Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Stanislaus Zbyszko ໄດ້ເດີນທາງໄປສະຫະລັດໃນ 1909 ຊອກຫາການແຂ່ງຂັນກັບແຊ້ມ Wrestling Heavyweight ໂລກທີ່ຍອມຮັບ Frank Gotch. ເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບຮູບຮ່າງສໍາລັບສິ່ງທ້າທາຍນີ້ແລະສ້າງຄວາມຄາດຫວັງສໍາລັບການແຂ່ງຂັນຫົວຂໍ້, Zbyskzo ໄດ້ທ່ຽວຊົມເມືອງໃຫຍ່ສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ໃນສະຫະລັດ. ໃນລະຫວ່າງເດືອນພຶດສະພາ 1910, Zbyszko ມາຮອດ St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” 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

ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 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” ແລະ 210 ປອນ, “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. Second,

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. <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ໃນວັນພະຫັດ, ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of

ໃນ​ວັນ​ພະ​ຫັດ, ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 22, 1923, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. Louis ຕອບ​ຫນັງ​ສື​ທາງ​ການ​,. 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 “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the

On a Thursday night, ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 ປອນ. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, 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

ເປີດ​ເຜີຍ Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, ລັດ​ໄອ​ໂອ​ວາ, 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

ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 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