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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.
Giovedi ', Gennaio 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins ha difeso il suo campionato americano di wrestling contro un wrestler emergente dell'Iowa. After the first fall, i tifosi si sono resi conto che era la partita più dura del 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 aveva sconfitto Gotch
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
Nel mese di gennaio 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 “Agricoltore” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tuttavia, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Da 1902, George
Agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis ha incontrato il Wrestling campione britannico Tom Cannon a Cincinnati, Ohio. Durante l'era wrestling legittimo, altri lottatori temevano il potente Lewis a causa della sua stretta mortale. Lewis ha impiegato un strangolamento carotidea arteriosa nota come lo starter nudo posteriore Judo. Almeno questo era quello che pensavo inizialmente e che la maggior parte degli storici ha citato. Moderno
Il Sabato, Novembre 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 verbale. 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. Wasem posseduto
Agosto 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, his
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
Willard “Bill selvaggio” Longson è nato a Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 ma trascorse gran parte della sua vita adulta a St. Louis, Missouri. Dopo aver iniziato la sua carriera come wrestler professionista nel 1931, Longson si ritrovò a lavorare per Tom Packs a St. Louis. Non se ne è mai andato veramente perché sarebbe stata la sua base di partenza per il resto