Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, yang 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. Sayangnya, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Saya sering menemukan tantangan terbesar dalam meneliti gulat profesional awal adalah memisahkan fakta dari fiksi. Bahkan ketika para pegulat bertanding dalam pertandingan yang sah, mereka sering kali membesar-besarkan hasil, membangun cerita rakyat palsu seputar kemenangan mereka dan mengarang cerita khayalan untuk menjelaskan kekalahan mereka. Gulat profesional muncul dari karnaval dan mempertahankan naluri promosi seni ini. St.

Pada tanggal 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

Pada hari Senin, Februari 7, 1887, Evan “Pencekik” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton bertemu di Battery D di Chicago, Illinois. Ini akan menjadi yang pertama dari beberapa pertarungan eksibisi antar pria. Mereka melakukan pameran ini di kota-kota besar di Midwestern pada awalnya 1887. Seperti St. Pertandingan Paul yang saya bahas di posting sebelumnya, Lewis dan Acton setuju

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Dalam episode ini, I discuss what Evan “Pencekik” 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. However, 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” promosi gulat dan kalahkan Munn untuk itu

Evan “Pencekik” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” dan ditimbang 170 pon, 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

Pada hari yang sama Joe Stecher bergulat dengan Stanislaus Zbyszko untuk versi Kejuaraan Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia yang diakui di St.. Louis, Dan “Pencekik” Lewis challenged “Besar” 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

Pada April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Pencekik” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” korek api. 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