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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.
På torsdag, April 29, 1909, Frank Gotch rejste til Memphis, Tennessee til at bryde den højt respekterede letsværvægtsbryder Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt vandt World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under sit rigtige navn, John Berg. Selvom fans syntes godt om Berg, de så ham ikke som en trussel mod at besejre Frank Gotch i en lige kamp. For at øge fans interesse
Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. Efter 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Fra 1900 til 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
Den August 7, 1882, Indlæg om professionel brydning i løbet af 1800-tallet. Indlæg om professionel brydning i løbet af 1800-tallet. Men, offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester. offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Iowa. Fru. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which
Den January 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, New York. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled
During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along
I 1897, offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester. offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester, offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester. Over the next 30 år, offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester. offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester 1899, offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af kampen som verdensmester
This week’s post is a confession of sorts. I årevis, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 og 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volumen 1: 1875 til 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (affiliate link) ved
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Tragisk, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
En af de legendariske fortællinger om Joe Stecher handler om en legitim konkurrence, han havde med en af Martin “Farmer” Brænder brydere, da Stecher knap var ude af gymnasiet. Burns hørte om Stechers voksende ry og besluttede at teste ham med en af hans wrestlere. I årevis, Jeg troede, at Stecher besejrede Yusif Mahmout, men han kæmpede faktisk med Yussif Hussane. Den