Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Sa Monday, Hunyo 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
Sa Enero 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: I-play sa bagong window | DownloadUpdate I am giving away Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America between Monday, Disyembre 30, 2024 to Friday, Enero 3, 2025. Dan and I will release the next episode on Monday, Enero 13, 2025. Main Content I discuss the October 1916 mixed styles match between Taro Miyake and Ad Santel.
On Memorial Day, Mayo 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As
Sa Huwebes, Hulyo 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
Sa Huwebes, Marso 31, 1881, 200 nag-filter ang mga tagahanga sa Turnverein Hall ng New York para panoorin si Clarence Whistler na nakikipagbuno kay Henry Moses Dufur sa isang three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match kasama ang parehong wrestler na naka-jacket.. Ginamit ng mga promotor ang mga patakaran at mga jacket upang maging ang mga pagkakataon ng bawat wrestler na manalo. Dalubhasa si Clarence Whistler sa Greco-Roman wrestling. Kinuha ni Whistler ang 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. Pagkatapos
Sa Biyernes, Marso 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, isang
Sa Agosto 2, 1947, Max M. Inilabas ng King Productions ang Killer Dill (1947), isang pelikulang krimen na ginampanan ng propesyonal na wrestler na si Mike Mazurki bilang "Little Joe", isang alipores na naglalaro sa magkabilang panig ng away ng gang. Si Stuart Erwin ay gumaganap bilang Johnny "Killer" Dill, isang lingerie designer at salesperson, na napagkakamalang gangster ang mga tao. Matapos ang aksidenteng pagkakasangkot sa kanyang sarili sa isang gang war, kanya
Si Jim Londos ay naging pinakamalaking box office star ng propesyonal na wrestling noong 1930s. Nakipagbuno ang Londos sa mga pangunahing kaganapan laban kina Ed “Strangler” Lewis at Jim Browning sa mga baseball stadium. Ang mga laban na ito ay umani ng maraming tao ng higit sa 30,000 mga tagahanga sa unang pagkakataon mula noong ikalawang Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt sa 1911. Noong nakipagbuno si Londos sa Greece, Ang Londos ay umani ng mga tao na tinatayang nasa