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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.
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
El lunes, Diciembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis ganó el primero de los seis campeonatos mundiales de lucha libre de manos de Joe Stecher.. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Un año antes de este partido, Stecher y Lewis se enfrentaron en un partido que duró más de tres horas.. Lewis cometió un error mental al
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 “Hachazo” en St. Louis during the 1904 Feria Mundial. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
El destino de la mayor parte de St. Louis’ edificios históricos demuestran que el viejo adagio de bienes raíces. Es todo sobre la ubicación, ubicación, ubicación. Si el edificio se encuentra en el South St. Louis, tiene una mejor oportunidad de ser salvado de un edificio en el lado norte. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Stanislaus Zbyszko nació Stanislaw ene Cygankiewicz en abril 1, 1879 en Jodlow, Polonia, que formaba parte del Imperio Austro-Húngaro. De acuerdo a Wikipedia, él eligió el nombre en el ring Stanislaus Zbyszko porque era el nombre de un caballero polaco ficción. Un artículo en el Walla Walla, Periódico Washington, Martes de noche del Estadista, Febrero 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and