Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Loita

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, que era 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 atopei que o maior desafío na investigación da loita libre profesional temprana é separar a realidade da ficción. Mesmo cando os loitadores competiron en partidos lexítimos, moitas veces inflaron os resultados, construíron folclore apócrifo arredor das súas vitorias e inventaron contos fantásticos para explicar as súas perdas. A loita profesional xurdiu dos entroidos e mantivo os instintos de promoción desta arte. St.

En decembro de 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

O luns, Febreiro 7, 1887, Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis and “Demo pequeno” Joe Acton coñeceuse en Battery D en Chicago, California. Sería o primeiro de varios combates de exhibición entre os homes. Realizaron estas exposicións nas grandes cidades do Medio Oeste a principios 1887. Como o St. O partido de Paul que cubrín nunha publicación anterior, Lewis e Acton acordaron

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Neste episodio, I discuss what Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Contido Principal – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Porén, 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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the

O mesmo día Joe Stecher loitou contra Stanislaus Zbyszko pola versión recoñecida do World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship en St.. Louis, E “Estrangulador” Lewis challenged “Gran” Wayne Munn polo seu Championship Wrestling Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight disputada,,en,Lewis perdeu o título para Munn en febreiro,,en,Zbyszko derrotado Munn nunha famosa dobre-cross,,en,A partida entre,,en,acende,,en,esta semana o que significa que o meu bebé se tornou un home,,en,Eu normalmente non me sinto vello pero faime entender o tempo está voando,,en,Vostede segue a evolucionar para unha nova independente trazar o seu propio camiño,,en,Vai facer ben na vida, sempre que permanecer fiel aos seus principios,,en,Retos son temporais,,en. 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 era un competidor asustado. Aínda que el non era un home grande, a 5’09” e pesou 170 libras, Lewis’ mestría de submissões fixo del un iguais ou mellores da maioría dos loitadores da súa época. Jack Carkeek era un loitador fantástico, pero un xogo con Lewis case o levou a aposentar. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared

En 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” fósforo. 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