Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Marți, Martie 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 și 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, care a fost 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Din păcate, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.

Decembrie 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

Luni, Februarie 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton s-a întâlnit la Battery D din Chicago, Illinois. Ar fi primul dintre mai multe meciuri de expoziție între bărbați. Ei au susținut aceste expoziții în orașele mai mari din Midwestern la început 1887. Ca și St.. Paul meciul pe care l-am tratat într-o postare anterioară, Lewis și Acton au fost de acord

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. În acest episod, I discuss what Evan “Sugrumătorul” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Conținutul principal – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Totuși, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” promovarea luptei și a învins Munn pentru

În aceeași zi, Joe Stecher l-a luptat cu Stanislaus Zbyszko pentru versiunea recunoscută a Campionatului Mondial de lupte grele din St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and

Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 de lire sterline, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly