格鬥運動史學家和武術家
關於“catch-as-catch-can”或“catch 摔跤比賽”的帖子, 之後美國摔角的主流風格 1890.
何時 “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, 被稱為 “哈克” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 分鐘. 貝爾贏了
喬·阿克頓 (Joe Acton) 是 19 世紀英格蘭最優秀的摔跤手之一. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “工作” matches thrown in the mix. 通過 1904 或 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
吉姆朗多斯 (Jim Londos) 在職業摔角界的地位不斷提升，不僅成為 20 世紀 30 年代乃至有史以來票房最高的明星. 然而, 如果隆多斯沒有來到聖. 20世紀20年代初期的路易斯, 故事可能會完全不同. 隆多斯在嘉年華巡迴賽中以大力士的身份表演時，學會了接球式摔跤。
十月 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) 冠軍，但一直淡出人們的視線，直到
十一月 7, 1908, 查爾斯·奧爾森遇見 “Americus” 格斯·舍恩萊因 (Gus Schonlein) 參加世界輕重量級摔角錦標賽. 事實證明，這場比賽正如觀察家所猜測的那樣令人興奮，但最終卻引發了爭議. 奧爾森排名第6’01” 但僅重 170 英鎊. 馬克斯·弗拉斯坎普 (Max Flaskamp) 出生於克雷菲爾德, 北萊茵-威斯特法倫州 1879, 他的名字是查爾斯或查理奧爾森
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 英鎊. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. 然而, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, 在擊敗弗蘭克·戈奇後，他前往美國與他較量
在聖誕夜 1911, 斯坦尼斯勞斯·茲皮希科 (Stanislaus Zbyszko) 在一場備受期待的重量級摔跤比賽中遇到了喬瓦尼·雷西耶維奇 (Giovanni Raicievich). Zbyszko, 他正在為與世界重量級摔角冠軍弗蘭克·戈奇的複賽而努力, 同意扔掉拉切維奇 3 次在 90 分鐘或被宣佈為失敗者. 當這些人進入紐約市著名的麥迪遜廣場花園時, 茲皮希科顯然是
和 “扼殺” 劉易斯是有史以來最偉大的職業摔角手和世界冠軍之一. 劉易斯’ 招牌動作是束縛, 劉易斯開始將其用作發起人和摔跤手，將職業摔跤轉變為預先安排或“工作”的展覽. 路易斯最初使用前臉鎖或斷頭台扼流圈. 劉易斯的同名埃文“扼殺者”劉易斯使前臉鎖定或