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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Autem, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Lorem ipsum dolor, the exploits of Martin “Agricola” Burns and Evan “The Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, aut Matsada in ephemerides Americanae maxime, iter in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae colluctatio suscepto munere. Iaponia non habere progressas palaestrae colluctatio, ideo Matsuda putabat se ludibrium in Iaponia deducere post tirocinium in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Post exercitium aliquamdiu, Matsuda pacta colluctatio primus signavit
In 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. In 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
Die Veneris, November 27, 1891, pristinus American Heavyweight luctando Champion Joe Acton luctatus in posterum Mundus Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. Viri luctaretur in nuntiata $1,000.00 purse. Acton magnitudinem adversario suo plerumque reddidit, sed Acton praeponderat CXLVIII libra Fitzsimmons septem libras. Viri luctaverunt duo-of-tres casus pares secundum capere, ut capere potest luctando
May 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail luctatus est Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail tantum sex menses in prima parte Civitatum Foederatarum lustravit 1898. Ismail luctatus est minus quam decem compositus sed viam exitii reliquit recordatus usque in hodiernum diem. Ismail validam impressionem fecit facile pariter vincens Evan "Strangler" Lewis. Ismail quoque fortis
On March 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. H. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers
One of the oldest adages in combat sports is “a good big man always beats a good little man”. It is the reason that we have weight divisions in boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts. Die martis, November 2, 1881, 160-pound Edwin Bibby proved there are exceptions to this rule. While small, Edwin Bibby was particularly strong for his size.
(Hoc excerptum est ex recentissimo libro meo de historia Championship Americanae Gravitatis Wrestling.) Jenkins contendens summo se probavit statim ut titulum McLeod vicit. V., November 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins luctabatur pristinus titulus possessor Martin "Farmer" Ardens in Indianapoli, Indiana. Viri optime luctabantur duos sicco-of-tres lapsus congruit secundum capere-ut-capere potest colluctatio praecepta. Jenkins stetit
Die martis, Itinera 28, 1899, current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Dan S. McLeod colluctatus est Carolus Wittmer in duos e-of-tres-cadit mixtis generibus compositus. Cum defensor tantum titulum defendit in captura, ut-capere potest, aequet, McLeod colluctatus Wittmer in non-title match. Wittmer, certaminis Graeco-Romani specialist, postulavit et McLeod luctabatur saltem sub praeceptis Graeco-Romanis. In S.. Paulus Athletica
Scotorum luctator Duncanus C. Ross munere luctatus est sed etiam viribus et palaestra interfuit, postquam in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae nuper 1870s venit.. An all-circuitu athletae, Ross sollerter in utroque luctatus est ut luctando et luctando Graeco-Romanam capere possit.. Feria, February 26, 1883, Ross luctatus est pristinus Mundus Heavyweight wrestling Champion Theobaud Bauer. Bauer Championship e Gallia