Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Þegar Veröld Heavyweight glímukappi William Muldoon störfum í 1889, Hann vonaði protege hans Ernest Roeber yrði viðurkennd sem nýr meistari. Þó, Muldoon vann titil sinn í Greco-Roman Wrestling, sem var sérfræðiþekking hins þýskættaða Roeber. Því miður, hetjudáð Martin “Farmer” Burns og Evan “The Strangler” Lewis kastaði grípandi glímunni í ríkjandi stíl. Roeber átti a
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, þekktur sem “Hakk” 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 mínútur. Beell vann
Joe Acton var einn besti glímumaður Englands á 19. öld. 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 “unnið” matches thrown in the mix. Með 1904 eða 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 fór í gegnum raðir atvinnuglímunnar og varð stærsta miðasölustjarna ekki aðeins þriðja áratugarins heldur allra tíma.. Þó, ef Londos hefði ekki komið til St. Louis í byrjun 1920, sagan hefði getað verið allt önnur. Londos lærði grípandi glímu á meðan Londos stóð sig sem sterkur maður í karnivalinu á meðan
Á október 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) Meistarakeppni en var ekki í sviðsljósinu þar til
Nóvember 7, 1908, Charles Olson hitti “Americus” Gus Schonlein fyrir heimsmeistaramótið í léttþungavigt. Leikurinn reyndist jafn spennandi og áhorfendur grunaði að hann yrði en hann endaði í deilum. Olson varð 6’01” en aðeins vigtuð 170 £. Fæddur Max Flaskamp í Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen í 1879, hann tók sér nafnið Charles eða Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 £. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Þó, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, sem ferðaðist til Ameríku til að taka á móti Frank Gotch eftir að hann sigraði
Á jólanótt 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko mætti Giovanni Raicievich í langþráðri þungavigtarglímu. Zbyszko, sem barðist fyrir endurkeppni við heimsmeistarann í þungavigt, Frank Gotch, samþykkti að henda Raicevich 3 sinnum inn 90 mínútu eða vera lýstur tapandi. Þegar mennirnir gengu inn í hinn fræga Madison Square Garden í New York borg, Zbyszko var greinilega sá