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oct 20 Learn More Louisiana Purchase Ratified
The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase on this day in 1803. It would be over two hundred years before the state saw professional wrestling on its turf. What gives? The sport—er, entertainment?—was banned there until 2007 due to a law prohibiting sham contests. Sham contests? Oh, brother.
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