Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Listopad 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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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 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, 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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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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