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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.
Cando World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling William Muldoon se aposentou en 1889, el esperaba que o seu protexido Ernest Roeber sería recoñecido como o novo campión. Porén, Muldoon gañou o seu título en loita greco-romana, que foi a experiencia de orixe alemá do Roeber. Desafortunadamente, as aventuras de Martin “Agricultores” Burns e Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis catapultou catch-as-catch-pode loitar no estilo dominante. Roeber tiña un
Cando “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, coñecido como “Cabeza” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt gañou o título mundial en grecorromana
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 actas. Beell won the
Joe Acton foi un dos mellores loitadores de Inglaterra durante o século 19. 151-pound Acton pasou por filas dos medios de Inglaterra antes de arar a través dos pesos pesados. Despois de bater o mellor a Inglaterra tiña que ofrecer, incluíndo Tom Canón, Acton decidiu probar as súas habilidades en Estados Unidos. Joe Acton resolto en Filadelfia na casa de Arthur Cámara dos Campións descanso durante os meses de verán de
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “Traballou” matches thrown in the mix. Por 1904 ou 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. Porén, 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
En outubro 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) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until
En novembro 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein for the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The match proved to be as exciting as observers suspected it would be but it ended in controversy. Olson stood 6’01” but weighed only 170 libras. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 libras. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Porén, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, quen viaxou a América para enfrontarse a Frank Gotch despois de derrotalo
Na noite de Nadal 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko coñeceu a Giovanni Raicievich nun combate de loita libre moi esperado.. Zbyszko, que estaba facendo campaña para unha revancha co campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado Frank Gotch, acordou botar a Raicevich 3 veces en 90 minutos ou ser declarado perdedor. Cando os homes entraron no famoso Madison Square Garden da cidade de Nova York, Zbyszko foi claramente o