Люис и Збишко спорят за рефера

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Световен шампион по борба в тежка категория Ед “<Педя bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = "” Луис трябваше да се срещне с бившия шампион Станислав Збишко в St.. Луис Колизей в четвъртък, Декември 14, 1922 но мачът беше почти прекратен поради разногласия относно избора на съдия. Едва след застъпничеството на св. Луис промоутър Джон Контос, че и двамата мъже са се съгласили на Св. Louis

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Zbyszko “Wins” World Title in 1921

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Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival

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Two Shooters Work a Match

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Във вторник, Декември 12, 1916, local favorite, Клозет “The Nebraska TigermanPesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “DutchMantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Обаче, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when

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Bibby Too Much for Matsuda

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В началото на 1880 г., Sorakichi Matsuda, or Matsada in most American newspapers, traveled to the United States to wrestle professionally. Japan did not have a developed professional wrestling circuit, so Matsuda thought he would bring the sport back to Japan after an apprenticeship in the United States. After training for a while, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first

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Oscar Wasem Defeats Joe Carroll

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Oscar Wasem started his career in St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, Св. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, the Iowa Champion. While Gotch went on to be America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler, Wasem remained a solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional

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Londos Wrestles Coleman and Shikina

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I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londosmatches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star

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Acton Wrestles Fitzsimmons

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В петък, Ноември 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, Калифорния. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling

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Браунинг побеждава Дженкинс

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От декември 17, 1923, Джим Браунинг се бори в рядък мач в родния си град Верона, Мисури. Четиристотин фенове от околностите се събраха в залата, за да гледат мача между Браунинг и Кларънс Дженкинс, борец от Емпория, Kansas. И Браунинг, и Дженкинс се бориха през повечето от мачовете си в Канзас 1923. Браунинг започваше кариера, която

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Лондон срещу. Нагурски в 1938

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От ноември 18, 1938, бившият световен шампион по борба Джим Лондос се бори с настоящия световен шампион Бронко Нагурски, the great former football player for the Chicago Bears. The men wrestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Nagurski’s version of the world wrestling championship. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube. When I viewed the match for the first time, several

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Ismail Wrestles Jenkins

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On May 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong

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