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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
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
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
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
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed rau nag hmo ntawm tus International Wrestling kev sib tw nyob detroit, Michigan. Cov kev sib tw khiav yuav luag ob lub hlis ua ntej qhov kawg nkaus rau lub peb hlis ntuj 10th. Wrestling historians nquag credit J. H. McLaughlin li yog tus thawj kev wrestler nyob xwb rau nws khwv nyiaj ua ib wrestler wrestler. Feem ntau cov wrestlers wrestlers
Yog ib lub hiob adages hauv combat kev ua si yog “Ib tug txiv neej zoo ib txwm beats ib tug txiv neej zoo me ntsis”. Nws yog vim li cas tias peb muaj luj divisions hauv boxing, wrestling thiab sib xyaw martial arts. Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 2, 1881, 160-Phaus Edwin Bibby proved muaj cov exceptions rau txoj cai no. thaum me me, Edwin Bibby yog tshwj xeeb tshaj yog muaj zog rau nws loj.
(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. Hnub Wednesday, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood
Tuesday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 28, 1899, current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Dan S. McLeod wrestled Charles Wittmer in a two-out-of-three-falls mixed styles match. Txij thaum cov tau zus ib tsuas defended lub npe nyob catch-as-catch-can qhov yuam kev, McLeod wrestled Wittmer nyob hauv ib lub npe tsis-npe match. wittmer, Ib Greco-Roman wrestling tus kws paub hauj lwm, Uas cog noob nws thiab McLeod wrestle tsawg kawg yog ib lub caij nplooj zeeg hauv Greco-Roman txoj cai. Cov me nyuam. Paul Athletic
Scottish wrestler Duncan C. Ross wrestled professionally tab sis kuj muab ib feem ntawm lub zog thiab ncaws contests tom qab mus txog hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub caij 1870s lig. Ib all-around ncaws pob, Ross wrestled skillfully hauv ob catch-as-catch-can wrestling thiab Greco-Roman wrestling. Hnub Monday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 26, 1883, Ross wrestled qub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Theobaud Bauer. Bauer coj lub ntiaj teb Championship ntawm Fabkis
Dan McLeod tua yeej Martin "Farmer" Burns rau cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship thaum lub kaum hli ntuj 1897. McLeod tuav lub championship plaub xyoos mus txog rau thaum nws ntsib Frank Gotch toughest tus nrog sib ntaus, Tom Jenkins. Thaum ntxov 1899, McLeod ua ob peb lub npe defenses hauv Minnesota. Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste ntawm Conover nrog pem lub taub hau
Hnub Monday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 26, 1888, Joe Acton, Leej twg specialized hauv catch wrestling, Wrestled xibfwb William Miller, ib pawg wrestler, thiab bare-knuckle prizefighter, Nyob rau hauv ib ob-tawm ntawm-peb-ntog Greco-Roman wrestling match. Leej txiv neej camps ntseeg wrestling ntais ntawv hauv no style ensured tus fairest contest ntawm lawv. Cov txiv neej wrestled rau $500.00 ib sab. 1,500 kiv cua, Ib pawg neeg coob rau lub era, muab