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Wrestling in Akron (Images of Sports)

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From the time it was once founded in 1825, Akron was once a town at the move. Once referred to as the “Rubber Capitol of the World,” it brought droves of new workers to downtown and the suburban areas. With expansion came a need for entertainment, and wrestling was once there for the multitudes. From the contrast of highschool amateurs on mats to snarling villains and heroes within the professional ring, the game thrived. There have been the early days of traveling carnivals, with circuit-riding wrestlers who would take on all comers from the audience, to secretive fights set by shifty promoters in railroad yards with onlookers placing bets. There have been the consideration days of the Akron Armory―offering the crowd an opportunity to look such luminaries as the cigar-chewing Killer Tim Brooks, the smiling Johnny Powers, or the devious Don Kent―and beyond after the famed arena closed.

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