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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.
On Thanksgiving in America, Thursday, November 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the
Jack Claybourne, en af de tidligste afroamerikanere, professionelle wrestlere, blev født Elmer Claybourn i Mexico, Missouri, marts 8, 1910. I 1910, Mexico var hjemsted for ca 5,939 residents. Claybourne startede sin professionelle wrestling-karriere i Missouri i 1931. Oprindeligt, Claybourne kæmpede i det nærliggende Moberly, Missouri. Moberly havde en befolkning på 13,722 beboere i forhold til 8,290 indbyggere i Mexico, Missouri
Wrestlinghistorikere betragter enten Ed "Strangler" Lewis eller Frank Gotch for at være den største amerikanske professionelle wrestler. Mens vi ved en del om Frank Gotchs tidlige karriere, vi ved meget mindre om Ed "Strangler" Lewis' tidlige karriere. Forskellige kilder hævder, at Lewis lærte catch-as-catch-can wrestling i karnevalerne, da han kun var fjorten år gammel. Lewis
Besides being the preferred venue for professional boxers and wrestlers to train when in St. Louis, St. Louis Business Men’s Gymnasium hosted smaller boxing and wrestling events. I 1898, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Farmer” Burns wrestled Oscar Wasem in front of a small crowd at the Business Men’s Gymnasium. Burns was transitioning into training wrestlers full-time and
During the early 1930s, the most powerful promoters in professional wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, and Tom Packs executed double-crosses on each other hurting the overall drawing power of their wrestlers. During the promotional war, Jack Pfefer aligned himself with Jack Curley and “Toots” Mondt, who ran out of New York City. I slutningen af 1933, Curley and
I took a second look at this match after listening to the Shut Up and Wrestle podcast interview with Mike Chapman, one of the foremost experts on Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman put forth a convincing argument for his belief that both Earl Caddock vs. Joe Stecher world title matches were “shoots” or legitimate contests. After reviewing the accounts of the
Sorakichi Matsuda rejste til USA for sent 1883 at begynde sin professionelle wrestling-karriere. Matsuda havde til hensigt at lære amerikansk professionel wrestling og vende tilbage til sit hjemland for at starte sin egen wrestlingpromovering. Matsudas manager fremsatte påstande om hans træning i Japan, der kunne ikke verificeres. Matsuda trænede i sumobrydning med den berømte Isegahama-stald, men gjorde det
På tirsdag, Juni 3, 1924, Den kommende wrestler Jim Browning udfordrede Taro Miyake i en blandet kamp i Nashville, Tennessee. Bruning, en wrestler fra Verona, Missouri forlod for nylig Missouri-Kansas-området for at kæmpe i Tennessee og Kentucky. Den 21-årige Browning var ved at udvikle et ry for solid wrestling. Browning imponerede promotorerne så meget i 1920'erne, at promotorerne satte
I løbet af de sidste tyve år, konservatorer har fundet adskillige wrestlingfilm fra 1920'erne til 1950'erne, som blev antaget tabt. Fans kan se de fleste af de nyopdagede film på YouTube. En af de overlevende film er atten minutter af en time, tyve minutters kamp fra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania i 1930. Jim Londos kæmpede med Dick Shikat (video link) for en
Lørdag, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, frisk på sin første turné i USA, kæmpede Great Gama på Shepherd's Bush Stadium i London, England. 7,000 tilskuere stimlede ind på stadion for at se kampen. Et par uger tidligere, Mr. Benjamin bragte en gruppe Pehlwani-brydere fra Indien for at bryde i England. Fans overvejer Great Gama