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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 volt a nehézsúlyú nyakörv és könyök birkózás világbajnoka az 1870-es években. Által 1855, Dufur visszavonult a hivatásos birkózástól, hogy teljes munkaidőben ruhaszabó szakmáját folytassa. Még birkózói pályafutása alatt is, Dufur szabóként dolgozott. Dufur a The Boston Globe tudósítójának elmondta, hogy Richfordban született, Vermont júniusban 5, 1943. Ez a dátum
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 a 1899. Lewis volt az első amerikai nehézsúlyú Catch-as-retesz Birkózás Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vagy “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis tette szakmai bemutatkozó megnyerte a 64 man tournament
Márton “Földműves” Burns híres ma az edző, a legendás birkózó Frank Gotch. “Földműves” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns nyerte az amerikai nehézsúlyú birkózó bajnok a jogos pankráció korában annak ellenére, hogy csak a 165 font. -Ben 1891, Burns a Iowa nehézsúlyú bajnok volt a JC. Comstock, A Michigan nehézsúlyú bajnoka. J. C. Comstock was
Hétfőn, Február 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kis Demon” Joe Acton Chicagóban, a Battery D-ben találkozott, Illinois. Ez lenne az első a férfiak közötti kiállítási összecsapások közül. Korán a nagyobb közép-nyugati városokban mutatták be ezeket a kiállításokat 1887. Mint a St. Pál meccs, amiről egy korábbi bejegyzésemben szóltam, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Ebben az epizódban, I discuss what Evan “A Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Fő tartalom – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Viszont, 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 font, 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’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent
The April 12, 1887 kiadása a Szent. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kis Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 font, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been