Slattery Exposes Wrestling

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During June 1927, Illinoisi osariigi seadusandja raputas professionaalseid poksi- ja professionaalseid maadlusmaailma, kui allkomitee asus uurima riiklikku kergejõustikukomisjoni. The legislature believed that promoters were putting on “fake” contests in both sports. Enne kui komisjon lõpetas oma töö, see peatas poksi- ja maadluslitsentsid 130 athletes. These revelations further disillusioned wrestling fans aggravated

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Bernarr MacFadden in Saint Louis

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Bernarr MacFadden, born Bernard Adolphus McFadden in Mill Spring, Missouri, augustil 16, 1868, founded a publishing company in 1899 that still operates today. MacFadden, an early proponent of physical culture, authored books and published magazine about physical culture, early bodybuilding training. MacFadden moved into pulp magazines like True Detective in the 1920s. Before MacFadden made his fortune as a publisher

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Jim Londos maadleb kaasüritusel

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Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Siiski, Londos’ career took a major step forward when Londos started wrestling for the fledgling St. Louis promotion in the early 1920s. Londos headlined the first card in late 1921. Londos wrestled on the second card on Thursday, Jaanuar 26, 1922, as well. Current

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“Farmer” Burns Trains Jeffries

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When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Pärast

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Episood 72 – Miyake vs. Santel

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yrvcvp86fj5ja5zg/Episode_72_agae9.mp3Podcast: Mängi uues aknas | DownloadUpdate Ma annan ära Wayfareri võõral maal: Sorakichi Matsuda maadleb Ameerikas esmaspäeva vahel, Detsember 30, 2024 reedeni, Jaanuar 3, 2025. Dan ja mina anname järgmise osa välja esmaspäeval, Jaanuar 13, 2025. Põhisisu Arutlen oktoobrikuud 1916 segastiilid sobivad Taro Miyake ja Ad Santeli vahel.

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Stecher maadleb Rudy Dusek

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On Memorial Day, Mai 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As

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Lewis kaitseb Cantonwine'i vastu

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Neljapäeval, Juuli 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “BigMunn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis

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Whistler maadleb Dufuriga New Yorgis

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Neljapäeval, Märts 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

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Londoni maadlused Odeoni teatris

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Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at

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