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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. Vendar, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Na žalost, the exploits of Martin “Kmet” Burns and Evan “Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
When “Ruski Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, znan kot “Hack” 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 min. Beell je zmagal
Joe Acton je bil eden najboljših angleških rokoborcev v 19. stoletju. 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. Jo 1904 ali 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 se je povzpel po lestvici profesionalne rokoborbe in postal največja blagajniška zvezda ne le tridesetih let prejšnjega stoletja, ampak vseh časov. Vendar, če Londos ne bi prišel v St. Louisu v zgodnjih dvajsetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, zgodba bi lahko bila čisto drugačna. Londos se je naučil rokoborbe ujemi, ko jih ulovi, medtem ko je Londos nastopal kot močan mož v karnevalskem krogu med
Oktobra 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
Novembra 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 funtov. 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 funtov. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Vendar, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, ki je odpotoval v Ameriko, da bi se pomeril s Frankom Gotchom po njegovem porazu
Na božični večer 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko se je srečal z Giovannijem Raicievichem v težko pričakovanem dvoboju v težki kategoriji.. Zbyszko, ki se je zavzemal za povratni dvoboj s svetovnim prvakom v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Frankom Gotchom, strinjal, da vrže Raiceviča 3 krat v 90 minut ali pa bo razglašen za poraženca. Ko so moški vstopili v slavni Madison Square Garden v New Yorku, Zbyszko je bil očitno tisti