Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
en deportes de combate, un buen hombre grande suele vencer a un buen hombre pequeño. si eres genial, a menudo puedes compensar grandes discrepancias de tamaño. Edwin Bibby se quedó sólo 5’04” and weighed 160 libras, pero derrotó a muchos luchadores más importantes durante su carrera de lucha libre profesional.. Bibby derrotó a muchos luchadores, incluido el gigantesco luchador alemán William Heygster.. Edwin Bibby pudo
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Sólo un hombre desafió seriamente a Muldoon durante su reinado dominante.. Clarence Whistler, de 165 libras, planteó constantemente a Muldoon sus desafíos más difíciles. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Noviembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California en uno de sus varios partidos. William Muldoon medía casi una cabeza y pesaba
Joe Acton fue uno de los mejores luchadores de Inglaterra durante el siglo XIX.. 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. Finalmente consiguió
Martín “Agricultor” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Sin embargo, 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 “El Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns todavía estaba
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Noviembre 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,
En agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis se reunió el Wrestling campeón británico Tom Cannon, en Cincinnati, Ohio. Durante la era de lucha legítima, otros luchadores temían los poderosos Lewis debido a su dominio. Lewis empleó un estrangular la arteria carótida conocido como el rear naked choke en Judo. Al menos eso fue lo que pensé originalmente y la mayoría de los historiadores han citado. Moderno
En junio 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. 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 y 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Dado que los fanáticos solo consideraban a Clarence Whistler lo suficientemente hábil como para amenazar realmente su reinado, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. En mayo 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, quien