Tag: Catch-as-Catch-Can-Wrestling

Earl Caddock hatte Ende der 1910er und Anfang der 1920er Jahre eine relativ kurze, aber erfolgreiche Karriere als Profi-Wrestler. Sein Profidebüt gab er in 1915 nachdem er drei nationale AAU-Titel im Amateur-Wrestling gewonnen hatte, Caddock rang bis dahin nur professionell 1922. Jedoch, Er würde als Weltmeister anerkannt werden, nachdem er Joe Stecher im April besiegt hatte 1917. Caddock würde den Titel wieder verlieren

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

“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

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, beschloss, seinen Herausforderern etwas Stärke zu entziehen, indem er sie zusammenbrachte

On 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 betrat die

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. Im Januar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “Sorakichi erwürgen