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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, कौन था 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. दुर्भाग्य, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
मैंने अक्सर पाया है कि शुरुआती पेशेवर कुश्ती पर शोध करने में सबसे बड़ी चुनौती तथ्य को कल्पना से अलग करना है. तब भी जब पहलवान वैध मुकाबलों में प्रतिस्पर्धा करते थे, वे अक्सर नतीजों को बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर पेश करते हैं, अपनी जीतों के इर्द-गिर्द अपोक्रिफ़ल लोककथाएँ गढ़ीं और अपनी हार को समझाने के लिए काल्पनिक कहानियाँ गढ़ीं. पेशेवर कुश्ती कार्निवाल से उभरी और इस कला की प्रचार प्रवृत्ति को बरकरार रखा. सेंट.
जनवरी में 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
दिसंबर को 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
सोमवार को, फरवरी 7, 1887, इवान “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis and “Little Demon” जो एक्टन शिकागो में बैटरी डी में मिले, Illinois. यह पुरुषों के बीच कई प्रदर्शनी मुकाबलों के पहले किया जाएगा. वे जल्दी में बड़ा मध्य-पश्चिमी शहरों में इन प्रदर्शनियों प्रदर्शन किया 1887. सेंट की तरह. पॉल मैं एक पहले पोस्ट में कवर से मेल खाते हैं, लुईस और एक्टन पर सहमति
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. इस प्रकरण में, I discuss what Evan “स्ट्रेंजलर” लेविस’ hold would be called today. मुख्य सामग्री – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. तथापि, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. लेविस
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 and beat Munn for the
इवान “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 पाउंड, लेविस’ 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. लेविस’ 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. लुइस, और “स्ट्रेंजलर” 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
अप्रैल को 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” माचिस. 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