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    ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, was an American professional wrestler and trainer. During his wrestling career, which spanned four decades, Lewis was a four-time...
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  • Zammit Lewis, Maltese politician Ed Lewis (basketball) (1910–2006), All-American center for Oregon State College in 1932–33 Ed Lewis (wrestler) (1891–1966)...
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    Evan Lewis (May 24, 1860 – November 3, 1919) was an American professional wrestler who was the first recognized American Heavyweight Champion and is credited...
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  • Lewis (wrestler) (1891–1966), American wrestler Eddie Lewis (American soccer player) (born 1974), American football (soccer) player Eddie Lewis (English...
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    Illinois. Ed Lewis defeated Wayne Munn on February 2, 1928, in Michigan City, Indiana for the Michigan/Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship...
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  • dominant World Heavyweight Champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow, as well as fellow wrestler and creative visionary Joseph "Toots"...
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    champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis, his manager Billy Sandow and his fellow wrestler Joseph "Toots" Mondt, are credited with pivoting professional wrestling into...
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  • Lewis Michael Arquette (December 14, 1935 – February 10, 2001) was an American actor. He was best known for playing J. D. Pickett on the television series...
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    National Wrestling Alliance). In a mixed tag team match, a male wrestler hitting a female wrestler (intergender), or a normal sized wrestler attacking...
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    Bedlam: Wrestler Ion Croitoru's Secret Life of Crime". March 12, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024. Sansome, Jessica. "Jackass star and wrestler Stevie...
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  • Wladek Zbyszko (category American male professional wrestlers)
    Władek Zbyszko (Polish: [ˈvwadɛk ˈzbɨʂkɔ]), was a Polish catch wrestler, professional wrestler and strongman. "Zbyszko" was his older brother Stanislaus's...
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    Greco-Roman wrestler may instantly win a match by holding both of an opponent's scapula to the mat (known as a "fall"). A well known Greco-Roman wrestler is Alexander...
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    Edward Nye "Ed Don" George Jr. (June 3, 1905 – September 18, 1985) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, and wrestling promoter. A former...
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    Lou Thesz (category American catch wrestlers)
    a feared Greek Olympic freestyle wrestler, catch wrestler (also known as 'hooking' during Thesz's time) and wrestling coach at the University of Missouri...
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    Danny Hodge (category American male professional wrestlers)
    college wrestling equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. Trained by Leroy McGuirk and Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Hodge made his debut as a professional wrestler on October...
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  • International Boxing Hall of Fame. LeBell took up catch wrestling under Ed "Strangler" Lewis at age 7, and later moved to train in judo. After getting...
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    Tor Johnson (category Swedish male professional wrestlers)
    professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including some famously directed by Ed Wood. In professional wrestling, Johnson...
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    Wayne Munn (category 20th-century male professional wrestlers)
    1931) was an American professional wrestler and collegiate football player from the University of Nebraska. As a wrestler, Munn was a World Heavyweight Champion...
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  • Paul Bowser (category American male professional wrestlers)
    He retired as a wrestler the following year. As a promoter, Bowser was initially allied with Billy Sandow and Ed "Strangler" Lewis and took on entrenched...
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    Toots Mondt (category American male professional wrestlers)
    professional wrestler and promoter who revolutionized the wrestling industry in the early to mid-1920s and co-promoted the World Wide Wrestling Federation...
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    Billy Sandow (category Professional wrestling promoters)
    American professional wrestler and promoter. Sandow is best remembered as the manager of professional wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis and a subsequent member...
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    Stecher, a rival of Ed Lewis, making the situation worse for the Trio. Stecher was afraid of losing his championship, refusing to wrestle many contenders...
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    management employee, often a former wrestler (though it can be a current wrestler or even a non-wrestler), who helps wrestlers set up matches, plan storylines...
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    In professional wrestling, a pin is a move where a wrestler holds an opponent's shoulders to the mat in an attempt to score a fall. A pinfall is a common...
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    school wrestler before he was incarcerated for drug-related offenses. As a boy, and the eventual older brother to four younger siblings, Lewis quickly...
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  • karateka, Lewis cross-trained in several other martial arts, including Ryukyu Kenpo, boxing, judo, jeet kune do, tai chi, and folkstyle wrestling. His friend...
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    professional wrestler. Borden is best known for his time spent as the face of two American professional wrestling promotions: World Championship Wrestling (WCW)...
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  • professional wrestler using his real name around his hometown as Dutch Rhode, where he gained his first major win over Ed "Strangler" Lewis. He continued...
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  • Online World of Wrestling". Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications...
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    Martin Burns (category American catch wrestlers)
    Midwest wrestling in carnivals and fairs. As a professional wrestler, he claimed the American Heavyweight Championship by defeating Evan "Strangler" Lewis in...
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