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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.
O xoves, Marzo 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
O venres, Marzo 11, 1932, os loitadores George Tragos e Rudy Dusek enfrontáronse a boxeadores, Stanley McRae e Tom Pivac en combates de loitador contra boxeador. Os afeccionados tardaron máis en chegar aos seus asentos que os combatentes en completar os combates. Os homes loitaron o par de combates en Memphis, Tennessee no Auditorio. Os fans coñecen a George Tragos, unha
En agosto 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, seu
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
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. En 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, D.C.. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Xuño 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. Por 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. Eventualmente, Pesek did
During March 1910, o fiscal xeral dos Estados Unidos en Council Bluffs, Iowa acusou a John C. Mabray (unha versión do seu nome real, Mabry) e unha ducia de acusados por utilizar o correo para cometer fraude de xogo no boxeo profesional, loita profesional, e carreiras de cabalos profesionais. Mabry, un comerciante de gando que vive en Kansas City, Missouri, Empregados iniciados no boxeo, loita libre, e cabalo
Nas primeiras horas da mañá de agosto 5, 1933, catro ladróns seguros romperon unha fiestra na Marshfield Brewing Company en Marshfield, Wisconsin. Os ladróns botaron un disco da caixa forte e retirárono $1,550.00 en selos federais. En 2024 dólares, os ladróns roubaron $37,000.00. Os mesmos asaltantes levaron con éxito outro $1,000 en selos federais da Wausau Brewing Company
A principios da súa carreira, Fred Beell loitou contra Gus "Americus" Schoenlein 1904 e 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell gañou a única caída e partido. Schoenlein quería vingar esta derrota. In May 1905, O adestrador de Schoenlein conseguiu unha revancha na cidade natal de Schoenlein, Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein estaba a cinco pés, dez polgadas de alto e pesaba 210 libras. Beell adoitaba enfrontarse a un