Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Στα μαχητικά αθλήματα, ένας καλός μεγάλος συνήθως χτυπάει έναν καλό ανθρωπάκι. Αν είσαι υπέροχος, μπορείτε συχνά να αναπληρώσετε τεράστιες αποκλίσεις μεγέθους. Ο Έντουιν Μπίμπι έμεινε μόνο 5’04” and weighed 160 λίρες αλλά νίκησε πολλούς μεγαλύτερους παλαιστές κατά τη διάρκεια της επαγγελματικής του καριέρας στην πάλη. Ο Μπίμπι νίκησε πολλούς παλαιστές, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του γιγαντιαίου Γερμανού παλαιστή William Heygster. Ο Έντουιν Μπίμπι μπόρεσε
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Μόνο ένας άνδρας αμφισβήτησε σοβαρά τον Muldoon κατά τη διάρκεια της κυρίαρχης βασιλείας του. Ο Clarence Whistler των 165 λιβρών έδινε με συνέπεια στον Muldoon τις πιο δύσκολες προκλήσεις του. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Νοέμβριος 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Καλιφόρνια σε έναν από τους πολλούς αγώνες τους. Ο William Muldoon ήταν σχεδόν ένα κεφάλι ψηλότερος και ζύγιζε
Ο Τζο Άκτον ήταν ένας από τους καλύτερους παλαιστές της Αγγλίας κατά τον 19ο αιώνα. 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. Τελικά εξασφάλισε
Χελιδόνι “Γεωργός” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Ωστόσο, 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 “Ο Στραγγαλιστής” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Σε 1893, Ο Μπερνς ήταν ακόμα
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Νοέμβριος 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,
On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” 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. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
On June 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Καλιφόρνια. 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 και 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Τον Μάιο του 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, που