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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.
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ib hlis ntuj 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, lub Humboldt, Iowa ua teb cov tub uas yuav defeat Georg Hackenschmidt rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship rau 1908, yog Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Kaum ib hlis 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
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 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.
Thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1891, George Baptiste travelled ntawm St. Louis rau Detroit koom tes hauv ib catch-as-catch-can wrestling kev sib tw. Thaum feem ntau ib Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste yuav lwv hauv lub dominant American style ntawm catch-as-catch-can. Tus 26 xyoo Baptiste yog ib accomplished amateur thiab kev wrestler. Nkag mus rau detroit kev sib tw, Baptiste tau poob ib match ua ib professional. Lub xyoo ua ntej,
Nyob lig 1902, Harvey Parker, Ib tug wrestler wrestler uas pib wrestling hauv 1900, travelled rau St. Louis los sib tw lub zos wrestling zej zog. Parker yuav tau xav St. Louis yuav ua tau ib lub zos yooj yim dua “Ua teb” Kub yus chaw uas zoo heev nyob Chicago thiab Iowa. Txawm li cas los, Parker yuav nrhiav tau ob tug muaj peev wrestler hauv St. Louis, George Baptiste thiab Oscar Wasem. Los ntawm 1902, George
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis ntsib tus British Wrestling tau zus ib ntuag Cannon hauv Cincinnati, Ohio. Thaum qhov tseeb wrestling era, lwm wrestlers ntshai cov haib Lewis vim nws stranglehold. Lewis ua hauj lwm ib carotid arterial zawm peb paub los lawm li rear liab qab txhawm chim hauv Judo. Tsawg kawg yog li cas kuv muas thaum chiv thawj xav thiab feem ntau historians muaj quoted. niaj hnub nimno
Rau hnub Saturday, Kaum ib hlis 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling kiv cua tej tus poob siab, Thaum ib tus wrestler mus xyuas yooj yim txawb hauv zos tau zus ib Oscar Wasem rau ib tug me dhau 20 feeb. Tom qab yeej yooj yim, kiv cua tsw ib nas, thaum lub “Indianapolis Cyclone” rau nrog ib tus neeg luag Iwm haiv neeg Lancashire. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste li cov me nyuam. Louis’ wrestling tau tau zus ib ntawm cov mus-1890s. Wasem possessed
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 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, nws
Thaum Frank Gotch txijnkawm li ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion tom qab beating Georg Lurich hauv nws match kawg, promoters scrambled mus nrhiav ib successor. Samuel Rachmann sim muab tso rau forth nws tus kheej tau zus ib los hosting tus 1915 Tseev tsim ntiaj teb Wrestling kev sib tw nyob New York City. Rachmann xav nws sib tw Aberg los yeej cov kev sib tw thiab yuav tsum paub los ntawm pej xeem raws li cov
willard “Nqi qus” Longson yug hauv lub pas dej ntsev lub zos, Utah, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 8, 1906 Tab sis siv feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej laus hauv St. Louis, Missouri. Tom qab pib nws cov hauj lwm raws li ib tug wrestler wrestler hauv 1931, Longson nrhiav tau nws tus kheej ua hauj lwm rau Tom Packs hauv St. Louis. Nws yeej tsis tshuav li nws yuav nws lub tsev puag rau cov seem