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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.
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minuta. Beell fitoi
Joe Acton ishte një nga mundësit më të mirë të Anglisë gjatë shekullit të 19-të. 151-kile Acton shkoi nëpër rradhët e Anglisë mesme para lërim përmes rëndësishmëve. Pas rrahjes mirë Anglia kishte për të ofruar, duke përfshirë Tom Cannon, Acton vendosur për të provuar aftësitë e tij në Shtetet e Bashkuara. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Nga 1904 ose 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Megjithatë, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Në tetor 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Kampionati por mbeti jashtë vëmendjes deri
Në nëntor 7, 1908, Charles Olson u takua “Americus” Gus Schonlein për Kampionatin Botëror të Mundjes në Pesha të lehta. Ndeshja doli të ishte po aq emocionuese sa dyshonin vëzhguesit se do të ishte, por përfundoi me polemika. Olson qëndroi 6’01” por peshonte vetëm 170 £. Lindur Max Flaskamp në Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia në 1879, mori emrin Çarls ose Çarli Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 £. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Megjithatë, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, i cili udhëtoi në Amerikë për të përballur Frank Gotch pasi ai mundi
Natën e Krishtlindjes 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko u takua me Giovanni Raicievich në një meç të shumëpritur të mundjes për peshat e rënda. Zbyszko, i cili po bënte fushatë për një revansh me kampionin botëror të mundjes në peshë të rëndë Frank Gotch, pranoi të hidhte Raicevich 3 herë në 90 minuta ose të shpallet humbës. Ndërsa burrat hynë në kopshtin e famshëm Madison Square në New York City, Zbyszko ishte qartazi
Dhe “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. Ai më në fund siguroi