היסטוריון ספורט קרבי ואמן לחימה
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
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
בדצמבר 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. לואיס “מובס” 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
בחודש ינואר 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” ו - 210 קילו, “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. שני,
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. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. לואי קולוסיאום ביום חמישי, דצמבר 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
ביום חמישי, נובמבר 22, 1923, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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. לואיס פוסט דיספץ'. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the
ביום חמישי בלילה, נובמבר 25, 1909, אלוף העולם בהיאבקות פרנק Gotch פגש היאבקות פולנית אלוף סטניסלב Zbyszko להתאמה לנכים באפלו, ניו יורק. Gotch הסכים לוותר על התקף אם הוא לא יכול לזרוק Zbyszko פעמיים בשעה. הגודל של Zbyszko והכוח יצרו בעיות לGotch, ששקל 190 לירות לZbyszko של 260 קילו. אולם, Zbyszko
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
פרנק Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, איווה, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
On January 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. זביסקו היה מיומן