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Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
På mandag, December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis vandt det første af seks World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships af Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher og Lewis mødtes i en kamp, der varede over tre timer. Lewis lavede en mental fejl i
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” i St. Louis during the 1904 Verdensudstillingen. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Den skæbne meget af St. Louis’ historiske bygninger bevise det gamle fast ejendom ordsprog. Det handler om placering, placering, placering. Hvis bygningen er i South St. Louis, det har en bedre chance for at blive frelst, end en bygning på nordsiden. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Stanislaus Zbyszko blev født Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz april 1, 1879 i Jodlow, Polen, som var en del af Østrig-ungarske kejserrige. Ifølge Wikipedia, han valgte den ring navn Stanislaus Zbyszko fordi det var navnet på en fiktiv polsk ridder. En artikel i Walla Walla, Washington avis, The Evening Statesman er tirsdag, Februar 8, 1910 udgave, publicized Zbyszko’s university and