Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935)

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Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. To fettere, Frederic Dannay og Manfred Lee, som skrev en rekke krimromaner under pseudonymet tittelen karakter. I denne filmen, Ellery Queen tar en ferie til California med sin venn Dommer Macklin. Selvfølgelig, they are not long into their

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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I januar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he 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, Maker of Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons var den gresk-romersk bryting Champion i Frankrike på 1890-tallet. Han vant en turnering på Folies-Bergeres før de vant en turnering i Russland i 1898. Disse seirene tillot ham å kreve verdensmesterskapet i gresk-romersk bryting. Pons kapitalisert på denne beryktet ved å åpne et treningsstudio for å trene fribrytere og sterke menn. Pons’ seieren var spesielt bemerkelsesverdig pga

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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 ga ut Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 men ga den ikke ut i USA

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