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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.
Janúar 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 var þjálfaður
Lögreglustjórinn í Omaha, H.W. Dunn skapaði fyrirsagnir í mars 28, 1915, þegar hann gaf út skipun um að banna auglýsta atvinnuglímu Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 Leikurinn var á dagskrá í Omaha Auditorium. Yfirmaðurinn gaf í raun út skipunina að beiðni lögreglustjóra A.C. Kugel. Kugel gaf út yfirlýsingu til
Á Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis sigraði Joe Stecher fyrir heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Þó, 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, einnig kallað Evan Lewis “sem Strangler”, var faglegur wrestler frá 1882 til 1899. Lewis var fyrsta American Heavyweight Afli-eins og-afli Glíma Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” eða “hang hold”, sem nútíma MMA aðdáendur þekkja sem guillotine choke. Lewis gerði faglega frumraun sína með því að vinna a 64 manna mót
Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns var mikill wrestler í eigin rétti sínum. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 £. Í 1891, Burns sem Iowa þungavigtar meistari tók á JC. Comstock, að Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Janúar 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, nokkrir amerískir glímukappar höfðu jafnvel sagt að þeir væru Nogert áður
In November 1923, St. Billy Murphy, blaðamaður Louis Star-Times, tók viðtal við St. John Contos, umboðsmaður Louis-glímunnar. Murphy lagði til við Contos að tímabil ríkjandi glímumanna eins og William Muldoon væri lokið. Murphy talaði um nýlega leik á milli “Heimsmeistari” Hardneck Phillips og keppandinn Webster O'Malley. Phillips varði meistaratitilinn sinn með góðum árangri með því að henda O'Malley á eftir 1 hour, 50
Og “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”
Apríl 3, 1908, American glímukappi Frank Gotch hitti Heimurinn glímukappi George Hackenschmidt fyrir World titil á Dexter Park Pavilion í Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt var undefeated eins og a faglegur en hafði verið Heimsmeistari í u.þ.b. 7 ár. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Á þriðjudag, Mars 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller hitti Stanislaus Zbyszko í lögmætum Glíma leik. Professional glíma myndi umskipti frá lögmætum keppni til leiksvið sýningu á milli 1910 og 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller útskrifaðist frá University of Pennsylvania því að spila faglega fótbolta. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.