Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Op April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross het Sorakichi Matsuda ontmoet, ook bekend as Matsada, die eerste Japannese professionele stoeier in die Verenigde State. Matsuda het na die Verenigde State geëmigreer om sy droom na te streef om 'n professionele stoeier te word, want dit het toe nie regtig in Japan bestaan nie. 28-jarige Duncan Ross is op Maart in Turkye van Skotse afkoms gebore
As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked
Thiebaud of Theobald Bauer was 'n Franse stoeier, wat in Grieks-Romeinse stoei gespesialiseer het. Bauer het in Amerika aangekom tydens 1875 met 'n twyfelagtige aanspraak op die Grieks-Romeinse Wêreldkampioenskap vir swaargewigstoei. Hy sou sy titel verdedig vir 5 jaar tot verslaan deur William Muldoon in 1880. As stoei-aanhangers enigsins met Bauer vertroud is, dit is gewoonlik as die opponent
Yusuf Ismail het in die eerste helfte van slegs ses maande in die Verenigde State gestoei 1898. In sy eerste betekenisvolle wedstryd, hy is gediskwalifiseer vir 'n kwaai oortreding. In sy enigste ander betekenisvolle wedstryd, het hy vir Evan gegee “Worger” Lewis die pak slae van sy lewe. Tog het sy kort toer deur die Verenigde State van hom 'n legende gemaak. Ismail het die
Evan “Worger” Lewis, ook genoem Evan Lewis “die worger”, was 'n professionele stoeier van 1882 te 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” of “hang hold”, wat moderne MMA-aanhangers as 'n guillotine-choke ken. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man toernooi
Martin “Boer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Boer” Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pond. In 1891, Burns as die Iowa Swaargewig Kampioen het op JC. Comstock, die Michigan Swaargewig Kampioen. J.C. Comstock was
Op Maandag, Februarie 7, 1887, Evan “Worger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton het by Battery D in Chicago ontmoet, Illinois. Dit sou die eerste van verskeie uitstallingsgevegte tussen die mans wees. Hulle het hierdie uitstallings vroeg in die groter Midwest-stede uitgevoer 1887. Soos die St. Paul-wedstryd het ek in 'n vorige pos gedek, Lewis en Acton het ingestem
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In hierdie episode, I discuss what Evan “Die worger” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Egter, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Evan “Worger” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 pond, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly
The April 12, 1887 uitgawe van die St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Worger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 pond, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been