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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.
In “Strangler” Lewis je eden največjih profesionalnih rokoborcev in svetovnih prvakov vseh časov. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, ki jih je Lewis začel uporabljati kot promotorje in rokoborce, je poklicno rokoborbo preusmeril na vnaprej dogovorjeno ali "delano" razstavo. Lewis je prvotno uporabljal sprednji čelni zaklep ali giljotinsko dušilko. Lewisov soimenjak Evan “Strangler” Lewis je izdelal front face lock oz
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. Končno se je zavaroval
Dejansko, 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 naj bi se začel v sredo
Martin “Kmet” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Vendar, Burns je bil velik borec v svoji desni. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. V 1893, Burns je bil miren
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Začel je rokoborbo, ko je pro igra še vedno dejanska konkurenca. Nadaljeval je, da bi bil uspešen, ko se igra spremeni v obdelano (prearranged) tekme. Dejansko, se je udeležil strelskega tekmovanja, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 z dvojnim križanjem njegovih promotorjev.
In “Strangler” Lewis je eden od dveh najboljših ameriških profesionalnih rokoborcev vseh časov. Medtem ko je bil Lewis legitimen podrejeni rokoborec, ki bi lahko premagal kogarkoli v rokoborbi, delal je skoraj izključno na vnaprej dogovorjenih ekshibicijskih tekmah. V 1929, sodeloval je v dvoboju s profesionalnim nogometašem, ki je postal rokoborec, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg je bil na parnem valjaku Providence,
Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 za 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Kmet” Burns, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 let. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, svetovni prvak rokoborec in uteži v 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch potekala naziv za dobo petih let in premagali vse novinci. Ob relativno mladosti 35, Gotch odločila, da se upokojijo. Na svoji zadnji tekmi, 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. He used
V pozno 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko odpotoval v Združene države Amerike za izpodbijanje svetovnega prvaka v težki kategoriji Wrestling Frank Gotch. Pred srečanja Gotch, Zbyszko gostovala v Združene države in bojeval veliko lokalnih rokoborcev celotnem zgodnjem delu 1910. Zbyszko bi potovali 37,000 milj. Zgodaj v svoji turneji, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, ki je bil