Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

Decembrie 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Totuși, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

Evan “Strangler” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 la 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” sau “hang hold”, pe care fanii moderni de MMA îl cunosc ca un sufoc de ghilotină. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 turneu de oameni

Martin “Agricultor” Burns este celebru astăzi ca formator de luptător legendar Frank Gotch. “Agricultor” Burns a fost un mare luptător în dreptul său propriu. Burns a câștigat american la categoria grea Lupta campion în legitim epoca de lupte pro ciuda faptului că numai 165 de lire sterline. În 1891, Burns ca la categoria grea campion Iowa au luat pe JC. Comstock, categoria grea campion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was

Ianuarie 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, câțiva luptători americani pretindeau chiar că sunt Nogert înainte

In November 1923, St. Reporterul Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy a intervievat St. Louis, promotor de lupte, John Contos. Murphy i-a propus lui Contos că era luptătorilor dominanti precum William Muldoon sa încheiat. Murphy a vorbit despre meciul recent dintre “Campion mondial” Hardneck Phillips și concurentul Webster O’Malley. Phillips și-a apărat cu succes campionatul aruncându-l pe O’Malley după 1 hour, 50

Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

Stanislaus Zbyszko a făcut un turneu în Statele Unite în 1910 în pregătirea pentru un meci pentru titlu cu campionul mondial la lupte grele Frank Gotch mai târziu în cursul anului. Turul său l-a adus la St. Louis în mai 29, 1910. Zbyszko era programat să se întâlnească cu foarte apreciatul grappler la categoria grea ușoară Charley Olson. Olson era un luptător priceput, care s-a antrenat cu St. Luptătorul Louis George

Marți, Martie 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 și 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.