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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 “Užasno Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, odlučio oduzeti malo škroba svojim izazivačima tako što će ih spojiti
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, zbog čega oba promotora
U prosincu 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. Poglavica Dva Pera ušao je u
U utorak, Siječanj 19, 1909, Doktor. Benjamin Roller, Seattle liječnik i pro hrvač koji je bio dovoljno dobar za pobjedu američki prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji, neobjašnjivo odlučio okušati u profesionalnom boksu. Protivnik mu je bio prijatelj i sparing partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, tko će pobijediti obojeni svijet teškoj kategoriji boks prvenstvo. Doktor. 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. In January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “zadaviti Sorakichija da
U ponedjeljak, Prosinac 13, 1920, I “Davitelj” Lewis je osvojio prvu od šest svjetskih prvaka u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji od Joea Stechera. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Godinu dana prije ove utakmice, Stecher i Lewis sastali su se u meču koji je trajao više od tri sata. Lewis je napravio mentalnu pogrešku
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 “Pijuk” u St. Louis during the 1904 Svjetskom sajmu. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
The fate of much of St. Louis’ historic buildings prove the old real estate adage. It’s all about location, location, location. If the building is in the South St. Louis, it has a better chance of being saved than a building on the North Side. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Stanislav Zbyszko rođen Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz travnja 1, 1879 u Jodlow, Poljska, koja je bila dio Austro-Ugarske Monarhije. Prema Wikipediji, on je izabrao naziv prsten Stanislav Zbyszko jer je to naziv izmišljena poljski vitez. Članak u Walla Walla, Washington novina, Navečer državnik u utorak, Veljača 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and