Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Τον Ιανουάριο 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. Zbyszko was a skilled

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

Τον Δεκέμβριο 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Ωστόσο, 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” Λουδοβίκος, που ονομάζεται επίσης Evan Lewis “ο Στραγγαλιστής”, ήταν ένας επαγγελματίας παλαιστής από 1882 να 1899. Ο Lewis ήταν ο πρώτος Αμερικανός βαρέων βαρών Catch-as-Catch Μπορεί πρωταθλητής της πάλης. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ή “hang hold”, που οι σύγχρονοι φίλοι του ΜΜΑ γνωρίζουν ως τσοκ με γκιλοτίνα. Ο Lewis έκανε το επαγγελματικό ντεμπούτο του με τη νίκη ενός 64 τουρνουά ανδρών

Χελιδόνι “Γεωργός” Μπερνς είναι γνωστή σήμερα ως εκπαιδευτής του θρυλικού παλαιστή Frank Gotch. “Γεωργός” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Μπερνς κέρδισε το πρωταθλητής της πάλης αμερικανική βαρέων βαρών στο νόμιμο Pro εποχή πάλη παρά το γεγονός ότι μόνο 165 λίρες. Σε 1891, Εγκαύματα ως Αϊόβα βαρέων βαρών πρωτοπόρος πήρε JC. Comstock, το Μίτσιγκαν πρωταθλητής βαρέων βαρών. J.C. Comstock was

Τον Ιανουάριο 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

In November 1923, St. Ο δημοσιογράφος των Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy πήρε συνέντευξη από τον St. Ο προωθητής της πάλης Louis John Contos. Ο Murphy πρότεινε στον Contos ότι η εποχή των κυρίαρχων παλαιστών όπως ο William Muldoon είχε τελειώσει. Ο Μέρφι μίλησε για τον πρόσφατο αγώνα μεταξύ “Παγκόσμιος Πρωταθλητής” Ο Hardneck Phillips και ο υποψήφιος του παιχνιδιού Webster O'Malley. Ο Φίλιπς υπερασπίστηκε με επιτυχία το πρωτάθλημά του ρίχνοντας μετά τον Ο'Μάλεϊ 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”

Την Τρίτη, Μάρτιος 22, 1910, Ο Δρ. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 και 1920. Ο Δρ. 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. Ο Δρ.