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. შემდეგ

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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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On September 15, 1919, წმინდა. 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. წლის, 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 Too Strong for French Wrestler

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ივნისი 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 და 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. მაისი 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, რომლებიც

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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გააკეთა Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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მარტს 22, 1881, ბერძნულ-რომაული ჭიდაობის Champion William Muldoon შეხვდა Collar და Elbow მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი ჯონ McMahon დროს ტერასა ბაღი ნიუ იორკში. Muldoon და McMahon შეხვდა best-ორი-out-of-სამ მოდის მატჩი. პირველი შემოდგომაზე უძღვებოდა ბერძნულ-რომაული წესები. მეორე შემოდგომაზე იქნება სადავო გამოყენებით საყელო და იდაყვის წესები. The last fall would be decided via what The New York

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პავლე პონს Hometowned in 1900

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Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. However, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. ერთი

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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უილიამ Muldoon, მსოფლიო რომაული ჭიდაობის ჩემპიონი და ფიზიკური კულტურის განმახორციელებელი, მოვიდა Los Angeles სამშაბათი, აპრილი 15, 1884 პირისპირ ადგილობრივი მოჭიდავე Fred Bauer. მატჩი გაიმართა ადგილობრივ Turnvereine დარბაზში Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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