Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Nos deportes de combate, un bo home grande adoita gañar a un bo home pequeno. Se es xenial, moitas veces pode compensar grandes discrepancias de tamaño. Edwin Bibby tiña só 5 anos’04” e pesou 160 libras pero derrotou a moitos loitadores máis grandes durante a súa carreira profesional. Bibby derrotou a moitos loitadores, incluído o xigantesco loitador alemán William Heygster. Edwin Bibby puido
O poderoso William Muldoon foi considerado invencible como grecorromano Wrestling Campión do Mundo. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon e Whistler reuniu o xoves, Novembro 1, 1883 en San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
Joe Acton foi un dos mellores loitadores de Inglaterra durante o século 19. 151-pound Acton pasou por filas dos medios de Inglaterra antes de arar a través dos pesos pesados. Despois de bater o mellor a Inglaterra tiña que ofrecer, incluíndo Tom Canón, Acton decidiu probar as súas habilidades en Estados Unidos. Joe Acton resolto en Filadelfia na casa de Arthur Cámara dos Campións descanso durante os meses de verán de
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. Por fin conseguiu
Martin “Agricultores” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Porén, Queimaduras foi un gran loitador no seu propio dereito. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. En 1893, Burns estaba quieto
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembro 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 “Estrangulador” Lewis coñeceu o Wrestling campión británico Tom canón en Cincinnati, Ohio. Durante a era da loita lexítima, outros loitadores temía o poderoso Lewis polo seu dominio. Lewis empregou unha estrangulamento arterial carótida coñecido como mata-león no Judo. Polo menos iso era o que eu pensaba orixinalmente e a maioría dos historiadores citaron. Moderno
En xuño 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 e 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Xa que os fans só consideraban que Clarence Whistler era o suficientemente hábil como para ameazar realmente o seu reinado, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. En maio 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, que