Hnub: Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis regained lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Stanislaus Zbyszko. Qhov kev tshwm sim cim pib ntawm ib qhov dominant kev wrestling combines nyob hauv keeb kwm. Tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow, Ntiaj teb tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab kev kawm tus khub/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, hu ua “Plua plav Trio”, dominated cov kev ua si nawv rau tom ntej no ntxiv

Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom txoj cai txav mus rau Wichita, Kansas thiab tsim lub cheeb tsam rau yav tom ntej wrestling qhia tau hais tias. Cov American Midwest yuav muaj ib tug tseem ceeb nyiaj generator rau cov kub Dust Trio, Uas Sandow coj nrog ntiaj teb tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Hauv lub 1920s. Txoj cai lij choj yuav tsim ob

Nyob rau hauv 1894, Martin “Ua teb” Kub yus yog npaj wrestle Evan “Strangler” Lewis rau cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Thaum Burns tau nkag mus rau nws tus prime, Lewis yuav tsum tau nyob saum American kev wrestling rau 5 xyoo. Lewis kuj wrestled ib viscous style nrog ib emphasis rau submission tuas. Kub yus yuav tau npaj rau ib contest tawv contest, uas yuav

Verona, Missouri yog ib lub zos me me nyob rau sab qab zog Missouri. Tsis txhob tshaj 900 Cov neeg nyob hauv nws keeb kwm, Xwb 438 Los yog li ntawd, cov neeg hu ua Verona tsev nyob rau hauv 1926. Tsis tau, Ib tug kev wrestling card yog nyob rau hauv lub nroog rau hnub Zwj Hli, Lub peb hlis ntuj 22, 1926. Tsis muaj ntau lub tsheb automobiles los yog txoj kev ua tau los kov lawv, yuav nyuaj heev nyob rau hauv 1926.

Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17, 1922, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled ib handicap match tiv thaiv Francois Lemarque thiab up-and-coming lone Jim Londos. Londos yog tseem ob peb xyoos kom deb ntawm qhov biggest box office kos hauv kev wrestling tab sis nws yog tus nrov wrestler hauv St. Louis. Thaum Londos tsuas sawv li 5’06” los yog 5’07”, nws possessed

Sunday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri ib zaug proved nws tus kheej kom tau ib hotbed rau kev wrestling li 8,000 Kiv cua crammed Convention nrog saib lub rematch ntawm Frank Gotch thiab Fred Beell. Beell yeej tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Gotch peb lub lis piam lawm hauv New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch tau thov cov tsis tau ib fluke, Thaum

Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 11, 1976, Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt tuag enroute rau Christian Northeast tsev kho mob nyob rau sab qaum teb St. Louis County. Mondt twb nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis hauv 1969 Pab saib xyuas nws tus poj niam Alda niam. Tom qab nws niam tuag nyob rau hauv 1971, Tus Mondts txiav txim siab nyob hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg Alda twb tau yug thiab tsa ceg. Mondt yog ib legendary

txoj kev “Loj” Munn tus meteoric sawv hauv kev wrestling. Debuting hauv 1924, Munn “yeej” Lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Ed “Strangler” Lewis nyob rau thaum ntxov 1925. Nws lub caij nplooj zeeg cia li ceev ceev. Los ntawm 1926, Munn yog txijnkawm. Ib tug kawm ntawv qib siab football kab ntawm Nebraska, Munn yog recruited rau hauv kev wrestling los Billy Sandow, defacto coj ntawm cov kub Trio Trio. Tus

Fred Beell yog ib qho muaj zog, Tuav kev wrestler ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Beell muab tag nrho cov wrestlers zoo wrestlers ntawm hnub tawv contests tab sis nws tsis muaj luaj li cas hampered nws muaj peev xwm nrog ntiaj teb hoob kawm wrestlers. Txawm tias haib ua tau, Beell yog generously teev nyob 5’06”. Thaum nws heaviest, Beell yeej tsis tshaj 170 phaus. Thaum possessing ib bodybuilder lub bodybuilder