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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.
У студзені 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Душыцель” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
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,
У канцы 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 “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Аднак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луіс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Па 1902, George
Жнівень 26, 1886, Эван “Душыцель” 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. Прынамсі, так я першапачаткова думаў і большасць гісторыкаў цытавала. Сучасны
У суботу, Лістапада 25, 1899, Вуліца. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвілін. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луіс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Васем апантаны
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
У 1910-х гадах, Амерыканская прафесійная барацьба пастаянна перамяшчаецца з законных барацьбітаўскіх спаборніцтваў на загадзя падрыхтаваныя выставы. цікавасць вентылятара, кантроль промотора і меншы знос і разрыў на ўсе змагар гуляюць пэўную ролю ў гэтым пераходзе. Яшчэ менш гаварылі пра ціск за межамі самога спорту. Да 20-га стагоддзя, прафесійны бокс быў незаконным ў Злучаных Штатах. проста кулака
РКО Малюнкі прынёс Дзік Трэйсі камічнага персанажа паласы на вялікі экран у снежні 1, 1945. Хоць фільм, безумоўна, “B” Фільм меў на ўвазе, каб быць першым на двайны рахунак, ён па-ранейшаму быў бы прадстаўляць цікавасць для многіх прыхільнікаў папулярнай коміксу. Чэстэр Гулд стварыў паласу ў кастрычніку 1931 for the Detroit
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Фермер” 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 фунты. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Берг змагаўся
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. Хоць гэтая гісторыя можа і можа