Tag: Rokoborba Catch-as-Catch-Can

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, ki je bil 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. Na žalost, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Pogosto sem ugotovil, da je največji izziv pri raziskovanju zgodnje profesionalne rokoborbe ločiti dejstva od fikcije. Tudi ko so rokoborci tekmovali v legitimnih dvobojih, pogosto so napihnili rezultate, zgradili apokrifno folkloro okoli svojih zmag in si izmislili domišljijske zgodbe, da bi razložili svoje izgube. Profesionalna rokoborba je izšla iz karnevalov in ohranila promocijske nagone te umetnosti. St.

Decembra 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch izgubila tri tedne bitko z zastrupitvijo uremičnega. Zdravniki so poskušali obdržati svoje ledvice ki gredo skozi delovanje v Chicagu pa je predstavljalo le začasno rešitev. Gotch je namenjen potovati v Hot Springs, Arkansas poskusiti in obnoviti njegovo zdravje. Operacija se je končalo to upanje. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

Ponedeljek, Februar 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malo Demon” Joe Acton se je srečal pri Battery D v Chicagu, Illinois. To bi bil prvi od več ekshibicijskih dvobojev med moškimi. Te razstave so že zgodaj izvajali v večjih mestih na srednjem zahodu 1887. Tako kot St. Paul match, ki sem ga obravnaval v prejšnji objavi, Lewis in Acton sta se strinjala

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. V to epizodo, I discuss what Evan “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. Vendar, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

Redko pa eno bistveno spremenijo svoj poklic, ampak Stanislaus Zbyszko storil prav to aprila,,en,Zbyszko premagala Wayne Munn v eni od zadnjega snemanja,,en,ne uprizorjena,,en,profesionalna rokoborba tekme v Združenih državah Amerike,,en,Bilo je ustrelil ali legitimno tekmo, ker Zbyszko dvojno prekoračen,,en,promocija rokoborba in premagal Munn za naslov,,en,Wayne Munn je bil zvezda nogometaš na Univerzi v Nebraski,,en,kjer je njegova,,en,funt okvir je bil nenavadno pred steroid dobe,,en,Predlagatelji Wrestling James,,en,Mondt in Billy Sandow,,en,skupaj s Svetovno Težji Wrestling prvak Ed,,en,Videl denar v veliki športnik kljub pomanjkanju wrestling sposobnosti,,en,Zaračunano kot 6,,en,velikan,,en,Trio ga skrbno ujema s kupom manj kvalificiranih rokoborcev,,en,kjer Munn bi uporabil svojo velikost in moč,,en,poraz,,en,moški,,en 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” napredovanje v rokoborbi in premagal Munna za

On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, In “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 funtov, 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

Aprila 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” tekme. 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