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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 je pogledal svojega tekmeca Georgea Hackenschmidta, 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, zaradi česar oba promotorja
Decembra 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
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. V januarju 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “zadaviti Sorakichija
Ponedeljek, December 13, 1920, In “Strangler” Lewis je osvojil prvega od šestih naslovov svetovnega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji od Joeja Stecherja. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Leto pred tem tekmo, Stecher in Lewis sta se srečala v več kot tri ure trajajočem dvoboju. Lewis je naredil miselno napako
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” v St. Louis during the 1904 Sejem na svetu. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 v Chicagu,
Usoda veliko sv. Louis’ zgodovinske stavbe dokazujejo staro nepremičnin pregovor. To je vse o lokaciji, mesto, mesto. Če je stavba v Južni 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
Stanislaus Zbyszko je rodil Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz aprila 1, 1880 v Jodlow, Poljska, ki je bila del Avstro-Ogrske monarhije. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. Članek v Walla Walla, Washington časopis, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Februar 8, 1910, publicized Zbyszko’s university and intellectual accomplishments.