Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Kun raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestari William Muldoon jäi eläkkeelle 1889, hän toivoi, että hänen suojatansa Ernest Roeber tunnustettaisiin uudeksi mestariksi. Kuitenkin, Muldoon voitti tittelinsä kreikkalais-roomalaisessa painissa, joka oli saksalaissyntyisen Roeberin asiantuntemusta. Valitettavasti, Martinin hyökkäyksiä “Viljelijä” Burns ja Evan “The Strangler” Lewis katapultoitui saalis-saata-purkipainin hallitsevaan tyyliin. Roeberilla oli a
When “Venäjän Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, tunnetaan “Hakata” 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 minutes. Beell voitti
Joe Acton oli yksi Englannin parhaista painijoista 1800 -luvulla. 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 “toimi” matches thrown in the mix. Mennessä 1904 tai 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. Kuitenkin, 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
Lokakuun 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) Mestaruus, mutta pysyi poissa valokeilasta asti
Marraskuun 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein'in World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ottelu osoittautui yhtä jännittävä tarkkailijoina epäillään olisi, mutta se päättyi kiistaa. Olson oli 6’01” mutta punnitaan vain 170 kiloa. Syntynyt Max Flaskamp Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalenin 1879, hän otti nimen Charles tai Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 kiloa. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Kuitenkin, 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
Jouluyönä 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko tapasi Giovanni Raicievichin paljon odotetussa raskaansarjan painiottelussa. Zbyszko, joka kampanjoi uusintaottelusta raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestarin Frank Gotchin kanssa, suostui heittämään Raicevichin 3 kertaa sisään 90 minuuttia tai hänet julistetaan häviäjäksi. Kun miehet astuivat kuuluisaan Madison Square Gardeniin New Yorkissa, Zbyszko oli selvästi se