Gotch esmaga Jenkins para o título

Frank-Gotch

Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defendeu seu American Wrestling Championship contra um lutador promissor de Iowa. After the first fall, a torcida percebeu que era a partida mais difícil do c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins derrotou Gotch

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

Clarence Whistler

After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembro 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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Em Janeiro de 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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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

George-Baptiste

During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

George-Baptiste

Na tarde 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Agricultor” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. However, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Por 1902, George

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Canhão

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Em agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis conheceu o Wrestling campeão britânico Tom canhão em Cincinnati, Ohio. Durante a era da luta legítima, outros lutadores temia o poderoso Lewis por causa de seu domínio. Lewis empregou uma estrangulamento arterial carótida conhecido como mata-leão no Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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No sábado, Novembro 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Endro Assassino (1947)

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Em agosto 2, 1947, Máximo M. King Productions lançou Killer Dill (1947), um filme policial em que o lutador profissional Mike Mazurki interpreta “Little Joe”, um capanga jogando os dois lados de uma rivalidade de gangues. Stuart Erwin estrela como Johnny “Killer” Dill, designer e vendedora de lingerie, quem as pessoas confundem com um gangster. Depois de acidentalmente se envolver em uma guerra de gangues, sua

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

Joe Stetcher

When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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Wild Bill Longson recupera o título

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Willard “Conta Selvagem” Longson nasceu em Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 mas passou a maior parte de sua vida adulta em St.. Louis, Missouri. Depois de iniciar sua carreira como lutador profissional em 1931, Longson começou a trabalhar para Tom Packs em St.. Louis. Ele nunca saiu, pois seria sua base pelo resto

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