Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Faktiski, 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. Rahmana turnīram bija jāsākas trešdien
Čurkste “Lauksaimnieks” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Tomēr, Burns bija liels cīkstonis savā labā. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Uz 1893, Burns bija nekustīgs
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Viņš sāka cīņas, kad pro spēle vēl bija faktiskā konkurence. Viņš turpināja veiksmīga pēc spēles mainīts uz apstrādāts (prearranged) sērkociņi. Patiesībā, viņš piedalījās šaušanas konkursā, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 divreiz šķērsojot savus veicinātājus.
Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 līdz 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Lauksaimnieks” Burns, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 gadiem. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, pasaules čempions cīkstonis un svarcēlājs, kas 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch notika nosaukumu uz pieciem gadiem, un sakāva visus konkurentus. Pēc salīdzinoši agrā vecumā 35, Gotch nolēma doties pensijā. Par viņa pēdējo spēli, 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. Santels piedalījās vairākos likumīgos konkursos ar japāņu džiudžitsu praktizētājiem. Viņš izmantoja
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, kurš bija
Ceturtdien, Janvāris 27, 1904, Toms Dženkinss aizstāvēja savu Amerikas cīkstēšanās čempionātu pret topošo cīkstoni no Aiovas. After the first fall, līdzjutēji saprata, ka tas bija grūtākais Frenka Alvina Goča mačs, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Dženkinss bija uzvarējis Goču
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembris 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
Janvārī 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.