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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 huwa wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers professjonali u ċampjins tad-dinja ta’ kull żmien. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, li Lewis beda juża bħala promoturi u wrestlers biddel il-lotta professjonali għal wirja mħejjija minn qabel jew "maħdem". Lewis oriġinarjament uża s-serratura tal-wiċċ ta 'quddiem jew iċ-ċowk tal-giljottina. L-isem ta 'Lewis Evan "Strangler" Lewis għamel il-lock tal-wiċċ ta' quddiem jew
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. Huwa finalment assigurat
Attwalment, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. It-tournament ta’ Rachman kellu jibda nhar l-Erbgħa
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Madankollu, 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 “Il Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Fil 1893, Burns kien għadu
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Beda lotta meta l-logħba pro kienet għadha kompetizzjoni attwali. Huwa kompla biex tkun suċċess wara l-logħba nbidlet biex maħdum (prearranged) logħbiet. Fil-fatt, ipparteċipa f’konkors ta’ rimja, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 billi jaqsam doppju lill-promoturi tiegħu.
Ed “Strangler” Lewis huwa wieħed mill-aqwa żewġ wrestlers professjonali Amerikani ta’ kull żmien. Filwaqt li Lewis kien wrestler sottomissjoni leġittima, li seta’ jegħleb lil xi ħadd f’konkors ta’ lotta, ħadem kważi esklussivament f'logħbiet ta' esibizzjoni rranġati minn qabel. Fil 1929, ħa sehem f’logħba ma’ plejer tal-futbol professjonali li sar wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg kien fuq il-Providenza Steam Roller,
Fred Beell wrestled professjonalment minn 1900 li 1919. Wara li żviluppa reputazzjoni leġġendarja minħabba xi wħud mir-rebħiet tiegħu fuq Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod u Frank Gotch, Beell irtira hekk kif riesaq 43 sena. Il-karriera tiegħu wara l-lotta kienet twassal għall-mewt mhux mistennija tiegħu fi 57. Fred Beell għeleb odds twal biex isir wrestler professjonali kompetenti
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, l-wrestler champion dinja u weightlifter fl 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch miżmuma t-titolu għal ħames snin u defeated kollha li jkunu waslu. Fl-età relattivament żgħar ta ' 35, Gotch iddeċieda li jirtiraw. Għal aħħar logħba tiegħu, 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. Huwa użat
Fl-aħħar 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko vvjaġġaw lejn l-Istati Uniti biex jisfidaw World Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Qabel laqgħa Gotch, Zbyszko daret l-Istati Uniti u battled wrestlers lokali ħafna matul il-parti bikrija ta ' 1910. Zbyszko l-ivvjaġġar 37,000 mili. Kmieni fil-tour tiegħu, Zbyszko iltaqa Frank Gotch fil-logħba handicap. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, li kien