Tiger Man Tames Nat Pendleton

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In 1922, New York promotor Jack Curley cucurrit afoul ex Pulvis Auri Trio, Puer Sandow procurator, Mundus Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangulatam” Ludovicus et luctator / ingenio promotionis Josephi “Toots” Mondt. Trio patrocinium mundi gubernavit et Curley de libri pugile adligat. Ut etiam cum Trio, Curley infensi promovere palaestram Olympicam palaestram et collegiatam coepit

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Stanislai Zbyszko Beat Carolus Cicero

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Stanislaus Zbyszko iter ad Civitates Americae Unitas in 1909 quaerimus parem cum agnito mundo Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Ut in figura huius provocationis et aedificationis exspectationem tituli par, Zbyskzo maxime lustrata ex urbibus maioribus in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Per May 1910, Zbyszko venit in St. Aloisius pro suo pare Caroli luctatore capax

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From Back accipit Cicero Title Zbyszko

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In December 14, 1922, turba 10,000 fans repleti Sancti. Ludovicum Coliseum spectare rematch inter mundi hodiernas Gravia certamina Champion Ed “Strangulatam” Lodovicus et Stanislaus Zbyszko former quondam fortissimus. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko ad titulum in Wichita, Kansas mense Martio 1922. Ignota his fans, consilium erat Zbyszko parem amittere Ludovico but

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Beell Beats “Americus”

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In January 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” et 210 pondo, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Secundo,

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Gotch Meets Match in Zbyszko

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On a Thursday night, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, Novi Eboraci. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 pondo. Autem, Zbyszko

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Stecher Beats Westergaard in Lincoln

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In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

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Frank Gotch debita soluit

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Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

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