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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, quien fue 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. Desafortunadamente, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Con frecuencia he descubierto que el mayor desafío al investigar la lucha libre profesional temprana es separar la realidad de la ficción.. Incluso cuando los luchadores compitieron en combates legítimos, a menudo inflaron los resultados, Construyeron folklore apócrifo en torno a sus victorias e inventaron cuentos fantásticos para explicar sus pérdidas.. La lucha libre profesional surgió de los carnavales y conservó el instinto promocional de este arte.. St.
En enero 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
En diciembre 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdió una batalla de tres semanas con el envenenamiento urémico. Los médicos trataron de mantener sus riñones pasan por una operación en Chicago pero siempre y sólo un alivio temporal. Gotch intención de viajar a Hot Springs, Arkansas para tratar de restaurar su salud. La operación terminó esta esperanza. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
El lunes, Febrero 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton se reunió en Battery D en Chicago, Illinois. Sería la primera de varias peleas de exhibición entre los hombres.. Realizaron estas exposiciones en las ciudades más grandes del Medio Oeste a principios 1887. como el st. Partido de Paul que cubrí en una publicación anterior., Lewis y Acton acordaron
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. En este episodio, I discuss what Evan “El Estrangulador” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Contenido Principal – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Sin embargo, 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” promoción de lucha libre y venció a Munn por el
El mismo día, Joe Stecher luchó contra Stanislaus Zbyszko por la versión reconocida del Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Libre de Peso Pesado en St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Grande” 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 libras, 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’ reputación estaba fuertemente relacionada con su temido
En abril 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” cerillas. 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