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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.
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Sicrhaodd o'r diwedd
A dweud y gwir, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Roedd twrnamaint Rachman i ddechrau dydd Mercher
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Fodd bynnag,, Roedd Burns yn wrestler mawr yn ei rinwedd ei hun. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Y Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Yn 1893, Roedd Burns yn dal i fod
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Dechreuodd reslo pan fydd y gêm pro yn dal gystadleuaeth gwirioneddol. Parhaodd i fod yn llwyddiannus ar ôl y gêm newid i weithiedig (prearranged) gemau. Mewn gwirionedd, cymerodd ran mewn cystadleuaeth saethu, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 trwy groesi ei hyrwyddwyr ddwywaith.
Ed “Strangler” Mae Lewis yn un o'r ddau reslwr proffesiynol Americanaidd gorau erioed. Tra yr oedd Lewis yn wrestler ymostyngiad cyfreithlon, a allai guro unrhyw un mewn gornest reslo, gweithiodd bron yn gyfan gwbl mewn gemau arddangos a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Yn 1929, cymerodd ran mewn gêm gyda chwaraewr pêl-droed proffesiynol a drodd yn reslwr, Gus Sonnenberg. Roedd Sonnenberg ar y Providence Steam Roller,
Bu Fred Beell yn reslo'n broffesiynol o 1900 i 1919. Ar ôl datblygu enw chwedlonol oherwydd rhai o'i fuddugoliaethau dros Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod a Frank Gotch, Ymddeolodd Beell fel yr oedd yn agosau 43 mlwydd oed. Byddai ei yrfa ar ôl reslo yn arwain at ei farwolaeth annisgwyl yn 57. Llwyddodd Fred Beell i ddod yn reslwr proffesiynol cymwys
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, y wrestler yn bencampwr y byd a codwr pwysau yn 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Cynnal Gotch y teitl am bum mlynedd a gorchfygodd holl ddyfodiaid. Ar oed cymharol ifanc 35, Penderfynodd Gotch ymddeol. Ar gyfer ei gêm olaf, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Defnyddiodd
In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, who was