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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Nyob rau hnub tim 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis
Kuv txaj muag hais tias kuv nyuam qhuav sab cov hauj lwm ntawm Cora Livingston, Thaum researching txoj kev loj hlob ntawm lub zos promotor lawv nyob rau hauv kev wrestling thaum lub 1910s thiab 1920s. Mildred Burke yog tus thawj loj poj niam wrestling tau zus ib uas kuv twb paub. Txawm li cas los, Cora Livingston tau thov lub ntiaj teb Championship ib xyoo ua ntej Burke twb yug. Cora Livingston
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
Hnub Monday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt
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
If wrestling fans know of Anton “Tony” Stecher, it is as the long-time promoter of professional wrestling in Minneapolis, Xeev Minnesota. Stecher started promoting professional wrestling in the Twin Cities during 1933. Stecher built the Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club into a powerful local wrestling promotion. Stecher was also one of the early members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Stecher
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