Strangler” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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EdStranglerLewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature déménagement était la mainmise, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or

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Matsuda Wins First Match

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Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Il a finalement obtenu

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Aberg Tempts Gotch

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Actually, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Le tournoi de Rachman devait débuter mercredi

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Hirondelle “Agriculteur” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Cependant, Burns a été un grand lutteur dans son propre droit. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “L'étrangleur” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Dans 1893, Burns était toujours

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Stanislaus Zbyszko’s Greatest Match?

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No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. He began wrestling when the pro game was still an actual competition. He continued to be successful after the game changed to worked (prearranged) matches. En fait, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.

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Lewis abandonne le titre à Sonnenberg

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EdStranglerLewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. Dans 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,

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Fred Beell tué dans l'exercice de ses fonctions

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Fred Beell a lutté professionnellement depuis 1900 to 1919. Après avoir développé une réputation légendaire grâce à certaines de ses victoires sur Martin “Agriculteur” Burns, Dan McLeod et Frank Gotch, Beell se retira à l'approche 43 ans. Sa carrière d'après-lutte mènera à sa mort inattendue à 57. Fred Beell a surmonté de nombreux obstacles pour devenir un lutteur professionnel compétent

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Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, le lutteur de champion du monde et haltérophile de l' 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch a tenu le titre pendant cinq ans et a battu tous les arrivants. À l'âge relativement jeune de 35, Gotch a décidé de prendre sa retraite. Pour son dernier match, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Il a utilisé

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, qui était

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