Hnub: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Nyob rau hauv 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley khiav afoul ntawm tus kub Dust Trio, Tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Tus Trio tshuaj lub ntiaj teb championship thiab khov Curley tawm hauv booking tus tau zus ib. Tau txawm nrog cov Trio, Curley pib aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling nyiaj medalist thiab collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1909 Mus nrhiav ib match uas pom tau hais tias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Yuav tau zoo lawm rau qhov kev sib tw no thiab tsim anticipation rau lub npe match, Zbyskzo toured feem ntau ntawm lub zos loj nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Thaum lub caij ntuj 1910, Zbyszko los txog hauv St. Louis rau nws match uas muaj peev wrestler Charles

Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1922, ib pawg neeg 10,000 Kiv cua ua tus St. Louis Coliseum saib lub rematch ntawm tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab qub tau zus ib Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “tua yeej” Zbyszko rau lub npe nyob rau hauv Wichita, Kansas nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1922. Tsis paub rau cov kiv cua, Lub hom phiaj yog rau Zbyszko poob ntais ntawv rau Lewis tab sis

Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 1905, Zoo regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, los kuj hu ua Americus, Pom zoo kom tau raws li Fred Beell hauv Schoenlein hometown ntawm Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein xav pom tuav Beell yooj yim. Thaum 5'10” thiab 210 phaus, “Americus” tshaj 5’04”, 170 phaus. Thaum Beell yog haib ua, Schoenlein tus 40 phaus yog ib lub roob kom zoo dua. Leej txiv neej twb skilled wrestlers ho. Thib ob,

Thaum Billy Sandow thiab Ed Lewis txiav txim siab Stanislaus Zbyszko lub npe reign tau khiav tawm hauv promotional steam, Lawv txiav txim siab los txiav txim siab “yeej” rov qab lub npe nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos twb tau ruaj ntseg tus loj rematch, uas yuav tshwm sim nyob rau st. Louis Coliseum txog hnub plaub, Hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1922. Yog lub sij hawm no, American professional wrestling sab nraum

Txog hnub plaub, Kaum ib hlis 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted ib controversial card topped los ntawm ib match ntawm Joe Stecher thiab Dan Kolov, Ib up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. Daim card yog them los ntawm John E. Wray, Cov kev ua si Editor rau lub St. Louis Dispatch tom qab. Daim card yog controversial vim ob lub hnub qub biggest hauv wrestling tau advertised tab sis tsis

Yusuf Ismail tsuas wrestled nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas rau (6) lub hlis nyob hauv tus thawj ib nrab ntawm 1898. Nyob rau hauv nws thawj match tseem ceeb match, Nws yog disqualified rau ib vicious foul. Nyob rau hauv nws tsuas lwm match tseem ceeb match, Nws muab Evan “Strangler” Lewis tus beating ntawm nws lub neej. Tau nws ncig xyuas luv ntawm lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas ua nws ib lus dab neeg. Ismail nkag mus rau qhov

Nyob ib lub ntuj hnub plaub, Kaum ib hlis 25, 1909, Ntiaj teb Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch ntsib Polish Wrestling tau zus ib Stanislaus Zbyszko kom muaj kev tsis taus match hauv twm, New York. Gotch pom zoo kom forfeit lub bout yog hais tias nws yuav tsis muab pov Zbyszko ob zaug hauv ib teev. Lub Zbyszko loj thiab muaj zog los qhia teeb meem rau Gotch, leej twg weighed 190 phaus rau lub Zbyszko 260 phaus. Txawm li cas los, Zbyszko

Nyob rau hauv ib qho blog ncej lub hli tas los, Kuv sau tau txog cov teeb meem promoters muaj nyob staging joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Muas thaum chiv thawj teem rau Omaha, Nebraska, Tus Omaha Chief of tub ceev xwm thiab tub ceev xwm Commissioner tau txhawj xeeb txog ntais ntawv yog prearranged los yog ib tug “ua haujlwm”. Lawv tsis xav gamblers tau coj los ntawm tus exhibition. Yuav kom tiv thaiv tau qhov no tshwm sim, Lawv

Frank Gotch, tus tub ua liaj ua teb hauv Humboldt, Iowa, yuav defeat George Hackenschmidt rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship nyob rau 1908. No yeej thiab nws swb rau tom “Hack” nyob rau lub 1911 rematch cemented Gotch qhov chaw raws li yog ib lub wrestlers loj tshaj txhua lub sij hawm. Gotch yog ib tug wrestler feemxyuam heev tabsis nws twb tsis tau lub undefeated wunderkind cov lus dab neeg. Gotch