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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.
Saum ntuj 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko lub xyoo ntev ncig xyuas txog America txuas ntxiv mus raws li nws tau ntsib Dr. Benjamin F. Rau cov menyuam nyob twm, New York. Zbyszko, tau zus ib lub Greco-Roman Wrestling ntawm Poland, xav kom neeg txaus siab rau ib tug neeg match nrog ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Nrhiav cov Dr. Rau cov menyuam ntawd yeej tsis tau tuav Gotch, nws twb yog ib saum American
Ua rau nws lub ib hlis ntuj 24, 1921 Npe match nrog qub ntiaj teb tau zus ib Earl Caddock, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis yog reputed kom tau raug mob nws yav dhau los ob tw, Wladek Zbyszko thiab Joe Stecher, Nrog nws headlock. Lewis yuav siv lub headlock mus hip toss nws tus nrog sib ntaus rau hauv pem teb. Zbyszko yog knocked senseless, Thaum nws lub taub hau ntaus lub
Rau cov me nyuam. Patrick lub hnub 1908, Martin “Ua teb” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 phaus, “Ua teb” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
Nyob rau hnub tim 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
Ed “Strangler” Lewis yog ib qhov zoo tshaj plaws lwm yam hauv kev wrestling enjoyed. Txawm tias Lewis wrestled saibxyuas staged miv, nws khoom txawj wrestling tseeb. Yav tom ntej protégé Lou Thesz lus hais ntau zaug Lewis yuav tuav tej wrestler txhua lub sij hawm, so he was the ideal world champion in the modern era of prearranged matches. Txawm li cas los, early in his career, Lewis
Kawg ntawm hlis ntuj nqeg 1916, Ib qho kev tshwm sim coj txawv txawv tshwm sim. John F. Olin, Ib lub zos Massachusetts wrestler, Yeej ib match nrog lub ntiaj teb tam sim no tau zus ib Joe Stecher. Tus referee txais Olin tus khiav tom qab Stecher taug kev deb ntawm ntais ntawv. Ua ntej lub teb chaws Wrestling Alliance (NWA) hloov mus rau txoj cai hauv lub 1950s, championships hloov tes los ntawm disqualification los yog
John “tsov” Pesek wrestled ob peb “tua” qhov yuam kev thaum lub sij hawm “ua haujlwm” era ntawm lub 1920s. Yog lub sij hawm no, American kev wrestlers koom tes nrog sib muab tso rau exciting qhov yuam kev rau tus kiv cua. Soj ntsuam tau predetermined los promoters thiab tswj. Tseeb contests los yog “yub” tsawg kawg nkaus. Thaum twg lawv tshwm sim, Nws yog nquag khom ib cov lus tsis txaus siab ntawm promoters los yog ib tug
Qhov kawg ntawm 1905, Fred Beell yog mus txawv tebchaws America hyping tuaj ib match nrog tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell yog ib tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion muaj swb Frank Gotch hauv ib “ua haujlwm” Match nyob New Orleans thaum hlis ntuj nqeg 1903. Nws poob lub npe rov qab mus Gotch ob peb lub lis piam tom qab. Muaj peev xwm wrestlers, Jenkins thiab Beell
Joe Stecher thiab John “tsov” Pesek tau tseeb wrestlers nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev kawm ntawv feem ntau “ua haujlwm” era, Qhov yuam kev tau predetermined tsuas yog ib tug neeg txiav txim siab los coj ob-ntoo khaub lig rau lwm wrestler los yog promoter los xa ntais ntawv rau hauv ib contest tseeb contest. Double-crosses tsuas ua haujlwm, Yog hais tias tus wrestler yuav tseeb yeej ntais ntawv. John Pesek tsis nyiam qhov xwm ntawm wrestling thiab feem ntau muab
Raws li tus wrestler dhia ntawd tawm ntawm qhov ua lev, Nws tsawv nkaus tus referee yog cov lapel nrog nws zoo caj npab. “Koj yuav tsum tsis tias yog vim li cas?” Raws li Referee Siler sim yuav rub dawb, Duncan Ross’ vib nas this tsawv nkaus nws thiab rho nws tseg. Cov txiv neej hais Ross, “Nws tsis tau kom nws. Koj yuav tau xa cov ntaub ntawv.” Ross screamed, “Kuv mus os.” Raws li Ross taug kev