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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.
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch ħares lejn ir-rivali tiegħu George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
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, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
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, hu għalhekk li ż-żewġ promoturi
Fuq Diċembru 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. Kap Żewġ Rix daħlu fil-
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: Il Wrestler aktar biża 'ta' l-Seklu 19. Evan Lewis kien espert tas-sengħa sottomissjoni matul l-era leġittimu lotta professjonali għalkemm huwa ma jieħu sehem fil koppja prestabbiliti logħbiet. In January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi biex
Nhar it-Tnejn, Diċembru 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis rebaħ l-ewwel minn sitt Kampjonati Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight mingħand 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 u Lewis iltaqgħu f’partita li damet aktar minn tliet sigħat. Lewis għamel żball mentali fil
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” f'St. Louis during the 1904 Fair Dinja. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 f'Chicago,
Il-destin ta 'ħafna ta' San. Louis’ bini storiku jipprova l-qawl antik proprjetà immobbli. Dan kollu dwar il-lokazzjoni, post, post. Jekk il-bini huwa fil-St Nofsinhar. Louis, hija għandha ċans aħjar li jiġu ffrankati minn bini fuq il-ġenb tat-Tramuntana. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1880 in Jodlow, Polonja, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Frar 8, 1910, publicized Zbyszko’s university and intellectual accomplishments.