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On April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i? Hvordan
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
Julenat 1902, to små byer, små-tid, holdup-mænd åbnede Unionens pengeskab, Missouri Bank. Efter at have truet et par borgere, de slap med over $15,000. Mændene var relativt sikre i et par måneder, indtil Pinkerton Detective Agency blev tilkaldt. The Pinkertons havde et landsdækkende agentur, hvilket var det nærmeste United
Jeg har for nylig læst Choque: Den ufortalte historie om Jiu-Jitsu i Brasilien, Volumen 1 af Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate link), som fortæller en alternativ historie om BJJs begyndelse, end vi er blevet fortalt af i forskellige interviews med medlemmer af Gracie-familien. “Stød” oversættes til “chokerende” på brasiliansk portugisisk. Mens Pedreira udtømmende researcher og citerer primære kilder, mest brasilianske aviser,
Fred Beell kæmpede professionelt fra 1900 til 1919. Efter at have udviklet et legendarisk ry på grund af nogle af hans sejre over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trak sig tilbage, da han nærmede sig 43 år. Hans postwrestling-karriere ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvandt lange odds for at blive en kompetent professionel wrestler
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, verdensmester wrestler og vægtløfter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch holdt titlen i fem år og besejrede alle udfordrere. På den relativt unge alder af 35, Gotch besluttet at gå på pension. For hans sidste kamp, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Om 10 er på torsdag, April 10, 1919, fem stærkt bevæbnede mænd brast ud i Baden-banken. Banditterne konfronterede M.W. Muntzel, kassereren, og krævede adgang til hvælvingen. De afrundede de fire andre ansatte, da Muntzel førte gruppen til hvælvingen. Røverne bar farvede bandanas for at skjule deres funktioner. Mens to af de fem mænd
På fredag, Maj 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutter. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Den August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions udgav Killer Dill (1947), en krimi, hvor den professionelle wrestler Mike Mazurki spiller "Little Joe", en håndlanger, der spiller begge sider af en bandefejde. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en lingeridesigner og sælger, som folk forveksler med en gangster. Efter ved et uheld at have involveret sig selv i en bandekrig, hans
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Han brugte