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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.
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, besluttede at tage noget af stivelsen ud af sine udfordrere ved at matche dem
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, hvilket er grunden til begge initiativtagere
Den 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 trådte ind i
På tirsdag, Januar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. 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. I januar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “kvæle Sorakichi til
På mandag, December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis vandt det første af seks World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships af Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher og Lewis mødtes i en kamp, der varede over tre timer. Lewis lavede en mental fejl i
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” i St. Louis during the 1904 Verdensudstillingen. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Den skæbne meget af St. Louis’ historiske bygninger bevise det gamle fast ejendom ordsprog. Det handler om placering, placering, placering. Hvis bygningen er i South St. Louis, det har en bedre chance for at blive frelst, end en bygning på nordsiden. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Stanislaus Zbyszko blev født Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz april 1, 1879 i Jodlow, Polen, som var en del af Østrig-ungarske kejserrige. Ifølge Wikipedia, han valgte den ring navn Stanislaus Zbyszko fordi det var navnet på en fiktiv polsk ridder. En artikel i Walla Walla, Washington avis, The Evening Statesman er tirsdag, Februar 8, 1910 udgave, publicized Zbyszko’s university and