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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.
Rau hnub Saturday, Cuaj hlis 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Tshiab tawm ntawm nws thawj ncig xyuas ntawm lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas, Wrestled tus poj Gama ntawm shepherd lub hav txwv yeem chaw ntau pob nyob rau London, Hais. 7,000 spectators crowded rau hauv lub chaw ntau pob saib ntais ntawv. ob peb lub lis piam lawm, Mr. Benjamin coj ib pawg Pehlwani wrestlers ntawm khej mus wrestle hauv hais. Kiv cua xav txog qhov zoo kawg thiab Gama
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Txawm li cas los, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Hmoov tsis, the exploits of Martin “Ua teb” Burns and Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Ed “Strangler” Lewis yog ib lub sab saum toj ob American kev wrestlers ntawm all-time. Thaum Lewis yog ib tug tseeb submission wrestler, Leej twg yuav tuav leej twg nyob hauv ib wrestling contest, Nws ua hauj lwm yuav luag exclusively nyob prearranged exhibition qhov yuam kev. Nyob rau hauv 1929, Nws muab ib feem ntawm ib match nrog kev football neeg uas ua ntawv muab wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg yog rau lub Providence Steam Roller,
Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis twb teem tau raws li tus tau zus ib Stanislaus Zbyszko ntawm lub St. Louis Coliseum txog hnub plaub, Hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1922 tab sis, ntais ntawv yuav luag tus hu ua rho tawm hauj lwm vim qhov dhau ib referee xaiv. Txoog xwb tom qab cov intercession of St. Louis promoter John Contos uas leej txiv neej pom zoo rau cov me nyuam. Louis
Polish wrestler thiab strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko xub tuaj txog hauv tebchaws 1909 rau cov kev sib tw rau kev txhaj tshuaj rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Nws tau txais thiab ploj ntais ntawv nyob rau hauv ib contest tseeb thaum 1910. Zbyszko tseem wrestling ob peb xyoos ntau thiab ua tau yeej lub qab ntuj Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship hauv 1914 ntawm hated rival
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tus Nebraska Tsovman” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Txawm li cas los, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, Thauj tw
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