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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.
На четвер, Січень 27, 1904, Том Дженкінс захистив свій титул чемпіона Америки з боротьби проти перспективного борця з Айови. After the first fall, вболівальники зрозуміли, що це був найважчий матч c Френка Елвіна Готча, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Дженкінс переміг Готча
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Листопад 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
У січні 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Душитель” 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,
Наприкінці 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 “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Однак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луїс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. За 1902, Джордж
Серпня 26, 1886, Еван “Душитель” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
У суботу, Листопад 25, 1899, Вулиця. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвилин. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луїс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem володів
Серпня 2, 1947, Макс М. King Productions випустив Killer Dill (1947), кримінальний фільм, у якому грає професійний рестлер Майк Мазуркі «Маленький Джо», поплічник, який виступає за обидві сторони бандитської ворожнечі. Стюарт Ервін у ролі Джонні «Вбивці» Ділла, дизайнер нижньої білизни та продавець, кого люди приймають за гангстера. Після випадкового втягнення у війну банд, його
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
Віллард “Дикий Білл” Лонгсон народився в Солт-Лейк-Сіті, Юта, on June 8, 1906 але більшу частину свого дорослого життя провів у св. Луїс, Міссурі. Після початку кар'єри професійного борця в 1931, Лонгсон виявив себе працюючим на Тома Пакса в Сент-Пітерсі. Луїс. Він ніколи насправді не залишав, оскільки це буде його домашня база для решти