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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.
Ar Ionawr 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Roedd Zbyszko yn fedrus
Omaha Pennaeth yr Heddlu H.W. Creodd Dunn benawdau ar Fawrth 28, 1915, pan gyhoeddodd orchymyn yn gwahardd y gêm reslo broffesiynol a hysbysebwyd rhwng Joe Stecher a Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 trefnwyd y gêm ar gyfer Awditoriwm Omaha. Cyhoeddodd y pennaeth y gorchymyn mewn gwirionedd ar gais Uwcharolygydd yr Heddlu A.C. Kugel. Cyhoeddodd Kugel ddatganiad i
Ar Ragfyr 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Trechodd Lewis Joe Stecher ar gyfer ei Bencampwriaeth Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Fodd bynnag,, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, a elwir hefyd Evan Lewis “y Strangler”, Roedd yn wrestler proffesiynol o 1882 i 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” neu “hang hold”, y mae cefnogwyr MMA modern yn ei adnabod fel tagu gilotîn. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 twrnament dyn
Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Roedd Burns yn wrestler mawr yn ei rinwedd ei hun. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 bunnoedd. Yn 1891, Llosgiadau fel y Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Iowa gymerodd JC. Comstock, Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Michigan. J.C. Comstock was
Ar Ionawr 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, roedd ychydig o reslwyr Americanaidd hyd yn oed wedi honni eu bod yn Nogert o'r blaen
In November 1923, St. Cyfwelodd gohebydd Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, St. Louis hyrwyddwr reslo John Contos. Cynigiodd Murphy i Contos fod oes reslwyr dominyddol fel William Muldoon ar ben. Siaradodd Murphy am y gêm ddiweddar rhwng “Pencampwr y Byd” Hardneck Phillips a'r ymgeisydd gêm Webster O'Malley. Llwyddodd Phillips i amddiffyn ei bencampwriaeth trwy daflu O’Malley ar ei ôl 1 hour, 50
Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Ar Ebrill 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 blynyddoedd. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Mawrth 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 a 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.