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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.
En la década de 1910, La lucha libre profesional estadounidense pasó permanentemente de competencias de lucha legítimas a exhibiciones preestablecidas.. Interés de los fans, El control del promotor y un menor desgaste de los luchadores jugaron un papel en esta transición.. Otra presión de la que menos se habló fue fuera del deporte en sí.. Antes del siglo XX, El boxeo profesional era ilegal en Estados Unidos.. nudillo desnudo
RKO Pictures llevó el personaje de cómic Dick Tracy a la gran pantalla en diciembre 1, 1945. Mientras que la película es sin duda un “B” película destinada a ser primero en el programa doble, aún así habría sido de interés para los muchos fans de la popular tira cómica. Chester Gould creó la tira en octubre 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. Sin embargo, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agricultor” 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 libras. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg luchó
“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 miró a su rival George Hackenschmidt., who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
Al principio de 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 “El Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decidió quitarles parte del almidón a sus rivales emparejándolos
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, es por eso que ambos promotores
En diciembre 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
El martes, Enero 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, un médico de Seattle y luchador profesional que era lo suficientemente bueno para ganar el campeonato de peso pesado estadounidense, inexplicablemente decidió probar suerte en el boxeo profesional. Su oponente era amigo y compañero de entrenamiento, “Denver” Ed Martin, quién iba a ganar el Campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado de Boxeo color. 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. En enero 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “estrangular a Sorakichi para