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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.
I ndáiríre, 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. Bhí comórtas Rachman le tosú Dé Céadaoin
Martin “Feirmeoir” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Mar sin féin, 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 “An Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Bhí Burns fós
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Thosaigh sé wrestling nuair a bhí an cluiche pro fós comórtas iarbhír. Lean sé a bheith rathúil tar éis d'athraigh an cluiche a oibríodh (prearranged) matches. Go deimhin, ghlac sé páirt i gcomórtas shoot, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ag trasnú dúbailte a tionscnóirí.
Throid Fred Beell go proifisiúnta ó 1900 to 1919. Tar éis dó clú finscéalach a fhorbairt mar gheall ar chuid dá bhua ar Martin “Feirmeoir” Dónna, Dan McLeod agus Frank Gotch, Chuaigh Beell ar scor agus é ag druidim 43 bliana d'aois. Bheadh bás gan choinne mar thoradh ar a ghairm bheatha iar wrestála ag 57. D'éirigh le Fred Beell a bheith ina wrestler gairmiúil inniúil
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, an wrestler curadh domhanda agus weightlifter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Bhí Gotch an teideal ar feadh cúig bliana agus defeated gach duine dá dtagann. Ag an aois óg de 35, Gotch cinneadh dul ar scor. Chun a chluiche deireanach, 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. D'úsáid sé
Go déanach 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko thaistil go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe le dúshlán Domhanda trom Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Roimh cruinniú Gotch, Zbyszko camchuairt na Stáit Aontaithe agus battled go leor wrestlers áitiúla ar fud chéad chuid de 1910. Bheadh Zbyszko taistil 37,000 míle. Go luath ina turas, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, a bhí
Ar Déardaoin, Eanáir 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, Samhain 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
I mí Eanáir 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.