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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
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
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 29, 1883, Kaum plaub wrestlers them $50 Nkag mus rau ib ob hnub kev sib tw rau ib tug $500 championship belt thiab $500 nqi zog. Richard K. Hma liab, Tswv thiab publisher ntawm tub ceev xwm Gazette, muab tus nqi zog nyiaj thiab siv. Hma liab avidly txaus siab rau qib uas ob leeg professional boxing thiab kev wrestling. Thaum plaub tug txiv neej sim nkag mus rau cov kev sib tw, Hma liab
Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 26, 1897, Martin "Farmer" Burns defended nws American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship tiv thaiv Scottish ntes wrestler Dan McLeod. Kub yus thiab McLeod tau ob tug saum peb los yog plaub catch-as-catch-can wrestlers nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thaum lub sij hawm. 1,200 Kiv cua kawm ntais ntawv nyob rau cov neeg pej xeem nrog Opera tsev nyob indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters feem ntau muab ib mat los yog hnyav
Thaum researching keeb kwm ntawm cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1881 – 1922), Kuv sab Evan "Strangler" Lewis txiv thaum ntxov qhov yuam kev hauv Montana. Ua ntej yuav tshawb fawb lub npe no, Kuv xav lewis pib nws cov hauj lwm los winning ib 64-txiv neej wrestling kev sib tw nyob Montana thaum 1882. Txawm li cas los, Lewis yeej tsis yeej cov kev sib tw. Nyob hauv ntuj 1882, Lewis wrestled hauv ib Cornish wrestling kev sib tw
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Tau zus ib Edwin Bibby defended nws lub npe tiv thaiv lus Askiv Champion Joe Acton ntawm Madison Square vaj nyob New York City. Cov txiv neej wrestled ib "catch-as-catch-can" match rau lub ntiaj teb championship. Txawm li cas los, Pej xeem twg tsis paub txog tus khiav ntawm lub bout li lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib. Pej xeem pom tau hais tias tus khiav li cov American Heavyweight
Nyob rau hauv 1897, Dan McLeod beat Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. After the defeat, Burns wrestled part-time as he transitioned into his primary role of wrestling trainer. Dhau qhov ntxiv mus 30 xyoo, Burns trained most of the legitimate catch wrestlers in the United States. Burns began touring in 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in
Edwin Bibby thiab Duncan C. Ross tsim tus thawj pom tau hais tias kev wrestling championship hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas rau lub ib hlis ntuj 19, 1881. Cov txiv neej wrestled catch-as-catch-can style rau cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. William Muldoon yog lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Champion raws li nws swb ntawm Thiebaud Bauer hauv 1880. Andre Christol coj lub ntiaj teb npe rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas
Nyob rau hauv 1899, Martin “Ua teb” Kub yus yog transitioning rau hauv lub luag hauj lwm ntawm part-time wrestler thiab full-time trainer. Yog ib yam ntawm nws cov miv nyuas nto moo tshaj plaws yuav Frank Gotch, Leej twg Burns tua yeej ib lub lis piam tom qab ntais ntawv no match. Kub yus yog kub yus 38 Xyoo thiab tau poob nws American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ob xyoos lawm. Kub yus blended ob cwj pwm rau ib tug tibneeg hu tauj coob heev hlis ntuj nqeg rau
James Hiram McLaughlin tuas cov distinction uas yog tus thawj American kev wrestler. Thaum cov neeg wrestled professionally ua ntej McLaughlin, Nws yog thawj zaug khwv tau ib tug nyob ntawm wrestling. McLaughlin pib wrestling professionally nyob rau hauv 1860 tom 16 Xyoo tab sis tsov rog Civil interrupted nws cov hauj lwm rau ob peb xyoos. McLaughlin pib wrestling dua nyob rau hauv 1866. Los ntawm 1877,
Txij thaum nws cov kev ua si nawv spectator nyob rau hauv ib nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th, promoters thiab wrestlers tau nyob rau hauv ib huab ntawm lub sijhawm twg los uas lawv tau ua hauj lwm lawv qhov yuam kev. Thaum kev wrestling yuav nws thiaj li yuav luag exclusively ntawm staged exhibitions, Ntau, feem ntau tsis yog, Ntawm qhov yuam kev tau tseeb contest ua ntej 1915. Promoters thiab wrestlers mus zoo kawg thiab