των Χριστουγέννων 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United

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House of Fear (1945)

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Τον Μάρτιο του 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, η μεμβράνη (affiliate link) stands

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Σοκ, Volume 1

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I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Volume 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Σύνδεσμος θυγατρικών Amazon), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Σοκ” translates toshockingin Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,

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