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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.
Kai pasaulio sunkiasvorių imtynių čempionas Williamas Muldoonas pasitraukė 1889, jis tikėjosi, kad nauju čempionu bus pripažintas jo gynėjas Ernestas Roeberis. Tačiau, Muldoonas iškovojo titulą graikų-romėnų imtynėse, kuri buvo Vokietijoje gimusio Roeberio kompetencija. Deja, Martino žygdarbius “Ūkininkas” Burnsas ir Evanas “Žmogžudys” Lewisas katapultavo imtynių „pagauk kaip pagauk-can“ į dominuojančią stilių. Roeber turėjo a
When “Rusijos Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, žinomas kaip “Įkarta” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidtas iškovojo pasaulio čempiono titulą graikų-romėnų kalboje
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 protokolas. Beell laimėjo
Joe Actonas buvo vienas geriausių Anglijos imtynininkų XIX amžiuje. 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. Pagal 1904 arba 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. Tačiau, 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
Spalio 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
Lapkričio 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 svarų. 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 svarų. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Tačiau, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, kuris išvyko į Ameriką, kad sutiktų su Franku Gotchu po to, kai jis nugalėjo
Kalėdų naktį 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