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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.
У чацвер, Студзеня 27, 1904, Том Джэнкінс абараніў свой тытул чэмпіёна Амерыкі па барацьбе супраць перспектыўнага змагара з Аёвы. After the first fall, заўзятары зразумелі, што гэта быў самы цяжкі матч з Фрэнкам Элвінам Готчам, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Джэнкінс перамог Готча
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Лістапада 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
У студзені 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Душыцель” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
У канцы 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Аднак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луіс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Па 1902, George
Жнівень 26, 1886, Эван “Душыцель” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Прынамсі, так я першапачаткова думаў і большасць гісторыкаў цытавала. Сучасны
У суботу, Лістапада 25, 1899, Вуліца. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвілін. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луіс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Васем апантаны
Жнівень 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, яго
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Уілард “Дзікі Біл” Лонгсан нарадзіўся ў Солт-Лэйк-Сіці, штат Юта, on June 8, 1906 але большую частку свайго дарослага жыцця правёў у св. Луіс, Місуры. Пасля пачатку кар'еры прафесійнага змагара ў 1931, Лонгсан выявіў, што працуе на Тома Пэкса ў Сэнт-Джонсе. Луіс. Ён ніколі не сыходзіў, бо гэта будзе яго хатняя база для астатніх