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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.
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Txawm li cas los, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Hmoov tsis, the exploits of Martin “Ua teb” Burns and Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Thauj tw “Tus tsov ntxhuav Lavxias teb sab” George Hackenschmidt toured America hauv 1905, nws nyob lub teb chaws unimpressed los ntawm lub xeev ntawm American wrestling. Tus tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib, peb paub los lawm li “Hack” kom ntau ntau rau cov pej xeem wrestling, toured ntau lub zos nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los npaj ib match nrog American Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt yeej lub npe nyob greco-Roman
Fred Beell tsim ib lub koob npe nrov rau thaum ntxov 20th xyoo pua ua haib thiab yus wrestler. Nws lub koob npe nrov yog tsis ua raws nws 1903 kev sib tw. Beell puas muaj coob-profile xwb li yeej loj heev. Beell pib nyob rau hnub tim 1903, thaum nws tua yeej St. Paul AAU Wrestling tau zus ib James McAuley. McAuley yeej lawm lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj hauv 22 feeb. Beell yeej lub beell yeej
Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-phaus Acton mus dhau lub Askiv middleweight ranks ua ntej plowing los ntawm cov heavyweights. Tom qab beating lub Askiv zoo yuav tsum muab nrog rau Tom Cannon, Acton txiav txim los ntsuam xyuas nws lub peev xwm ua nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Joe Acton pib Philadelphia ntawm Arthur Chamber Champions so thaum lub caij ntuj sov ntawm
Frank Gotch tuas cov npe ntawm America cov loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler. Gotch competed nyob tseeb feem coob txojkev uas muaj ob peb tug tos txheej txheem ntawm los “ua haujlwm” qhov yuam kev ces muab pov tseg rau hauv cov ntse. Los ntawm 1904 los sis 1905, tsis muaj leej twg yuav yeej tuav Gotch yog tias nws pub nws. Nyob rau thaum xyoo nws cov hauj lwm, Gotch yog tsis li ntawd, hom. Nws poob qhov yuam kev rau nws saib,
Jim Londos sawv los ntawm cov ranks ntawm kev wrestling ua lub biggest box office hnub qub uas tsis zoo xwb lub 1930s tab sis ntawm all-time. Txawm li cas los, Yog Londos twb tsis tuaj rau St. Louis hauv lub 1920s thaum ntxov, Zaj dabneeg yuav tau sib txawv heev. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved nplaum dynamite tawm nyob rau hauv tej pob khoom me me. Beell, tau zus ib lub teeb heavyweight wrestling, tua yeej tus American heavyweight tau zus ib Dan McLeod. Ib lub Beell parlayed 1906 rau hauv xwb tus American Heavyweight tau zus ib Dan McLeod thiab tam sim no American Heavyweight tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Yeej tus American Middleweight Beell (Sib Heavyweight) Championship tab sis tseem nyob hauv qhov tsom teeb kom txog rau thaum
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 7, 1908, Charles Olson ntsib “Americus” Gus Schonlein rau lub ntiaj teb teeb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ntais ntawv proved yuav exciting li observers tsam nws yuav tab sis nws twb nyob controversy. Olson sawv 6’01” tab sis weighed xwb 170 phaus. Yug Max Flaskamp hauv Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia nyob rau hauv 1879, Nws coj lub npe Charles los yog Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich sawv 5 xwb’07” tiam sis siab weighed ib npag 220 phaus. Raicevich ris pro bodybuilder yam mob 50 xyoo ua ntej cov era steroid. Txawm li cas los, Thaum twg nws tuaj wrestling, Lub Raicevich tawm kev teeb twb tsis heev li no raws li nws physique. Raicevich yog ib yam txawv teb chaws wrestlers, Leej twg mus rau America coj rau Frank Gotch tom qab nws tua yeej
Nyob rau hmo Christmas 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko ntsib Giovanni Raicievich hauv ib npaum-ntseg heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, Uas yog campaigning rau ib rematch nrog ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, pom zoo muab Raicevich 3 ntau zaus 90 feeb los yog tau txais tus loser. Raws li cov txiv neej nkag mus rau famed Madison Square vaj nyob New York City, Zbyszko yog kom meej meej qhov