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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In late 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 “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Fodd bynnag,, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Erbyn 1902, George

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. O leiaf dyna oeddwn i'n ei feddwl yn wreiddiol ac mae'r rhan fwyaf o haneswyr wedi'i ddyfynnu. Modern

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Ar ddydd Sadwrn, Tachwedd 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 cofnodion. 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 yn meddu

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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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Effaith Paffio ar Reslo Cyfreithlon

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Yn y 1910au, Symudodd reslo proffesiynol Americanaidd yn barhaol o gystadlaethau reslo cyfreithlon i arddangosfeydd a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Diddordeb ffan, roedd rheolaeth hyrwyddwyr a llai o draul ar y reslwyr i gyd yn chwarae rhan yn y trawsnewid hwn. Roedd un arall llai siarad am bwysau y tu allan i'r gamp ei hun. Cyn yr 20fed Ganrif, roedd bocsio proffesiynol yn anghyfreithlon yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Migwrn noeth

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” 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 bunnoedd. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Ymgodymodd Berg yn

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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. Er y gall y stori hon neu efallai

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