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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 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. În cele din urmă s-a asigurat
De fapt, 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. Turneul lui Rachman urma să înceapă miercuri
Martin “Agricultor” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Totuși, Burns a fost un mare luptător în dreptul său propriu. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Sugrumătorul” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. În 1893, Burns era nemișcat
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. De fapt, a participat la un concurs de fotografiere, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 prin încrucișarea promotorilor săi.
Ed “Strangler” Lewis este unul dintre cei mai buni doi luptători profesioniști americani din toate timpurile. În timp ce Lewis a fost un luptător de supunere legitim, care putea învinge pe oricine într-un concurs de lupte, a lucrat aproape exclusiv în meciuri expoziţionale prestabilite. În 1929, a luat parte la un meci cu un fotbalist profesionist devenit luptător, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg era pe Steam Roller Providence,
Fred Beell a luptat profesional din 1900 la 1919. După ce și-a dezvoltat o reputație legendară datorită unora dintre victoriile sale asupra lui Martin “Agricultor” Burns, Dan McLeod și Frank Gotch, Beell sa retras pe măsură ce se apropia 43 ani. Cariera sa de post lupte ar duce la moartea lui neașteptată la 57. Fred Beell a depășit șansele lungi pentru a deveni un luptător profesionist competent
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, luptătorul campion mondial și halterofil în 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch deținut titlul de cinci ani și a învins tuturor participanților. La vârsta relativ tânără de 35, Gotch decis să se retragă. Pentru ultimul său meci, el va lua pe un alt luptator european celebru și halterofil, 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. El a folosit
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, care a fost