Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
En “Worger” 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. Eindelijk heeft hij zekerheid
Werkelijk, 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. Het toernooi van Rachman zou woensdag beginnen
Martin “Boer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Echter, Burns was een groot worstelaar in zijn eigen recht. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “De Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns was still
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. He began wrestling when the pro game was still an actual competition. He continued to be successful after the game changed to worked (prearranged) matches. In werkelijkheid, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
En “Worger” Lewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. In 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
Fred Beell worstelde er professioneel mee 1900 naar 1919. Nadat hij een legendarische reputatie had opgebouwd dankzij enkele van zijn overwinningen op Martin “Boer” Burns, Dan McLeod en Frank Gotch, Beell trok zich terug toen hij dichterbij kwam 43 jaar. Zijn carrière na het worstelen zou leiden tot zijn onverwachte dood 57. Fred Beell overwon grote problemen om een competente professionele worstelaar te worden
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, de wereldkampioen worstelaar en gewichtheffer in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch hield de titel voor vijf jaar en versloeg alle nieuwkomers. Bij de relatief jonge leeftijd van 35, Gotch besloten met pensioen te gaan. Voor zijn laatste wedstrijd, 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. Hij gebruikte
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