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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.
I “Davitelj” Lewis je jedan od najvećih profesionalnih hrvača i svjetskih prvaka svih vremena. Klin dizač’ signature move was the stranglehold, koje je Lewis počeo koristiti kao promotore i hrvače prebacio je profesionalno hrvanje na unaprijed dogovorenu ili "odrađenu" egzibiciju. Lewis je izvorno koristio bravu s prednje strane ili giljotinsku prigušnicu. Lewisov imenjak Evan "Strangler" Lewis napravio je prednju bravu ili
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. Napokon se osigurao
Zapravo, 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. Rachmanov turnir trebao je početi u srijedu
Bregunica “Seljak” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Međutim, Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Davitelj” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. U 1893, Burns je bio miran
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Počeo je hrvanje, kada pro igra je još uvijek stvarna konkurencija. On je i dalje bio uspješan nakon igre promijenjen u obrađenim (prearranged) šibice. Zapravo, sudjelovao je u streljačkom natjecanju, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 prevarivši svoje promotore.
I “Davitelj” Lewis je jedan od dvojice najboljih američkih profesionalnih hrvača svih vremena. Dok je Lewis bio legitimni submission hrvač, koji bi svakoga mogao pobijediti u natjecanju u hrvanju, radio je gotovo isključivo u unaprijed dogovorenim egzibicijskim utakmicama. U 1929, sudjelovao je u meču s profesionalnim nogometašem koji je postao hrvač, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg je bio na Providence Steam Rolleru,
Fred Beell se profesionalno borio iz 1900 to 1919. Nakon što je stekao legendarnu reputaciju zbog nekih svojih pobjeda nad Martinom “Seljak” Burns, Dan McLeod i Frank Gotch, Beell se povukao čim se približio 43 godina. Njegova karijera nakon hrvanja dovela bi do njegove neočekivane smrti u 57. Fred Beell prevladao je velike probleme kako bi postao kompetentan profesionalni hrvač
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, svjetski prvak hrvač i dizač utega u 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch održan naslov za pet godina, a poraženi sve comers. U relativno mladoj dobi 35, Gotch odlučio otići u mirovinu. Na svojoj posljednjoj utakmici, 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. Koristio je
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, koji je bio