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. Hatimaye alijihakikishia

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mshtuko, Juzuu. 2

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Na Choque, Juzuu. 2 (Kiungo cha ushirika cha Amazon), Roberto Pedreira anachukua hadithi ya Mbrazili Jiu-Jitsu kwa kile anachokiona ni siku yake bora huko Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Mbali na Carlos na Helio Gracie, vyuo vikuu vingine kadhaa, kama vile Oswaldo Fadda's, walikuwa pia wakistawi. Judo ilikuwa ikipata umaarufu lakini haikuwa imeshinda Jiu-Jitsu kwa umaarufu. Mechi za Vale Tudo zilikuwa kwenye kilele

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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Filamu hii (affiliate kiungo) 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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Kweli, 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Martin “Mkulima” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Hata hivyo, Burns alikuwa wrestler kubwa katika haki yake mwenyewe. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns was still

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Stanislaus Zbyszko ya Greatest mechi?

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No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Alianza kumenyana wakati wa mchezo pro alikuwa bado ushindani halisi. Aliendelea kuwa na mafanikio baada ya mchezo iliyopita na kazi (prearranged) mechi. Kwa kweli, 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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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” filamu. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they

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