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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, who was 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. Dessverre, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Jeg har ofte funnet ut at den største utfordringen med å forske på tidlig profesjonell bryting er å skille fakta fra fiksjon. Selv når bryterne konkurrerte i legitime kamper, de oppblåste ofte utfall, bygget opp apokryfisk folklore rundt sine seire og laget fantasifulle historier for å bortforklare tapene deres. Profesjonell bryting sprang ut av karnevalene og beholdt reklameinstinktene til denne kunsten. St.
Januar 10, 1910, nylig kom polsk bryter Stanislaus Zbyszko tok på Charlie “The Kid” Cutler i en beste kamp to-ut-av-tre faller. Cutler hadde vært en bokser i en trupp drevet av John L. Sullivan før overgangen til bryting. Mens Cutler var ekstremt tøff, Stanislaus Zbyszko hadde blitt bryting siden sin ungdom. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Desember 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
På mandag, February 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Lille Demon” Joe Acton møttes på Battery D i Chicago, Illinois. Det ville være den første av flere utstillingskamper mellom mennene. De fremførte disse utstillingene i de større byene i Midtvesten tidlig 1887. Som St. Paul match jeg dekket i et tidligere innlegg, Lewis og Acton ble enige om det
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. I denne episoden, I discuss what Evan “The Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Hovedinnhold – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. However, 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” bryting opprykk og slo Munn for
Samme dag kjempet Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkjente versjonen av World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i St.. Louis, Og “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” og veide 170 pounds, 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’ rykte var sterkt knyttet til hans fryktede
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” fyrstikker. 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