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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.
Kada “Ruski Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, poznat kao “Pijuk” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt je osvojio naslov svjetskog prvaka u grčko-rimskom stilu
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 zapisnik. Beell je osvojio
Joe Acton bio je jedan od najboljih engleskih hrvača tijekom 19. stoljeća. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Po 1904 ili 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos popeo se u profesionalnom hrvanju da bi postao najveća zvijezda blagajni ne samo 1930-ih nego i svih vremena. Međutim, da Londos nije došao u St. Louisu ranih 1920-ih, priča je mogla biti sasvim drugačija. Londos je naučio hrvanje uhvati-kao-uhvati, dok je Londos nastupao kao jak čovjek u karnevalskom krugu tijekom
Prvog listopada 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Prvenstvo, ali je ostao izvan svjetla pozornosti do
Studeni 7, 1908, Charles Olson upoznao “Americus” Gus Schonlein za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u poluteškoj kategoriji. Utakmica se pokazala uzbudljivom koliko su promatrači i očekivali da će biti, ali završila je kontroverzama. Olson je bio 6’01” ali vagao samo 170 funti. Rođen kao Max Flaskamp u Krefeldu, Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija u 1879, uzeo je ime Charles ili Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funti. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Međutim, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
U Božićnoj noći 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
I “Davitelj” Lewis je jedan od najvećih profesionalnih hrvača i svjetskih prvaka svih vremena. Klin dizač’ signature move was the stranglehold, koje je Lewis počeo koristiti kao promotore i hrvače prebacio je profesionalno hrvanje na unaprijed dogovorenu ili "odrađenu" egzibiciju. Lewis je izvorno koristio bravu s prednje strane ili giljotinsku prigušnicu. Lewisov imenjak Evan "Strangler" Lewis napravio je prednju bravu ili