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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, 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. Infelizmente, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Eu freqüentemente descobri que o maior desafio na pesquisa do início do wrestling profissional é separar o fato da ficção. Mesmo quando os lutadores competiram em lutas legítimas, eles frequentemente inflacionam os resultados, construiu folclore apócrifo em torno de suas vitórias e inventou contos fantásticos para explicar suas perdas. A luta livre profissional surgiu dos carnavais e manteve os instintos promocionais desta arte. St.
Em janeiro de 10, 1910, recentemente chegou wrestler polonês Stanislaus Zbyszko assumiu Charlie “The Kid” Cutler em uma melhor correspondência quedas de dois fora-de-três. Cutler tinha sido um boxeador em uma trupe dirigida por John L. Sullivan antes da transição para luta livre. Enquanto Cutler foi extremamente difícil, Stanislaus Zbyszko tinha lutado desde a sua juventude. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Em dezembro 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
Na segunda-feira, Fevereiro 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Demónio pequeno” 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. Neste episódio, Eu discutir o que Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis’ hold seria chamado hoje. Main Content – Quando eu ouvi pela primeira vez o estrangulamento ou "travar hold" de Evan "O Estrangulador" Lewis, soou como uma guilhotina. However, várias fontes I verificados descreveu-o como um mata-leão. 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, 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” e pesou 170 libras, 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
Em abril de 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” fósforos. 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