George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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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

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Mərhum 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 “Fermer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Lakin, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. By 1902, George

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Avqust 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis Cincinnati Britaniya Güləş çempionu Tom Cannon görüşüb, Ohio. Qanuni güləş dövründə, digər güləşçilər çünki onun stranglehold güclü Lewis qorxulan. Lewis Cüdo arxa çılpaq choke kimi tanınan carotid arterial boğmaq işə. Ən azından mən əvvəlcə düşündüm və əksər tarixçilər sitat gətirdilər. Müasir

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Şənbə günü, Noyabr 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 dəqiqə. 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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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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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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Boksun qanuni güləşə təsiri

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1910-cu illərdə, Amerika peşəkar güləşi daimi olaraq qanuni güləş yarışlarından əvvəlcədən hazırlanmış sərgilərə keçdi. Azarkeş marağı, Promoter nəzarəti və güləşçilərin daha az aşınması bu keçiddə rol oynadı. Təzyiq haqqında daha az danışılan başqa bir şey idmanın özündən kənarda idi. 20-ci əsrdən əvvəl, ABŞ-da peşəkar boks qeyri-qanuni idi. Çılpaq dırnaq

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Fermer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 manat. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg mübarizə apardı

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Bu hekayə ola bilər və ya ola bilər

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