Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, ο οποίος ήταν 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. Δυστυχώς, 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.

Τον Δεκέμβριο 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

Την Δευτέρα, Φεβρουάριος 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Μικρή Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο, Θα συζητήσουμε τι Evan “Ο Στραγγαλιστής” Λουδοβίκος’ αναμονή θα ονομάζεται σήμερα. Main Content – Όταν άκουσα για πρώτη φορά από τον ασφυκτικό κλοιό "κολλάει στα χέρια» του Evan "The Στραγγαλιστής" Lewis, ακουγόταν σαν γκιλοτίνα τσοκ. Ωστόσο, διάφορες πηγές Έλεγξα το περιέγραψε ως μια οπίσθια γυμνή έμφραξη. Λουδοβίκος

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” προώθηση πάλης και κέρδισε τον Munn για την

Την ίδια μέρα ο Joe Stecher πάλεψε τον Stanislaus Zbyszko για την αναγνωρισμένη έκδοση του Παγκόσμιου Πρωταθλήματος Πάλης Βαρέων Βαρών στο St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Μεγάλος” 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 “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 λίρες, Λουδοβίκος’ 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. Λουδοβίκος’ η φήμη σχετιζόταν στενά με τον φόβο του

Τον Απρίλιο του 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko συνεδρίασε 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Ο Lewis θα συναντηθούν στο πρώτο από τα πολλά παιχνίδια μεταξύ των δύο ανδρών. Θα συνεργάζονται σε μια σειρά από επεξεργασμένα ή “προσχεδιασμένο” matches. Lewis στην πραγματικότητα έπεσε Πρωτάθλημα Πάλης του American βαρέων βαρών για να Wladek Zbyszko σε 1917. Στις αρχές του 1920, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling