Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Dusiciel” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paul Pons, Producent Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons był Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Francji w 1890. Wygrał turniej w Folies-Bergère przed wygraną w turnieju w Rosji 1898. Te zwycięstwa pozwoliły mu zdobyć mistrzostwo świata w zapasach grecko-rzymskich. Pons wykorzystał ten rozgłos poprzez otwarcie siłowni do zapaśników pociągu i silnych mężczyzn. Pons’ zwycięstwo było szczególnie niezwykłe z powodu

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Dość Boy Floyd St. Louis Robbery

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W 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Jednak, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

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I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures wypuściło „Spotkanie z niebezpieczeństwem”. (związek partnerski) in London in 1950 ale nie wydał go w Stanach Zjednoczonych

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Później

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Rolnik” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Jednak, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Przez 1902, George

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