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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. Sajnos, 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.
On 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
Hétfőn, Február 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kis Demon” Joe Acton Chicagóban, a Battery D-ben találkozott, Illinois. Ez lenne az első a férfiak közötti kiállítási összecsapások közül. Korán a nagyobb közép-nyugati városokban mutatták be ezeket a kiállításokat 1887. Mint a St. Pál meccs, amiről egy korábbi bejegyzésemben szóltam, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Ebben az epizódban, I discuss what Evan “A Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Fő tartalom – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Viszont, 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 legyőzte Wayne Munn az egyik utolsó hajtás,,en,nem rendeztek,,en,Pankráció meccsek az Egyesült Államokban,,en,Ez volt a hajtás, vagy jogos mérkőzés miatt Zbyszko kettős átlépte a,,en,birkózás promóciós és verte Munn,,en,Mosblechs,,de,Kerestem információkat saját Nagy bácsi Francis,,en,házasság nagynéném Rosemary Kalt,,en,Azt találtam, hogy egy váratlan családfa kincs,,en,egy képet a júliusi,,en,Louis Csillagok-Times dédszüleim és,,en,Mosblech gyerekek,,en,Még soha nem láttam egy képet,,en,Inspector Hornleigh,,en,Twentieth Century Fox Film Company kiadta az első a felügyelő Hornleigh filmek,,en,Inspector Hornleigh egy Scotland Yard felügyelő segíti az ő vizsgálatai őrmester Bingham,,en,Gordon Harker játszott Hornleigh,,en,míg Alastair Sim biztosítja a komikus őrmester Bingham,,en (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
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 font, Lewis’ 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. Lewis’ 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. Louis, Ed “Strangler” 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
Április 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” gyufa. 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