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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, qui va ser 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. Desafortunadament, 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.
Al gener 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
Al desembre 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdre una batalla de tres setmanes amb l'enverinament urèmica. Els metges van tractar de mantenir els seus ronyons passen per una operació a Chicago però sempre i només un alleujament temporal. Gotch intenció de viatjar a Hot Springs, Arkansas per intentar restaurar la seva salut. L'operació va acabar aquesta esperança. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Dilluns, Febrer 7, 1887, Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton es va conèixer a Battery D a Chicago, Illinois. Seria el primer de diversos combats d'exhibició entre els homes. Van fer aquestes exposicions a les ciutats més grans del mig oest al principi 1887. Com el St. El partit de Paul que vaig cobrir en una publicació anterior, Lewis i Acton van acceptar
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. En aquest episodi, I discuss what Evan “El Estrangulador” 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. Però, 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, Pennsilvània. 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” promoció de lluita lliure i va vèncer Munn per la
El mateix dia, Joe Stecher va lluitar contra Stanislaus Zbyszko per la versió reconeguda del Campionat Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat a St.. Louis, I “Estrangulador” Lewis challenged “Gran” 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
Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 lliures, 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’ la reputació estava fortament relacionada amb la seva por
A l'abril 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” llumins. 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