Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Articles sur le catch-as-catch-can ou les matchs de catch, le style de lutte dominant aux États-Unis après 1890.
Actually, 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. Le tournoi de Rachman devait débuter mercredi
Hirondelle “Agriculteur” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Cependant, Burns a été un grand lutteur dans son propre droit. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “L'étrangleur” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Dans 1893, Burns était toujours
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 (prearranged) matches. En fait, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
Fred Beell a lutté professionnellement depuis 1900 to 1919. Après avoir développé une réputation légendaire grâce à certaines de ses victoires sur Martin “Agriculteur” Burns, Dan McLeod et Frank Gotch, Beell se retira à l'approche 43 ans. Sa carrière d'après-lutte mènera à sa mort inattendue à 57. Fred Beell a surmonté de nombreux obstacles pour devenir un lutteur professionnel compétent
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, le lutteur de champion du monde et haltérophile de l' 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch a tenu le titre pendant cinq ans et a battu tous les arrivants. À l'âge relativement jeune de 35, Gotch a décidé de prendre sa retraite. Pour son dernier match, 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. Il a utilisé
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, qui était
Le jeudi, Janvier 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. After the first fall, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembre 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
En Janvier 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.