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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, a bhí 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. Unfortunately, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Is minic a fuair mé amach gurb é an dúshlán is mó maidir le taighde a dhéanamh ar choracaíocht ghairmiúil luath ná an fhíric a scaradh ó fhicsean. Fiú nuair a bhí na wrestlers san iomaíocht i gcluichí dlisteanacha, is minic a mhéadaigh siad torthaí, tógtha suas béaloideas apocryphal thart ar a mbuanna agus a chumadh scéalta grinn a mhíniú dóibh a chaillteanais. D’eascair an chogaíocht ghairmiúil as na carnabhail agus choinnigh sé instinct bolscaireachta na healaíne seo. St.
Ar Eanáir 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
Ar Nollaig 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
On Monday, Feabhra 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Bhuail Joe Acton le chéile ag Battery D i Chicago, Illinois. Bheadh sé ar an gcéad cheann de roinnt babhtaí taispeántais idir na fir. Rinne siad na taispeántais seo go luath i gcathracha móra an Mheán-Iarthair 1887. Cosúil leis an St. Paul mheaitseáil chlúdaigh mé i bpost níos luaithe, D’aontaigh Lewis agus Acton leis
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Sa chlár seo, I discuss what Evan “An Strangler” 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. Mar sin féin, 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” ardú céime wrestling agus buille Munn do na
Ar an lá céanna rinne Joe Stecher troid i gcoinne Stanislaus Zbyszko don leagan aitheanta de Chraobhchomórtais Wrestling Heavyweight World i St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” 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
Evan “Strangler” Bhí Lewis ar iomaitheoirí scary. Cé nach raibh sé ina fhear mór ag 5’09” agus a mheá 170 punt, Lewis’ máistreacht haighneachtaí a rinneadh dó chomhionann nó níos fearr wrestlers is mó dá ré. Bhí Jack Carkeek wrestler terrific ach mheaitseáil amháin le Lewis ba chúis beagnach dó dul ar scor. Lewis’ bhí baint láidir ag a chlú lena eagla
Ar Aibreán 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” 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