Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
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, wer war 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. Leider, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Am January 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
On December 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
Am Montag, Februar 7, 1887, Evan “Würger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton traf sich bei Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. Es wäre der erste von mehreren Schaukämpfen zwischen den Männern. Sie führten diese Ausstellungen schon früh in den größeren Städten des Mittleren Westens durch 1887. Wie der St. Paul Match habe ich in einem früheren Beitrag behandelt, Lewis und Acton stimmten zu
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In dieser Folge, I discuss what Evan “Der Würger” Lewis’ 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. Jedoch, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
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” Wrestling-Promotion und schlug Munn für die
Evan “Würger” Lewis war ein unheimlich Wettbewerber. Obwohl er nicht ein großer Mann bei 5’09” und gewogen 170 Pfund, Lewis’ Beherrschung der Einreichungen machte ihn eine gleiche oder bessere der meisten Wrestler seiner Zeit. Jack Carkeek war eine tolle Wrestler, sondern ein Spiel mit Lewis fast ließ ihn in den Ruhestand. Lewis’ Der Ruf hing eng mit seiner Angst zusammen
Am selben Tag rang Joe Stecher gegen Stanislaus Zbyszko um die anerkannte Version der World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Und “Würger” 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
Im April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Würger” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” Streichhölzer. 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