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Apríl 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Á október 20, 1916, Ad Santel, þekktur „krókari“ eða hæfur uppgjafarglímumaður, met Taro
Hver er mesti lögmæti atvinnuglímumaðurinn til að glíma í Bandaríkjunum? How do
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. Hann tryggði sér að lokum
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 3, 1946 útgáfa af
Með Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon tengdur hlekkur), Roberto Pedreira tekur upp sögu brasilísks jiu-jitsu á því sem hann telur blómaskeið sitt í Brasilíu, 1950 – 1960. Fyrir utan Carlos og Helio Gracie, nokkrum öðrum akademíum, eins og Oswaldo Fadda, voru líka að dafna. Júdó var að ná í vinsældum en hafði ekki sigrast á Jiu-Jitsu í vinsældum. Vale Tudo leikir voru í hámarki
Raunverulega, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. Rachman's mótið átti að hefjast á miðvikudaginn
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Þó, Burns var mikill wrestler í eigin rétti sínum. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Í 1893, Burns var kyrr
Á maí 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Hann hóf glíma þegar atvinnumaður leikur var samt raunverulegur samkeppni. Hann hélt áfram að ná árangri eftir að leikurinn breyttist til unnið á (prearranged) eldspýtur. Í raun, hann tók þátt í skotkeppni, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 með því að tvístíga kynningarmönnum sínum.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Þó, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
Nóvember 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Þó, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Alex Aberg sigraði marga athyglisverða óvini á besta ári á ferli sínum í atvinnuglímu. Í 1915, Aberg keppti bæði í vor- og haustútgáfum New York International Wrestling Tournament. Keppti eingöngu í hans uppáhalds stíl grísk-rómverskrar glímu, Aberg sigraði Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko og Ed “Strangler” Lewis ásamt nokkrum sveinsglímumönnum.