Áhrif hnefaleika á lögmæta glímu

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Á 1910, Bandarísk atvinnuglíma færðist varanlega frá lögmætum glímukeppnum yfir í fyrirfram skipulagðar sýningar. Áhugi aðdáenda, eftirlit með forgöngumönnum og minna slit á glímumönnum áttu sinn þátt í þessum umskiptum. Annað minna umtalað álag var utan íþróttarinnar sjálfrar. Fyrir 20. öld, atvinnuhnefaleikar voru ólöglegir í Bandaríkjunum. Beran hnúa

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Dick Tracy, Einkaspæjara (1945)

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RKO Pictures færði Dick Tracy grínisti ræma eðli til the stór skjár á desember 1, 1945. Þó að kvikmynd er ákveðið “B” Myndin átti að vera fyrst á tvöföldu frumvarp, enn það hefði verið áhugaverð fyrir margra aðdáendur af the vinsæll grínisti ræma. Chester Gould skapaði ræma í október 1931 for the Detroit

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Caddock and W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. Þó, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back

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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 £. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg glímdi við

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Reiðhestur og Zbyszko Battle að Draw

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At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, ákvað að taka eitthvað af sterkjunni úr áskorendum sínum með því að passa þá upp

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Legend of Chief Two Feathers

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Á Desember 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the

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Glímukappi reynir Hnefaleikar

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Á þriðjudag, Janúar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, A Seattle læknir og atvinnumaður wrestler sem var nógu góður til að vinna American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably ákveðið að reyna hendinni á faglegum box. Andstæðingurinn hans var vinur og sparring félagi, “Denver” Ed Martin, hver myndi vinna litað heiminum þungavigtar Hnefaleikar Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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Evan “The Strangler” Lewis Laus

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Í janúar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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