Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked
Henry Moses Dufur oli raskaansarjan kaulus- ja kyynärpainin maailmanmestari 1870-luvulla. Mennessä 1855, Dufur jäi eläkkeelle ammattipainista jatkaakseen kokopäiväistä vaateräätälin ammattiaan. Jopa painiuransa aikana, Dufur työskenteli räätälinä. Dufur kertoi The Boston Globen kirjeenvaihtajalle syntyneensä Richfordissa, Vermontissa kesäkuussa 5, 1943. Tämä päivämäärä
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 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” tai “hang hold”, jonka nykyaikaiset MMA-fanit tuntevat giljotiinikuristimena. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 miesturnaus
Räystäspääsky “Viljelijä” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Viljelijä” Burns oli loistava painija omassa oikeassa. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 kiloa. Sisään 1891, Burns Iowa Heavyweight Champion otti JC. Comstock, Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Maanantaina, Helmikuu 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton tapasi Battery D:ssä Chicagossa, Illinois. Se olisi ensimmäinen useista miesten välisistä näyttelyotteluista. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In this episode, I discuss what Evan “The Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Pääsisältöön – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Kuitenkin, 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 kiloa, 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’ maine liittyi vahvasti hänen pelättyihin
Thiebaud tai Theobald Bauer oli ranskalainen painija, joka on erikoistunut kreikkalais-roomalaiseen painiin. Bauer saapui Amerikkaan aikana 1875 jolla on kyseenalainen vaatimus kreikkalais-roomalaisen raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestaruudesta. Hän puolustaisi titteliään 5 vuotta, kunnes William Muldoon voitti vuonna 1880. Jospa painifaneille Bauer ylipäänsä ovat tuttuja, se on normaalisti kuin vastustaja
The April 12, 1887 painos St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 kiloa, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been