Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Πραγματικά, 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. Το τουρνουά του Rachman επρόκειτο να ξεκινήσει την Τετάρτη
Χελιδόνι “Γεωργός” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Ωστόσο, 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 “Ο Στραγγαλιστής” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Σε 1893, Ο Μπερνς ήταν ακόμα
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 (προσχεδιασμένο) matches. Όντως, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
Ο Φρεντ Μπελ πάλεψε επαγγελματικά από 1900 να 1919. Αφού ανέπτυξε μια θρυλική φήμη λόγω ορισμένων από τις νίκες του επί του Martin “Γεωργός” Μπερνς, Dan McLeod και Frank Gotch, Ο Μπελ αποσύρθηκε καθώς πλησίαζε 43 ετών. Η καριέρα του μετά την πάλη θα οδηγούσε στον απροσδόκητο θάνατό του στο 57. Ο Fred Beell ξεπέρασε μεγάλες πιθανότητες για να γίνει ένας ικανός επαγγελματίας παλαιστής
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, ο παλαιστής παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής και αρσιβαρίστας 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch κράτησε τον τίτλο για πέντε χρόνια και νίκησε όλους τους ελθόντες. Κατά τη σχετικά νεαρή ηλικία του 35, Gotch αποφάσισε να αποσυρθεί. Για τον τελευταίο αγώνα του, 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. Χρησιμοποίησε
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, ο οποίος ήταν
Την Πέμπτη, Ιανουάριος 27, 1904, Ο Τομ Τζένκινς υπερασπίστηκε το αμερικανικό του πρωτάθλημα πάλης ενάντια σε έναν ανερχόμενο παλαιστή από την Αϊόβα. After the first fall, οι οπαδοί συνειδητοποίησαν ότι ήταν ο πιο δύσκολος αγώνας του γ Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Ο Τζένκινς είχε νικήσει τον Γκοτς
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Νοέμβριος 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
Τον Ιανουάριο του 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” 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.