Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

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ໃນ​ວັນ​ເສົາ, ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “ລັດ​ເຊຍ​ຊ້າງ” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” ແລະ 224 ປອນ, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 ປອນ. Despite his smaller

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ການລະນຶກເຖິງ Henry Moses Dufur

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Henry Moses Dufur ໄດ້ຄອງແຊ້ມ Wrestling Collar-and-Elbow Heavyweight ໂລກໃນລະຫວ່າງ 1870s.. ໂດຍ 1855, Dufur ໄດ້ກິນເບັ້ຍບໍານານຈາກກິລາມວຍປ້ຳອາຊີບເພື່ອເຮັດອາຊີບຊ່າງຕັດຫຍິບເຕັມເວລາ. ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າໃນໄລຍະການເຮັດວຽກ wrestling ລາວ, Dufur ເຮັດວຽກເປັນຊ່າງຕັດຫຍິບ. Dufur ບອກນັກຂ່າວຈາກ The Boston Globe ວ່າລາວເກີດຢູ່ Richford, Vermont ໃນເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 5, 1943. ວັນທີນີ້

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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. ແຜນການຂອງ Rachmann ສໍາລັບການສ້າງຕັ້ງ Aberg ແມ່ນເປັນໄປຕາມແຜນການຫຼັງຈາກການແຂ່ງຂັນເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ.

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Belief No Longer Suspended

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 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. ຣາຊມັນ

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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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Lurich Throws Losson

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Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, ເປີດ​ເຜີຍ Gotch, ໃນ Gotch ສຸດທ້າຍ

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ຊາວ​ເບລ​ຢ້ຽນ Bloodies Nose Wrestler ເຍຍ​ລະ​ມັນ​ຂອງ

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On May 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up

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Terrible Turk’s Horrible Foul of Roeber

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Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 ກັບ 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, ໄດ້​ຂີ້​ຮ້າຍ Turk, ໄດ້ຖືກພິຈາລະນາເປັນຫນຶ່ງໃນ

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