Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
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. Helaas, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Ik heb vaak ontdekt dat de grootste uitdaging bij het onderzoeken van vroeg professioneel worstelen het scheiden van feit en fictie is. Zelfs als de worstelaars deelnamen aan legitieme wedstrijden, ze verhoogden vaak de resultaten, bouwden apocriefe folklore op rond hun overwinningen en verzonnen fantasievolle verhalen om hun verliezen weg te redeneren. Professioneel worstelen kwam voort uit de carnavals en behield de promotie-instincten van deze kunst. 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
Op 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
Op maandag, Februari 7, 1887, Evan “Worger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton ontmoette elkaar bij Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. Het zou de eerste zijn van een aantal demonstratiegevechten tussen de mannen. Ze voerden deze tentoonstellingen al vroeg uit in de grotere steden in het Midwesten 1887. Zoals de St. Paul match die ik in een eerder bericht heb behandeld, Lewis en Acton waren het daarmee eens
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In deze aflevering, I discuss what Evan “De Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Hoofd-inhoud – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Echter, 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 and beat Munn for the
Evan “Worger” Lewis was een enge concurrent. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 pond, 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’ reputatie was sterk gerelateerd aan zijn angst
Op dezelfde dag worstelde Joe Stecher met Stanislaus Zbyszko voor de erkende versie van het World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St.. Louis, En “Worger” 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
Op april 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Worger” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” matches. 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