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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.
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, who was 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. На жаль, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Я часта выяўляў, што самай вялікай праблемай у даследаванні ранняй прафесійнай барацьбы з'яўляецца аддзяленне фактаў ад выдумкі. Нават тады, калі барцы спаборнічалі ў законных паядынках, яны часта завышалі вынікі, стварылі апакрыфічны фальклор вакол сваіх перамог і складалі фантастычныя казкі, каб растлумачыць свае страты. Прафесійная барацьба паўстала з карнавалаў і захавала інстынкты прасоўвання гэтага мастацтва. Вуліца.
Студзеня 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Сьнежня 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
У панядзелак, Лютага 7, 1887, Эван “Душыцель” Lewis and “Little Demon” Джо Эктан сустрэўся ў Battery D у Чыкага, Illinois. Гэта будзе першы з некалькіх паказальных паядынкаў паміж мужчынамі. У пачатку яны праводзілі гэтыя выставы ў буйных гарадах Сярэдняга Захаду 1887. Як і св. Матч Пола, пра які я распавядаў у папярэднім паведамленні, Льюіс і Эктан пагадзіліся
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. У гэтым эпізодзе, I discuss what Evan “Душыцель” Люіс’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Аднак, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Люіс
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” прасоўванне па барацьбе і перамог Манна за
Эван “Душыцель” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 фунты, Люіс’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Люіс’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Луіс, І “Душыцель” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Красавіка 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Душыцель” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” запалкі. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling