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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.
Og “Strangler” Lewis er en av de største profesjonelle bryterne og verdensmesterne gjennom tidene. Lewis’ signatur trekk var kvelertak, som Lewis begynte å bruke som promotører og brytere, overførte profesjonell bryting til en forhåndsarrangert eller "arbeidet" utstilling. Lewis brukte opprinnelig frontansiktslåsen eller giljotinen choke. Lewis’ navnebror Evan “Strangler” Lewis laget frontansiktet låst eller
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. He finally secured
Egentlig, 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. However, 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 “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns was still
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han begynte bryting når pro spillet var fortsatt en faktisk konkurranse. Han fortsatte å være vellykket etter kampen endret til worked (prearranged) fyrstikker. Faktisk, han deltok i en skytekonkurranse, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ved å krysse promotørene hans.
Og “Strangler” Lewis er en av de to beste amerikanske profesjonelle bryterne gjennom tidene. Mens Lewis var en legitim innleveringsbryter, som kunne slå hvem som helst i en brytekonkurranse, han jobbet nesten utelukkende i forhåndsbestemte utstillingskamper. I 1929, han deltok i en kamp med profesjonell fotballspiller som ble bryter, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg var på Providence Steam Roller,
Fred Beell kjempet profesjonelt fra 1900 til 1919. Etter å ha utviklet et legendarisk rykte på grunn av noen av hans seire over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trakk seg tilbake da han nærmet seg 43 år. Hans karriere etter bryting ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvant lange odds for å bli en kompetent profesjonell bryter
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, verdensmester wrestler og vektløfter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch holdt tittelen i fem år, og beseiret alle comers. Ved den forholdsvis ung alder 35, Gotch besluttet å fratre. For hans siste kamp, han ville ta på seg en annen berømt europeisk fotballspiller og vektløfter, 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. Han brukte
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