Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Kailan “Ang Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, na kilala bilang “Pataga” 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 minuto. Nanalo si Beell sa

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. Sa pamamagitan ng 1904 o 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,

Si Jim Londos ay tumaas sa hanay ng propesyonal na pakikipagbuno upang maging pinakamalaking box office star hindi lamang noong 1930s kundi sa lahat ng panahon. Gayunman, kung hindi dumating ang Londos sa St. Louis noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, maaaring iba ang kwento. Natuto ang Londos ng catch-as-catch-can wrestling habang si Londos ay gumanap bilang isang malakas na tao sa carnival circuit noong

Noong Oktubre 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 ngunit nanatiling wala sa spotlight hanggang

Noong Nobyembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson nakilala “Americus” Gus Schonlein para sa World Banayad na matimbang Wrestling Championship. Ang pagpareho ay pinatunayan upang maging kapana-panabik na bilang mga tagamasid pinaghihinalaang magiging ngunit ito natapos sa kontrobersya. Olson stood 6’01” ngunit tinitimbang lamang 170 pounds. Ipinanganak Max Flaskamp sa Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, kinuha niya ang pangalan Charles o 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. Gayunman, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, na naglakbay sa Amerika upang kunin si Frank Gotch pagkatapos niyang talunin

Sa Christmas Night 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko nakilala Giovanni Raicievich sa isang magkano-inaasahang matimbang Wrestling labanan. Zbyszko, na nangangampanya para sa isang rematch sa World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, sumang-ayon upang ihagis Raicevich 3 ulit sa 90 minuto o ipinahayag ang natalo. Bilang ang lalake ay pumasok sa sikat Madison Square Garden sa New York City, Zbyszko ay malinaw na ang