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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, ով 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. Ցավոք,, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Ես հաճախ եմ գտել, որ վաղ պրոֆեսիոնալ ըմբշամարտի ուսումնասիրության ամենամեծ մարտահրավերը փաստերի բաժանումն է գեղարվեստականից. Նույնիսկ այն ժամանակ, երբ ըմբիշները մրցում էին օրինական հանդիպումներում, նրանք հաճախ ուռճացնում էին արդյունքները, իրենց հաղթանակների շուրջ կառուցել են ապոկրիֆ ֆոլկլոր և հորինել ֆանտաստիկ հեքիաթներ՝ բացատրելու իրենց կորուստները. Պրոֆեսիոնալ ըմբշամարտը ծագեց կառնավալներից և պահպանեց այս արվեստի գովազդային բնազդները. St.
Հունվարի 10, 1910, վերջերս ժամանել Լեհաստանի ըմբիշ Stanislaus Zbyszko ստանձնեց Charlie “The Kid” Cutler է լավագույն երկու out-of-THREE FALLS խաղում. Cutler եղել բռնցքամարտիկ է թատերախումբ վարում Ջոն L. Sullivan առաջ անցնելով ըմբշամարտի. Մինչ Cutler չափազանց կոշտ, Stanislaus Zbyszko էր ծանրամարտ, քանի որ իր երիտասարդության. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Դեկտեմբերի 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
Երկուշաբթի օրը, Փետրվար 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little 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. Այս դրվագ, I discuss what Evan “The 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. Սակայն, 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
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Իսկ “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Մեծ” 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 ֆունտ, 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’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On April 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” հանդիպումները. 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