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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, li kien 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. Sfortunatament, 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.
Fuq Jannar 10, 1910, reċentement waslu wrestler Pollakk Stanislaus Zbyszko ħa fuq Charlie “Il Kid” Cutler fil-aħjar żewġ out-of-tliet waqgħat match. Cutler kien boxer fi Troupe mmexxija minn John L. Sullivan qabel jgħaddi għall lotta. Filwaqt Cutler kien estremament iebsa, Stanislaus Zbyszko kien lotta peress żgħożitu. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Fuq Diċembru 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
Nhar it-Tnejn, Frar 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis u “Little dimostrazzjo” Joe Acton iltaqa’ f’Battery D f’Chicago, Illinois. Ikun l-ewwel minn diversi konfronti ta’ wirja bejn l-irġiel. Huma wettqu dawn il-wirjiet fil-bliet il-kbar tal-Midwestern kmieni 1887. Bħall-St. Paul logħba I koperti f'post preċedenti, Lewis u Acton qablu
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. F'dan episodju, I discuss what Evan “Il 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. Madankollu, 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” promozzjoni lotta u taħbit Munn għall-
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 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” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 liri, 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
Dwar 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” logħbiet. 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