Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
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,
In late 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 “Magsasaka” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Gayunman, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Sa pamamagitan ng 1902, George
Sa Agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” 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. Hindi bababa sa iyon ang orihinal na naisip ko at sinipi ng karamihan sa mga istoryador. Moderno
Sa Sabado, Nobyembre 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuto. 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. Sinapian si Wasem
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
Noong 1910s, Ang American professional wrestling ay permanenteng inilipat mula sa mga lehitimong paligsahan sa wrestling patungo sa mga prearranged exhibition. Interes ng fan, kontrol ng promoter at mas kaunting pagkasira sa mga wrestler lahat ay may papel sa paglipat na ito. Ang isa pang hindi gaanong pinag-uusapan tungkol sa presyon ay sa labas ng isport mismo. Bago ang ika-20 Siglo, Ang propesyonal na boksing ay ilegal sa Estados Unidos. Hubad na buko
RKO Pictures nagdala ng Dick Tracy comic strip ng character sa malaking screen sa Disyembre 1, 1945. Habang ang pelikula ay talagang isang “B” nilalayong film na maging unang sa double kuwenta, ito pa rin maaaring naging ng interes sa maraming mga tagahanga ng mga sikat na comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Magsasaka” 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 wrestled in
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. Habang ang kwentong ito ay maaaring o maaari
“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