How 'The Russian Lion' Inspired The Planet's First Bout Of Wrestlemania
Richard Luck celebrates the life and times of Georg Hackenschmidt, the body-building renaissance man who put sports entertainment on the map.
A version of this article appeared in The New European.
The world of professional wrestling is no stranger to scandal and controversy. Back in the dark ages, the grapple game was such a disreputable affair, few outside of the carnival booths would have known anything about the skulduggery that went on within.
Now, however, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling …
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