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Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
På mandag, Juni 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
Den January 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yrvcvp86fj5ja5zg/Episode_72_agae9.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadUpdate I am giving away Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America between Monday, December 30, 2024 to Friday, Januar 3, 2025. Dan and I will release the next episode on Monday, Januar 13, 2025. Main Content I discuss the October 1916 mixed styles match between Taro Miyake and Ad Santel.
På mindedagen, Maj 30, 1925, Joe Stecher besejrede Stanislaus Zbyszko i en arbejdede kamp for at generobre verdensmesterskabet i sværvægtsbrydning, som Stecher havde tabt i december 1920. Stecher var en del af en sammensværgelse, der betalte Stanislaus Zbyszko for at krydse Wayne "Big" Munn i april 1925. Zbyszko besejrede Munn legitimt i et af professionel wrestlings mest berømte dobbeltkryds. As
På torsdag, Juli 9, 1925, Ed "Strangler" Lewis lavede et af de tidlige forsvar af sin version af World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis kæmpede Howard Cantonwine foran 5,000 fans på McNulty Park. Efter Stanislaus Zbyszko dobbeltkrydsede Sandows og Lewis' salgsfremmende gruppe ved at besejre Wayne "Big” Munn lovligt, både Joe Stecher og Ed "Strangler" Lewis
På torsdag, Marts 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Efter
På fredag, Marts 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, a
Den August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions udgav Killer Dill (1947), en krimi, hvor den professionelle wrestler Mike Mazurki spiller "Little Joe", en håndlanger, der spiller begge sider af en bandefejde. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en lingeridesigner og sælger, som folk forveksler med en gangster. Efter ved et uheld at have involveret sig selv i en bandekrig, hans
Jim Londos udviklede sig til professionel wrestlings største box office-stjerne i løbet af 1930'erne. Londos kæmpede hovedbegivenheder mod Ed "Strangler" Lewis og Jim Browning på baseballstadioner. Disse kampe trak tilskuere på mere end 30,000 fans for første gang siden den anden Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt i 1911. Da Londos kæmpede i Grækenland, Londos tiltrak publikum, der anslås at være kl