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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.
Ua tau, Samuel Rachman, leej twg nce ob lub 1915 International Wrestling kev sib tw thiab ntiaj teb Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling tau tau zus ib Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, sim ntxias txijnkawm ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch rau hauv cov kev sib tw. Vam rau bolster Aberg tus thov raws li cov successor los Gotch Rachman. Rachman pab Gotch $20,000 yuav kom Aberg nyob hauv ntuj 1915. Rachman txoj kev sib tw yog pib Wednesday
Martin “Ua teb” Kub yus reportedly kawm tag 1,000 wrestlers nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm raws li tus kws qhia foremost wrestling America txoj. Txawm li cas los, Kub yus yog ib tug wrestler zoo rau nws tus kheej txoj cai. Ua ntej nws retired rau tsheb nqaj hlau full-time wrestlers, Kub yus yeej cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship los Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis hauv 1895. Kub yus tuav lub npe txog ob lub xyoos. Nyob rau hauv 1893, Kub yus tseem tau
Tsis muaj leej twg yuav nug tias Stanislaus Zbyszko yog ib tug poj wrestler. Nws pib wrestling thaum cov kev ua si pro tseem yog ib qho tseeb nhriav. Nws tseem yuav muaj kev vam meej tom qab qhov kev ua si hloov mus ua haujlwm (prearranged) ntais ntawv. qhov tseeb, Nws koom hauv ib contest tua contest, thaum nws legitimately tua yeej loj Wayne Munn rau lub npe rau 1925 Yog ob npaug-hla nws promotoers.
Fred Beell wrestled professionally ntawm 1900 mus 1919. Tom qab tsim ib lub koob npe nrov legendary vim ib txhia nws yeej hla Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, Dan McLeod thiab Frank Gotch, Beell txijnkawm raws li nws nyob ze 43 xyoo. Nws ncej wrestling hauj lwm yuav ua rau nws npaj txhij txog tuag thaum 57. Fred Beell overcame ntev yuav muaj tseeb ua ib competent kev wrestler
Yog nto moo rau defeating George Hackenschmidt Frank Gotch, lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib wrestler thiab weightlifter rau 1908 thiab cov 1911 rematch. Gotch nyob rau hauv txoj cai title 5 xyoos thiab tua yeej pobtsuas tag nrho. Hauv kuj yog cov muaj hnub nyoog 35, Gotch txiav txim siab los so num lawm. Kom nws match kawg, nws yuav siv tau rau lwm leej lwm nto moo wrestler thiab weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Ad Santel nkag kev wrestling ib cim lig. Ua ntej nws pib wrestling hauv lub 1910s, kev wrestling transitioned los ntawm txojkev rau miv prearranged. Santel khoom txawj muaj cuav, uas yuav tau pub nws tuav ntau lub wrestlers ntawm txojkev wrestling tseeb. Santel puas tau koom tes ntau tseeb txojkev uas muaj Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Nws siv
Nyob lig 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko mus rau lub tebchaws United States cam ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Ua ntej ntsib Gotch, Zbyszko toured lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab battled ntau lub zos wrestlers thoob plaws ib sab thaum ntxov ntawm 1910. Zbyszko yuav ncig teb chaws 37,000 mais. Ntxov ntxov hauv nws ncig saib, Zbyszko ntsib Frank Gotch hauv ib qhov kev tsis taus match. Zbyszko tua yeej Gotch, leej twg tau
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.