Alex Aberg palaa Eurooppaan

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Alex Aberg voitti monia merkittäviä vihollisia ammattipainiuransa mahtavimpana vuonna. Sisään 1915, Aberg kilpaili sekä keväällä että syksyllä New Yorkin kansainvälisessä painiturnauksessa. Kilpailee yksinomaan haluamallaan kreikkalais-roomalaisella painilla, Aberg voitti Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko ja Ed “Strangler” Lewis yhdessä useiden matkapainijoiden kanssa.

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Perjantaina, Toukokuu 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Ludvig, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Marraskuu 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Paul Pons, Valmistaja Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons oli kreikkalais-roomalaisen painin mestari Ranskan vuonna 1890. Hän voitti turnauksen Folies-Bergeres ennen kuin voitti turnauksen Venäjällä 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons aktivoitu tätä mainetta avaamalla kuntosali juna painijoita ja vahvoja miehiä. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Jälkeen

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Syyskuun 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Vuosia, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Muldoon liian vahva Ranskan Wrestler

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Kesäkuuta 4, 1883, kreikkalais-roomalaisen maailman Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon kohtasi taitava ranskalainen painija Jules Rigal San Franciscossa, Kalifornia. Kun painijat riisuttu runkoihinsa ottelua, oli selvää Muldoon valta voisi osoittautua valtava haaste Rigal. Muldoon seisoivat 6 senttiä pitkä ja painoi välillä 193 ja 210 pounds during his career.

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Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Toukokuun 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, jotka

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