Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
In combat sports, a good big man usually beats a good little man. If you are great, you can often make up for huge size discrepancies. Edwin Bibby stood only 5’04” and weighed 160 pounds but defeated many larger wrestlers during his professional wrestling career. Bibby defeated many wrestlers including the gigantic German wrestler William Heygster. Edwin Bibby was able
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Vain yksi mies haastoi vakavasti Muldoonin hänen hallitsevan hallituskautensa aikana. 165-kiloinen Clarence Whistler antoi jatkuvasti Muldoonille vaikeimmat haasteensa. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Marraskuu 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kaliforniassa yhdessä heidän useista otteluistaan. William Muldoon oli melkein pään pitempi ja painoi
Joe Acton oli yksi Englannin parhaista painijoista 1800 -luvulla. 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. Lopulta hän varmisti
Räystäspääsky “Viljelijä” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Kuitenkin, Burns oli loistava painija omassa oikeassa. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Sisään 1893, Burns oli edelleen
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Marraskuu 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. Ainakin näin alun perin ajattelin, ja useimmat historioitsijat ovat lainanneet. Moderni
Kesäkuuta 4, 1883, kreikkalais-roomalaisen maailman Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon kohtasi taitava ranskalainen painija Jules Rigal San Franciscossa, Kalifornia. Kun painijat riisuttu runkoihinsa ottelua, oli selvää Muldoon valta voisi osoittautua valtava haaste Rigal. Muldoon seisoivat 6 senttiä pitkä ja painoi välillä 193 ja 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. Toukokuun 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, jotka