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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, koji je bio 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. Nažalost, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Često otkrivam da je najveći izazov u istraživanju ranog profesionalnog hrvanja odvajanje činjenica od fikcije. Čak i kad su se hrvači natjecali u legitimnim mečevima, često su napuhavali ishode, izgradili su apokrifni folklor oko svojih pobjeda i izmišljali fantastične priče kako bi objasnili svoje gubitke. Profesionalno hrvanje proizašlo je iz karnevala i zadržalo promotivne instinkte ove umjetnosti. St.
Siječnja 10, 1910, Nedavno je stigao poljski rvač Stanislav Zbyszko preuzeo Charlie “Kid” Cutler u najboljem dva-out-of-tri padova utakmicu. Cutler je bio boksač u družina pokrenuti John L. Sullivan prije prelaska na hrvanje. Dok Cutler je izuzetno teško, Stanislav Zbyszko je hrvanje od mladosti. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
U prosincu 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
U ponedjeljak, Veljača 7, 1887, Evan “Davitelj” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton upoznao je u Battery D u Chicagu, Illinois. Bio bi to prvi od nekoliko egzibicijskih mečeva između muškaraca. Rano su izvodili te izložbe u većim gradovima Srednjeg zapada 1887. Poput St. Paul match koji sam opisao u ranijem postu, Lewis i Acton su pristali
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. U ovoj epizodi, I discuss what Evan “Davitelj” Klin dizač’ 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. Međutim, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Klin dizač
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” promicanje hrvanja i pobijedio Munna za
Evan “Davitelj” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 funti, Klin dizač’ 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. Klin dizač’ ugled je bio snažno povezan s njegovim strahom
Istog dana Joe Stecher borio se protiv Stanislausa Zbyszka za priznatu verziju Svjetskog prvenstva u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji u St.. Louis, I “Davitelj” 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
Travanj 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Davitelj” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” šibice. 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