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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.
On Thursday, Uztaila 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis
On Thursday, Martxoa 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. After
Ostiralean, Martxoa 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, bat
Abuztuaren On 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions-ek Killer Dill kaleratu zuen (1947), Mike Mazurki borrokalari profesionalak "Little Joe" antzezten duen krimen filma, sekulako koadrilen arteko liskar baten bi aldeetan jokatzen. Stuart Erwinek Johnny "Killer" Dill antzezten du, lentzeria diseinatzailea eta saltzailea, jendeak gangstertzat hartzen duena. Ustekabean bere burua koadrilen gerran sartu ondoren, bere
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Borrokalari profesionalak ring-ean hiltzea arraroa da, baina noizean behin gertatzen da. Urtean 1936, 5,000 Borroka zaleak Washingtonen, D.C. nahi gabe, Mike Romano vs. Jack Donovan "irlandarra" partida Griffith Stadium-en ostegunean, Ekaina 25, 1936. 40 urteko Romano Donovan jartzen ari zen landutako partida batean. Egunkariek zehaztasunez salatu zuten Romano
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Arabera 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Azkenean, Pesek did
During March 1910, AEBetako fiskal nagusia Council Bluffs-en, Iowa-k John C. salatu zuen. Mabray (bere benetako izenaren bertsio bat, Mabry) eta dozena bat auzipetu boxeo profesionalean joko iruzurra egiteko posta erabiliz, borroka profesionala, eta zaldi lasterketa profesionalak. Mabry, Kansas Cityn bizi den abere-saltzailea, Missouri, barruko langileak boxeoan, borroka, eta zaldia
Abuztuko goizaldean 5, 1933, lau lapur seguruk leiho bat hautsi zuten Marshfield-eko Marshfield Brewing Company-n, Wisconsin. Lapurrek kutxa kaxatik dial bat kolpatu eta kendu egin zuten $1,550.00 zigilu federaletan. Urtean 2024 dollars, lapurrek lapurtu zuten $37,000.00. Lapur berdinek arrakastaz hartu zuten beste bat $1,000 Wausau Brewing Company-ren zigilu federaletan