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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.
Joseph “Toots” Mondt se je profesionalno boril od zgodnjih 1910-ih do 1930-ih, vendar je svoj pravi pečat pustil kot booker, rezervacijski agent in promotor. Medtem ko je Ed “Strangler” Lewis je imel Mondta za enakovrednega v legitimnem rokoborskem dvoboju, Mondt je genij za ustvarjanje kotov in zaključkov v delujočih rokoborskih ekshibicijah. Mondt bi se pridružil Lewisu in njegovemu menedžerju Billyju Sandowu
From late 1921 za 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Vendar, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Paketi’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januar 4, 1924.
When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 za 1922, the main reason given for taking the title from him was that his title reign was a box office failure. Do the numbers validate this belief? Prior to wining the championship, Zbyszko wrestled former champion Joe Stecher at the 71st Regiment Armory in front of 7,000 fans. V 1915, the
Joe Stecher je začel 1915, usodno leto za njegovo kariero, z zmago nad Adolphom Ernstom. Ernst se je za to tekmo boril pod imenom Otto Carpenter, vendar je bil profesionalnim ljubiteljem rokoborbe znan kot Ad Santel. Santel je imel zaslužen sloves hudobne osebe “hooker”, rokoborec, ki je vešč podreditve, drži. Stecher je bil 22-letni Nebraskan, ki je naredil
Svetovni prvak v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt skozi leta. Med pogovori s svojim mladim varovancem, Lou Thesz, Lewis je rekel, da ga je skrbelo samo, da bo v svoji dolgi karieri izgubil proti dvema rokoborcema. Le Mondt in Stanislaus Zbyszko sta imela možnost, da ga premagata v legitimnem tekmovanju. Eden
On Sunday, December 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn se je boril z Josephom “Toots” Mondt na glavnem turnirju turnirja v rokoborbi v Kansas Cityju, Missouri, Kongresna dvorana. 10,000 navijači so se pojavili, da bi spodbujali Munna, nekdanji univerzitetni nogometni igralec Univerze v Nebraski. Munn je bil zaračunan pri 6’06”, kar je bilo morda pretiravanje, vendar je bil bistveno
Največja ameriška profesionalna rokoborba v 19. stoletju se je zgodila aprila 21, 1895 v Chicagu, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis je branil naslov ameriškega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji proti Martinu “Kmet” Burns. Oba sta bila 34-letnika spretna s “kavlji” ali podreditev drži, zaradi česar so na vrhu prehranjevalne verige v zakoniti profesionalni rokoborbi. Lewis je bil od takrat nesporen prvak 1893
Aprila 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, v Chicagu, Illinois for his title. Navijači so imeli Mahmouta za težkega izzivalca predvsem zato, ker ga niso videli boriti. Emil Klank, Gotchov vodja, prepričal tuje rokoborce z dobrim ugledom, kot sta Mahmout in Stanislaus Zbyszko, da odpotujejo v Ameriko in izzovejo Gotcha. Navijači
After marrying his wife Gladys and beating Georg Hackenschmidt a second time, both in 1911, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch began to wrestle a more limited schedule. His wife Gladys was not a big fan of wrestling and wanted her new husband to spend more time at home in Humboldt, Iowa. In the world of wrestling at the time,
Maja 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