مؤرخ الرياضة القتالية وفنان القتال
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
في الرياضات القتالية, عادة ما يتفوق الرجل الكبير الجيد على الرجل الصغير الجيد. إذا كنت عظيما, يمكنك في كثير من الأحيان تعويض التناقضات الكبيرة في الحجم. وقف إدوين بيبي في المركز الخامس فقط’04” وزنه 160 جنيه لكنه هزم العديد من المصارعين الكبار خلال مسيرته في المصارعة المحترفة. هزم بيبي العديد من المصارعين بما في ذلك المصارع الألماني العملاق ويليام هيجستر. كان إدوين بيبي قادرًا
واعتبر قوية وليام مولدون لا يقهر كما اليوناني الروماني بطل العالم للمصارعة. رجل واحد فقط تحديا خطيرا مولدون خلال فترة حكمه المهيمن. 165 جنيه كلارنس ويسلر أعطى باستمرار مولدون أصعب التحديات التي سيواجهها. التقى مولدون ويسلر يوم الخميس, نوفمبر 1, 1883 في سان فرانسيسكو, كاليفورنيا في إحدى مبارياتها العديدة. كان ويليام مولدون أطول ووزنًا بمقدار رأس تقريبًا
كان جو أكتون أحد أفضل المصارعين في إنجلترا خلال القرن التاسع عشر. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. لقد تأمين أخيرا
مارتن “مزارع” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. لكن, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “والخانق” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1893, وكان بيرنز لا يزال
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, نوفمبر 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
آب 26, 1886, ايفان “خانق” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. على الأقل هذا ما اعتقدته في الأصل ونقله معظم المؤرخين. حديث
حزيران 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, كاليفورنيا. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 و 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. نظرًا لأن المعجبين اعتبروا أن كلارنس ويسلر ماهر فقط بما يكفي لتهديد عهده حقًا, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. في مايو 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, الذي