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.
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.
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,
In late 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 “Γεωργός” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Ωστόσο, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Με 1902, George
On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” 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. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
Το Σάββατο, Νοέμβριος 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 πρακτικά. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Ο Wasem δαιμονισμένος
On August 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, του
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
Ο Γουίλαρντ “Wild Bill” Ο Λόνγκσον γεννήθηκε στο Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι, Γιούτα, τον Ιούνιο 8, 1906 αλλά πέρασε το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της ενήλικης ζωής του στο St. Louis, Μιζούρι. Αφού ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του ως επαγγελματίας παλαιστής στο 1931, Ο Λόνγκσον βρέθηκε να εργάζεται για τους Tom Packs στο St. Louis. Ποτέ δεν έφυγε πραγματικά καθώς θα ήταν η έδρα του για το υπόλοιπο