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. Por fin conseguiu

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Choque, Vol. 2

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Con Choque, Vol. 2 (Ligazón de afiliado de Amazon), Roberto Pedreira recolle a historia do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu no que considera o seu apoxeo en Brasil, 1950 – 1960. Ademais de Carlos e Helio Gracie, varias outras academias, como a de Oswaldo Fadda, tamén prosperaban. O judo foi gañando popularidade pero non superara o Jiu-Jitsu en popularidade. Os partidos do Vale Tudo estiveron á altura

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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Esta película (enlace de afiliado) 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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En realidade, 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. O torneo de Rachman debía comezar o mércores

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Martin “Agricultores” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Porén, Queimaduras foi un gran loitador no seu propio dereito. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. En 1893, Burns estaba quieto

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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The Vampire Bat (1933) é unha película de xénero flexión protagonizado por Lionel Atwill. Ostensivamente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, un curtametraxe feito para ser o aperitivo para o principal película sobre un proxecto de lei dobre. Majestic Pictures produciu o filme, que foi dirixido por Frank R.

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A gran xogo de Stanislaus Zbyszko?

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No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Empezou a loitar cando o xogo aínda estaba pro dunha competencia efectiva. El continuou a ser exitosa despois do partido cambiou a traballadas (prearranged) fósforo. Centrais, participou nun concurso de rodaxe, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 cruzando os seus promotores.

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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. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” película. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they

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