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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” Tá Lewis ar dhuine de na wrestlers gairmiúla agus na Seaimpíní domhanda is fearr riamh. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, a thosaigh Lewis ag baint úsáide as mar thionscnóirí agus wrestlers a d'aistrigh wrestling gairmiúil chuig taispeántas réamheagraithe nó “d'oibrigh”. D'úsáid Lewis an glas aghaidh tosaigh nó an choke gilitín ar dtús. Is é Evan “Strangler” Lewis a rinne an t-aghaidh tosaigh glas nó
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. Dhaingnigh sé ar deireadh
I ndáiríre, 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. Bhí comórtas Rachman le tosú Dé Céadaoin
Martin “Feirmeoir” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Mar sin féin, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “An Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Bhí Burns fós
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Thosaigh sé wrestling nuair a bhí an cluiche pro fós comórtas iarbhír. Lean sé a bheith rathúil tar éis d'athraigh an cluiche a oibríodh (prearranged) matches. Go deimhin, ghlac sé páirt i gcomórtas shoot, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ag trasnú dúbailte a tionscnóirí.
Ed “Strangler” Tá Lewis ar dhuine den bheirt wrestlóirí gairmiúla Meiriceánacha riamh. Cé go raibh Lewis ina wrestler aighneacht dlisteanach, a d’fhéadfadh duine ar bith a bhualadh i gcomórtas wrestling, d'oibrigh sé beagnach go heisiach i gcluichí taispeántais réamheagraithe. In 1929, ghlac sé páirt i gcluiche le imreoir peile gairmiúil iompaithe wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Bhí Sonnenberg ar an Providence Steam Roller,
Throid Fred Beell go proifisiúnta ó 1900 to 1919. Tar éis dó clú finscéalach a fhorbairt mar gheall ar chuid dá bhua ar Martin “Feirmeoir” Dónna, Dan McLeod agus Frank Gotch, Chuaigh Beell ar scor agus é ag druidim 43 bliana d'aois. Bheadh bás gan choinne mar thoradh ar a ghairm bheatha iar wrestála ag 57. D'éirigh le Fred Beell a bheith ina wrestler gairmiúil inniúil
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, an wrestler curadh domhanda agus weightlifter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Bhí Gotch an teideal ar feadh cúig bliana agus defeated gach duine dá dtagann. Ag an aois óg de 35, Gotch cinneadh dul ar scor. Chun a chluiche deireanach, 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. D'úsáid sé
Go déanach 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko thaistil go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe le dúshlán Domhanda trom Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Roimh cruinniú Gotch, Zbyszko camchuairt na Stáit Aontaithe agus battled go leor wrestlers áitiúla ar fud chéad chuid de 1910. Bheadh Zbyszko taistil 37,000 míle. Go luath ina turas, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, a bhí