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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.
Lunde, Junio 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
Sur januaro 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: Ludado en nova fenestro | DownloadUpdate I am giving away Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America between Monday, Decembro 30, 2024 to Friday, Januaro 3, 2025. Dan and I will release the next episode on Monday, Januaro 13, 2025. Main Content I discuss the October 1916 mixed styles match between Taro Miyake and Ad Santel.
En Memortago, Majo 30, 1925, Joe Stecher venkis Stanislaus Zbyszko en laborita matĉo por repreni la Mondan Pezegulluktado-Ĉampionecon kiun Stecher perdis en decembro. 1920. Stecher estis parto de komploto kiu pagis Stanislaus Zbyszko por duobligi Wayne "Big" Munn en aprilo. 1925. Zbyszko venkis Munn laŭleĝe en unu el la plej famaj duoble-krucoj de profesia luktado.. Kiel
#?A?de, Julio 9, 1925, Ed "Strangler" Lewis faris unu el la fruaj defendoj de sia versio de la Monda Pezegulo-Luktado-Ĉampioneco en Tulsa., Oklahomo. Lewis luktis kun Howard Cantonwine antaŭ 5,000 adorantoj ĉe McNulty Park. Post kiam Stanislaus Zbyszko duobligis la varban grupon de Sandow kaj Lewis venkante Wayne "Big” Munn laŭleĝe, kaj Joe Stecher kaj Ed "Strangler" Lewis
#?A?de, Marto 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. Post kiam
Vendrede, Marto 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
Sur aŭgusto 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, Lia
Jim Londos evoluis en la plej grandan biletvendejstelulon de vrestlingo dum la 1930-aj jaroj. Londos luktis ĉefajn okazaĵojn kontraŭ Ed "Strangler" Lewis kaj Jim Browning ĉe basbalstadionoj. Tiuj matĉoj tiris homamasojn de pli ol 30,000 adorantoj por la unua fojo ekde la dua Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt en 1911. Kiam Londos luktis en Grekio, Londos tiris homamasojn taksitajn esti ĉe