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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.
En maio 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Agricultores” Burns coñeceu ao pequeno pero poderoso Fred Beell. Mentres os dous loitadores pesaban 165 libras, “Agricultores” Burns situouse en 5’11” ao 5 de Beell’04”. Beell, de 32 anos, tiña unha gran vantaxe de idade sobre Burns, de 47 anos.. Burns debutou en 1879, cando Beell tiña 3 anos. Os homes estaban programados para un partido en Omaha, Nebraska, un
En abril 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
E “Estrangulador” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, polo que foi o campión do mundo ideal na era moderna dos partidos concertados. Porén, early in his career, Lewis
A finais de decembro 1916, ocorreu un suceso estraño. John F. Olín, un loitador local de Massachusetts, gañou un partido co actual campión do mundo Joe Stecher. O árbitro declarou a Olin vencedor despois de que Stecher se afastase do partido. Ante a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) cambiou as normas na década de 1950, campionatos cambiaron de mans por descualificación ou
Baño “Tigermán” Sand loitou varios “shoot” partidos durante o “Traballou” época dos anos 20. By this time, Os loitadores profesionais estadounidenses cooperaron entre si para levar a cabo partidos emocionantes para os afeccionados. Os resultados foron predeterminados polos promotores e xestores. Concursos lexítimos ou “shoots” eran raros. Cando se produciron, normalmente era para resolver unha disputa entre promotores ou a
At the end of 1905, Fred Beell estaba viaxando por América animando un partido co ex campión estadounidense de loita libre de peso pesado Tom Jenkins. Beell foi un antigo campión estadounidense de loita libre de peso pesado que derrotou a Frank Gotch nunha “Traballou” partido en Nova Orleans durante decembro 1903. Perdeu o título ante Gotch unhas semanas despois. Loitadores capaces, Jenkins e Beell
Joe Stecher e John “Home Tigre” Pesek eran loitadores lexítimos nun primeiro momento “Traballou” era, onde os partidos estaban predeterminados a menos que alguén decidise cruzar o outro loitador ou promotor convertendo o partido nun concurso lexítimo. Os dobres cruzados só funcionaron, se o loitador puidese gañar lexitimamente o partido. A John Pesek non lle gustaba a natureza traballada da loita libre e moitas veces volvíase
As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked