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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.
Faktiskt, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. Rachmans turnering skulle starta på onsdag
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Emellertid, Burns var en stor brottare i sin egen rätt. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns vann Brottning Championship amerikanska heavyweight från Evan “Den strangleren” Lewis i 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns var stilla
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han började brottas när den pro spelet var fortfarande en verklig konkurrens. Han fortsatte att vara framgångsrik efter matchen ändrades till bearbetade (prearranged) tändstickor. I själva verket, han deltog i en skjuttävling, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 genom att dubbelkorsa sina promotorer.
Fred Beell brott professionellt från 1900 till 1919. Efter att ha utvecklat ett legendariskt rykte på grund av några av hans segrar över Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod och Frank Gotch, Beell avgick som han närmade 43 år. Hans inlägg brottning karriär skulle leda till hans oväntade död 57. Fred Beell vann långa odds att bli en kompetent professionell brottare
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, världsmästare brottare och tyngdlyftare i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch höll titeln i fem år och besegrade alla uppstickare. På den relativt unga åldern av 35, Gotch beslutat att gå i pension. För sin sista match, 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. Santel deltog i flera legitima tävlingar med japanska jujitsu-utövare. Han använde
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, som var
På torsdag, Januari 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins försvarade sitt amerikanska brottningsmästerskap mot en blivande brottare från Iowa. After the first fall, fansen insåg att det var den tuffaste matchen av 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 hade besegrat Gotch's
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 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
I januari 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.