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Bejegyzések a 19. századi profi bunyósokról és meccsekről.
Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent
Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “Strangler” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 a 1899. Lewis volt az első amerikai nehézsúlyú Catch-as-retesz Birkózás Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vagy “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis tette szakmai bemutatkozó megnyerte a 64 man tournament
Márton “Földműves” Burns híres ma az edző, a legendás birkózó Frank Gotch. “Földműves” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns nyerte az amerikai nehézsúlyú birkózó bajnok a jogos pankráció korában annak ellenére, hogy csak a 165 font. -Ben 1891, Burns a Iowa nehézsúlyú bajnok volt a JC. Comstock, A Michigan nehézsúlyú bajnoka. J. C. Comstock was
Hétfőn, Február 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kis Demon” Joe Acton Chicagóban, a Battery D-ben találkozott, Illinois. Ez lenne az első a férfiak közötti kiállítási összecsapások közül. Korán a nagyobb közép-nyugati városokban mutatták be ezeket a kiállításokat 1887. Mint a St. Pál meccs, amiről egy korábbi bejegyzésemben szóltam, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Ebben az epizódban, I discuss what Evan “A Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Fő tartalom – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Viszont, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 font, 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 related to his feared
The April 12, 1887 kiadása a Szent. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kis Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 font, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been
Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 a 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Viszont, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, Rettenetes Turk, was considered one of the
Márton “Földműves” Burns was a professional catch-as-catch can wrestler as well as wrestling and physical cultural trainer. Hivatásos birkózóként elért nagy sikerei ellenére, sőt megnyerte az amerikai nehézsúlyú bajnokságot, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Márton “Földműves” Burns was born February 15, 1861 in Cedar County, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.