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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.
I 1910'erne, Amerikansk professionel wrestling flyttede permanent fra legitime wrestling-konkurrencer til forudaftalte udstillinger. Faninteresse, promotorkontrol og mindre slitage på bryderne spillede alt sammen en rolle i denne overgang. Et andet mindre omtalt pres var uden for selve sporten. Før det 20. århundrede, professionel boksning var ulovligt i USA. Bare kno
RKO Pictures bragte Dick Tracy tegneserie karakter til det store lærred på December 1, 1945. Mens filmen er absolut en “B” film betød at være først på den dobbelte regning, det ville stadig have været af interesse for de mange fans af den populære tegneserie. Chester Gould skabte striben i oktober 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock havde en relativt kort, men historie professionel wrestling karriere i slutningen af 1910'erne og begyndelsen af 1920'erne. Får sin professionelle debut i 1915 efter at have vundet tre AAU Nationale titler i amatørbrydning, Caddock kæmpede kun professionelt indtil 1922. Men, han ville blive anerkendt som verdensmester efter at have besejret Joe Stecher i april 1917. Caddock ville miste titlen tilbage
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 pounds. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg kæmpede sig ind
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!”Frank Gotch kiggede over på sin rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, besluttede at tage noget af stivelsen ud af sine udfordrere ved at matche dem
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, hvilket er grunden til begge initiativtagere
Den December 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the
På tirsdag, Januar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. I januar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “kvæle Sorakichi til