Aber yn Dinoethi Curley

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Aleksander “Alex” Gwnaeth Aber y penawdau yn 1917 yn ystod achos cyfreithiol dros ei wrthodiad i gyflawni ymrwymiad reslo yn Boston yn ystod mis Mawrth 1917. Cytunodd Aberg i reslo Wladek Zbyszko, ei brif wrthwynebydd yn ystod y 1915 Twrnameintiau Reslo Rhyngwladol Efrog Newydd, ar gyfer hyrwyddwr Boston, George Touhey. Fodd bynnag,, Tynnodd Aberberg allan o'r pwl yn fuan ar ôl arwyddo cytundeb i reslo ei

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Clarence Whistler yn marw yn Awstralia

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Ganed Clarence Whistler yn Indiana yn ystod 1856. Tra'n sefyll dim ond 5’09” neu hynny a phwyso 165 bunnoedd, Ystyrid Whistler yn un o reslwyr mwyaf pwerus ei oes. Whistler oedd yr unig reslwr a roddodd amser caled i William Muldoon yn ystod rhediad 9 mlynedd Muldoon fel Pencampwr y Byd. Cystadlodd Whistler yn bennaf mewn reslo Greco-Rufeinig, yr arddull amlycaf yn

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Duncan Ross Wrestles Sorakichi Matsuda

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Ar Ebrill 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March

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Marvel Masats Masks Lurich

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(Mae'r post hwn yn ymdrech o fy llyfr diweddaraf Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Y Gimig A Arbedodd y 1915 Twrnamaint Reslo Rhyngwladol ar gael ar Amazon.) Mae fersiwn cwymp y 1915 Roedd y Twrnamaint Reslo Rhyngwladol yn cael trafferth gyda phresenoldeb a diddordeb, pan darodd yr hyrwyddwr Sam Rachmann aur hyrwyddo trwy gyflwyno reslwr â mwgwd i'w dwrnamaint. Cythruddodd The Masked Marvel

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Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

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Ar ddydd Sadwrn, Ionawr 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt amddiffyn ei deitl Pencampwriaeth Reslo Byd Greco-Rufeinig yn erbyn Ahmed Medrali. “Mae'r Rwsia Lion” Byddai'n rhaid i drechu “Y ofnadwy Turk” i gadw ei bencampwriaeth. Hyrwyddwyr dewis y Medrali cawr, a oedd yn 6’02” a 224 bunnoedd, i drechu'r Hackenschmidt ymddangos yn anorchfygol. Safodd George Hackenschmidt dim ond 5’09” dal ac yn pwyso 209 bunnoedd. Despite his smaller

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Thiebaud Bauer Denies Worked Matches in 1876

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Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

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How Did Alex Aberg Die?

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I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but

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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

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Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Roedd cynllun Rachmann ar gyfer sefydlu Aber yn mynd yn ôl y bwriad ar ôl i’r twrnamaint gychwyn

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Belief No Longer Suspended

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Ar Ragfyr 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann

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