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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.
Nyob rau 1880s thaum ntxov, Sorakichi Matsuda, or Matsada in most American newspapers, traveled to the United States to wrestle professionally. Japan did not have a developed professional wrestling circuit, so Matsuda thought he would bring the sport back to Japan after an apprenticeship in the United States. After training for a while, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first
Oscar Wasem pib nws cov hauj lwm nyob rau hauv St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, cov me nyuam. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, Iowa Champion. Thaum Gotch mus ua America tus loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler, Wasem tseem nyob ib solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star
Txog rau hnub Friday, Kaum ib hlis 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 hnab tawv pojniam. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 18, 1938, Qub ntiaj teb wrestling tau zus ib Jim Londos wrestled tam sim no tau zus ib Bronko Nagurski, Tus poj qub football neeg uas ua ntawv rau lub Chicago Bears. Cov txiv neej wrestled hauv Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rau Nagurski version ntawm lub ntiaj teb wrestling championship. Koj yuav saib tau lub 14-feeb match hauv nws cov entirety rau YouTube. Thaum kuv saib ntais ntawv thawj zaug, ntau
Saum ntuj 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins hauv Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail tsuas toured lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas rau (6) lub hlis thaum ntxov ntawm 1898. Ismail wrestled tsawg tshaj 10 qhov yuam kev tab sis tshuav ib txog kev puas tsuaj txog hnub no. Ismail ua ib impression haib impression los yooj yim defeating Evan "Strangler" Lewis. Ismail kuj ua ib qho muaj zog
John "Tus Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek wrestled ob tug ntawm cov nto moo tshaj plaws contests ntawm lub 1920s. Pesek twb ob promotional wars los pom zoo "tua" contests nrog Marin Plestina thiab Nat Pendelton. Nyob rau hauv 1916, Pesek yog ib up-and-coming wrestler yam nyob rau hauv nws lub xeev ntawm Nebraska. Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled lwm Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Kiv cua thiab kiv cua
Yug Norman Edward Wescoatt nyob Hawaii rau lub yim hli ntuj 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt ua si football rau lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Hawaii ua ntej yuav ua nws kev wrestling debut hauv Hawaii thaum lub sij hawm 1933. Wescoatt kuj yog ib tug ua luam dej tau zus ib. Wescoatt chiv ua xov xwm ntxiv rau nws ua luam dej dua nws wrestling thaum nws mus rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv 1935. Hnub Xya, Tim
Nyob rau hnub tim 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis