Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Dans les sports de combat, un bon grand homme bat généralement un bon petit homme. Si tu es génial, vous pouvez souvent compenser d'énormes écarts de taille. Edwin Bibby n'était que 5’04” et pesé 160 livres mais a vaincu de nombreux lutteurs plus gros au cours de sa carrière de lutteur professionnel. Bibby a vaincu de nombreux lutteurs dont le gigantesque lutteur allemand William Heygster. Edwin Bibby a pu
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Un seul homme a sérieusement défié Muldoon pendant son règne dominant.. Clarence Whistler, 165 livres, a toujours lancé à Muldoon ses défis les plus difficiles. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Novembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Californie dans l'un de ses nombreux matches. William Muldoon mesurait presque une tête de plus et pesait
Joe Acton était l’un des meilleurs lutteurs anglais du 19e siècle. 151-livre Acton a traversé les rangs de poids moyen de l'Angleterre avant le labour à travers les poids lourds. Après avoir battu le meilleur Angleterre avait à offrir, y compris Tom Cannon, Acton a décidé de tester ses capacités aux Etats-Unis. 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. Il a finalement obtenu
Hirondelle “Agriculteur” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Cependant, Burns a été un grand lutteur dans son propre droit. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “L'étrangleur” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Dans 1893, Burns était toujours
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembre 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,
Sur Août 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, Californie. 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 and 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Puisque les fans considéraient seulement Clarence Whistler comme suffisamment compétent pour réellement menacer son règne, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Sur mai 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, qui