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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.
När världsmästaren i tungviktsbrottning William Muldoon gick i pension 1889, han hoppades att hans skyddsling Ernest Roeber skulle bli erkänd som den nya mästaren. Emellertid, Muldoon vann sin titel i grekisk-romersk brottning, vilket var den tyskfödde Roebers expertis. Tyvärr, Martins bedrifter “Farmer” Burns och Evan “Den strangleren” Lewis katapulterade catch-as-catch-can brottning till den dominerande stilen. Roeber hade en
När “Den ryska Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, känd som “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 minuter. Beell vann
Joe Acton var en av Englands bästa brottare under 1800-talet. 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. Genom 1904 eller 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 steg genom raden av professionell brottning för att bli den största box office-stjärnan på inte bara 1930-talet utan genom tiderna. Emellertid, om Londos inte hade kommit till St. Louis i början av 1920-talet, historien kunde ha varit helt annorlunda. Londos lärde sig catch-as-catch-can-brottning medan Londos uppträdde som en stark man i karnevalskretsen under
På Oktober 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 men förblev utanför rampljuset fram till
På November 7, 1908, Charles Olson träffade “Americus” Gus Schonlein för World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Matchen visade sig vara lika spännande som observatörer misstänkte att den skulle bli men den slutade i kontrovers. Olson blev 6’01” men vägde bara 170 pounds. Född Max Flaskamp i Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen i 1879, han tog namnet Charles eller Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pounds. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Emellertid, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
På julnatten 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko mötte Giovanni Raicievich i en efterlängtad tungviktsbrottning. Zbyszko, som kampanjade för en revansch med World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, gick med på att kasta Raicevich 3 gånger in 90 minuter eller förklaras som förlorare. När männen gick in i den berömda Madison Square Garden i New York City, Zbyszko var helt klart den