In the wake of Brock Lesnar’s win over Frank Mir at UFC 100 we are experiencing a focus on personality and theatrics in the fight game. Rather than allow this to simply be passed over as a product of ...
A hundred years ago on September 4th 1911, the biggest rematch of the time in Professional Wrestling would take place in Comiskey Ball Park, Chicago, Illinois. Frank Gotch, a wiry farmboy from Iowa ...
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Yes, way back in 1911, screwjobs were already being pulled on major talents. Except, this time around, it wasn't a promoter responsible. It was one of the wrestlers themselves. Frank Gotch was set to ...
It’s called one of the biggest fiascoes in Chicago sports history. The “Russian Lion” vs. the Iowa farmer at White Sox Park: On Sept. 4, 1911, the pro heavyweight championship rematch between George ...
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once stated, "If I wasn't president of the United States, I would like to be George Hackenschmidt." That is the type of respect that the grappler known as “The ...
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