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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, Март 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. После
У петак, Март 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
На августа 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, his
Џим Лондос се развио у највећу звезду професионалног рвања током 1930-их. Лондос се рвао у главним догађајима против Еда „Давитеља“ Луиса и Џима Браунинга на бејзбол стадионима. Ове утакмице су привукле више од публика 30,000 фанови по први пут од другог Готцх вс. Хакеншмит у 1911. Када се Лондос рвао у Грчкој, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. У 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, Д.Ц.. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Јун 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. По 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. Коначно, Pesek did
During March 1910, генералног тужиоца Сједињених Држава у Савету Блуфсу, Ајова је оптужила Џона Ц. Мабраи (верзија његовог стварног имена, Мабри) и десетак оптужених који су користили пошту за вршење коцкарске преваре у професионалном боксу, професионално рвање, и професионалне коњске трке. Мабри, трговац стоком који живи у Канзас Ситију, Мисури, запослени инсајдери у боксу, рвање, and horse
In the early morning hours of August 5, 1933, four safe burglars broke a window at the Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The burglars knocked a dial off the safe and removed $1,550.00 in federal stamps. У 2024 dollars, the burglars stole over $37,000.00. The same burglars successfully took another $1,000 in federal stamps from the Wausau Brewing Company
На почетку каријере, Фред Беелл се рвао са Гасом „Америкусом“ Шонлајном 1904 и 1905. Током 1904 match, Беелл је добио једини пад и меч. Шонлајн је хтео да се освети за овај пораз. In May 1905, Шенлајнов менаџер обезбедио реванш у Шонлајновом родном граду Балтимору, Maryland. Шонлајн је стајао пет стопа, десет инча висок и тежак 210 фунти. Beell usually faced a