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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.
I 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Den December 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “besejret” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
I januar 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” og 210 pounds, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Andet,
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, December 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
På torsdag, November 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
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På en torsdag aften, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch mødte polske Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for et handicap match i Buffalo, New York. Gotch enige om at miste kampen, hvis han ikke kunne smide Zbyszko to gange på en time. Zbyszko størrelse og styrke skabt problemer for Gotch, der vejede 190 Pounds Zbyszko s 260 pounds. Men, Zbyszko
I et blogindlæg i sidste måned, Jeg skrev om de vanskeligheder, promotorerne havde med at iscenesætte kampen mellem Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. Oprindeligt planlagt til Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha-politichefen og politikommissæren var bekymrede over, at kampen var aftalt på forhånd eller en “arbejde”. De ønskede ikke, at spillere blev optaget af udstillingen. For at forhindre denne hændelse, de
Frank Gotch, den bondedreng fra Humboldt, Iowa, ville besejre George Hackenschmidt til World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i 1908. Denne sejr og hans efterfølgende nederlag “Hack” i 1911 omkamp cementeret Gotch plads som en af de største wrestlere af hele tiden. Gotch var en meget talentfuld bryder, men han var ikke den ubesejrede vidunderbarn legende. Gotch