George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

George-Baptiste

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,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

George-Baptiste

Im Spät 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 “Bauer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Jedoch, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Von 1902, George

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Evan Lewis Druse Tom Cannon

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August 26, 1886, Evan “Würger” 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. Zumindest dachte ich das ursprünglich und die meisten Historiker haben es zitiert. Modern

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Am Samstag,, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 Minuten. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem besessen

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

Joe-Stetcher

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

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Die Wirkung des Boxens auf legitimes Wrestling

Johnson-und-Martin

In den 1910er Jahren, Das amerikanische professionelle Wrestling verlagerte sich dauerhaft von legitimen Wrestling-Wettbewerben zu vorher vereinbarten Ausstellungen. Faninteresse, Die Kontrolle des Promoters und eine geringere Abnutzung der Wrestler spielten bei diesem Übergang eine Rolle. Ein weiterer, weniger diskutierter Druck lag außerhalb des Sports selbst. Vor dem 20. Jahrhundert, Profiboxen war in den Vereinigten Staaten illegal. Nackte Knöchel

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

John-Berg

John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Bauer” 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 Pfund. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg rang hinein

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

Ad-Santel

Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Während diese Geschichte vielleicht oder vielleicht

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Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Available

Gotch-vs-Hackenschmidt

“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 looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt

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