Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Toe die Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioen, William Muldoon, uitgetree het 1889, hy het gehoop dat sy beskermer Ernest Roeber as die nuwe kampioen erken sou word. Egter, Muldoon het sy titel in Grieks-Romeinse stoei gewen, wat die Duits-gebore Roeber se kundigheid was. Ongelukkig, die wedervaringe van Martin “Boer” Burns en Evan “Die worger” Lewis het vang-as-vang-blik-stoei in die dominante styl gekatapulteer. Roeber het wel 'n
When “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, bekend as “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minute. Beell het die
Joe Acton was een van Engeland se beste stoeiers gedurende die 19de eeu. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Deur 1904 of 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos het deur die geledere van professionele stoei gestyg om die grootste loketster van nie net die 1930's nie, maar van alle tye te word. Egter, as Londos nie na St. Louis in die vroeë 1920's, die storie kon heel anders gewees het. Londos het vang-as-vang-kan-stoei geleer terwyl Londos as sterk man in die karnavalkring tydens
Op Oktober 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Kampioenskap maar uit die kollig gebly tot
Op November 7, 1908, Charles Olson ontmoet het “Americus” Gus Schonlein vir die Wêreld Ligswaargewig Stoeikampioenskap. Die wedstryd was so opwindend soos waarnemers vermoed het dit sou wees, maar dit het in omstredenheid geëindig. Olson het 6 gestaan’01” maar net geweeg 170 pond. Gebore Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, Noordryn-Wesfale in 1879, hy het die naam Charles of Charley Olson aangeneem
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pond. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Egter, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Op Kersnag 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the