Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Siječnja 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 je bio vješt

Šef policije Omahe H.W. Dunn je napravio naslove u ožujku 28, 1915, kada je izdao naredbu o zabrani oglašenog profesionalnog hrvačkog meča između Joea Stechera i Jessa Westergaarda. The April 6, 1915 utakmica je bila zakazana za Omaha Auditorium. Načelnik je zapravo izdao naredbu po nalogu načelnika policije A.C. Kugel. Kugel je izdao priopćenje za

U prosincu 13, 1920, I “Davitelj” Lewis je pobijedio Joea Stechera za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Međutim, 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 “Davitelj” Klin dizač, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 to 1899. Lewis je bio prvi američki teškoj Catch-kao-ulov Hrvanje prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ili “hang hold”, koju ljubitelji modernog MMA-a poznaju kao giljotinski čok. Lewis je svoj profesionalni debi pobjedom 64 muški turnir

Bregunica “Seljak” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Seljak” Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funti. U 1891, Burns što Iowi prvak u teškoj kategoriji je na JC. Comstock, Michigan prvak u teškoj kategoriji. J.C. Comstock was

Siječnja 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, nekoliko američkih hrvača čak je tvrdio da se Nogert prije

In November 1923, St. Novinar Louis Star-Timesa Billy Murphy intervjuirao je St. Louis hrvački promotor John Contos. Murphy je rekao Contosu da je era dominantnih hrvača poput Williama Muldoona završila. Murphy je govorio o nedavnoj utakmici između “Svjetski prvak” Hardneck Phillips i konkurent Webster O’Malley. Phillips je uspješno obranio svoje prvenstvo bacivši O'Malleyja nakon 1 hour, 50

I “Davitelj” 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”

U utorak, Ožujak 22, 1910, Doktor. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Doktor. 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. Doktor.