Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Když mistr světa v těžké váze William Muldoon odešel do důchodu 1889, doufal, že jeho chráněnec Ernest Roeber bude uznán jako nový šampion. Však, Muldoon získal svůj titul v řecko-římském zápase, což byla odbornost německého původu Roebera. Bohužel, Martinovy činy “Zemědělec” Burns a Evan “Strangler” Lewis katapultoval zápas typu chyť jak chytí do dominantního stylu. Roeber měl a
Kdy “Ruská Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, známý jako “Kopnutí” 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 zápis. Beell vyhrál
Joe Acton byl jedním z nejlepších anglických zápasníků 19. 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. Podle 1904 nebo 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 rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Však, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Října 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) Mistrovství ale zůstalo mimo pozornost až do
Dne 7, 1908, Charles Olson se setkal “Americus” Gus Schonlein na mistrovství světa v zápase v lehké těžké váze. Zápas se ukázal být tak vzrušující, jak pozorovatelé tušili, že bude, ale skončil kontroverzí. Olson stál 6’01” ale jen vážil 170 liber. Narozen Max Flaskamp v Krefeldu, Severní Porýní-Vestfálsko v 1879, přijal jméno Charles nebo Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 liber. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Však, 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
Na Štědrý večer 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko se setkal s Giovannim Raicievičem v očekávaném zápase těžké váhy. Zbyszko, který vedl kampaň za odvetný zápas s mistrem světa v těžké váze Frankem Gotchem, souhlasil, že hodí Raiceviče 3 krát v 90 minut nebo bude prohlášen za poraženého. Když muži vstoupili do slavné Madison Square Garden v New Yorku, Zbyszko to byl jednoznačně