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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.
Quando “Il russo Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, noto come “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt ha vinto il titolo mondiale di greco-romano
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 verbale. Beell ha vinto il
Joe Acton è stato uno dei migliori lottatori inglesi del 19° secolo. 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. Da 1904 o 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 rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Tuttavia, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Ottobre 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) Championship ma rimase fuori dai riflettori fino a quando
Novembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson si è incontrato “Americus” Gus Schönlein per il campionato mondiale di wrestling dei pesi massimi leggeri. La partita si è rivelata emozionante come gli osservatori sospettavano, ma si è conclusa con polemiche. Olson era 6’01” ma pesava solo 170 sterline. Nato Max Flaskamp a Krefeld, Nord Reno-Westfalia a 1879, prese il nome Charles o Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 sterline. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Tuttavia, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, che ha viaggiato in America per affrontare Frank Gotch dopo averlo sconfitto
La notte di Natale 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko ha incontrato Giovanni Raicievich in un tanto atteso incontro di wrestling dei pesi massimi. Zbyszko, che stava facendo una campagna per una rivincita con il campione mondiale di wrestling dei pesi massimi Frank Gotch, ha accettato di lanciare Raicevich 3 volte dentro 90 minuti o essere dichiarato perdente. Mentre gli uomini entravano nel famoso Madison Square Garden di New York City, Zbyszko era chiaramente il
Ed “Strangler” Lewis è uno dei più grandi wrestler professionisti e campioni del mondo di tutti i tempi. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, che Lewis iniziò a utilizzare come promotori e i lottatori trasformarono il wrestling professionistico in un'esibizione prestabilita o "lavorata". Lewis originariamente utilizzava il blocco della faccia anteriore o lo strozzatore a ghigliottina. L'omonimo di Lewis, Evan "Strangler" Lewis, ha realizzato il blocco della faccia anteriore o