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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 wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
From late 1921 karşı 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Ancak, 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. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Ocak 4, 1924.
When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 karşı 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. Içinde 1915, the
Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “fahişe”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made
Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonu Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. Bir
On Sunday, Aralık 14, 1924, “Büyük” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly
19. yüzyılın en büyük Amerikan profesyonel güreş maçı Nisan'da gerçekleşti. 21, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis, Amerikan Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonasını Martin'e karşı savundu “Çiftçi” Burns. 34 yaşındakilerin ikisi de yetenekliydi “kancalar” ya da boyun eğme onları meşru profesyonel güreşte besin zincirinin en üstünde yapar. Lewis o zamandan beri tartışmasız şampiyon olmuştu. 1893
Nisan'da 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Hayranlar Mahmut'u zorlu bir rakip olarak görüyorlardı çünkü onu güreşirken görmemişlerdi. Emil Klank, Gotch'un menajeri, Mahmout ve Stanislaus Zbyszko gibi iyi şöhrete sahip yabancı güreşçileri Gotch'a meydan okumak için Amerika'ya gitmeye ikna etti. Hayranlar
Karısı Gladys ile evlendikten ve Georg Hackenschmidt'i ikinci kez dövdükten sonra, ikisi de 1911, Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonu Frank Gotch daha sınırlı bir programla güreşmeye başladı. Eşi Gladys güreşi pek sevmiyordu ve yeni kocasının Humboldt'taki evinde daha fazla vakit geçirmesini istiyordu., Iowa. O zamanlar güreş dünyasında,
Mayıs 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