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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
Հզոր William Muldoon համարվում անհաղթ է հունահռոմեական ըմբշամարտի աշխարհի չեմպիոնի. Միայն մեկ մարդ լրջորեն մարտահրավեր նետեց Մալդունին նրա գերիշխող կառավարման ընթացքում. 165 ֆունտ քաշ ունեցող Քլարենս Ուիսլերը Մալդունին հետևողականորեն տալիս էր իր ամենադժվար մարտահրավերները. Muldoon եւ Whistler հանդիպել հինգշաբթի, Նոյեմբեր 1, 1883 Սան Ֆրանցիսկոյում, Կալիֆոռնիան իրենց մի քանի հանդիպումներից մեկում. William Muldoon գրեթե ղեկավար taller եւ կշռադատված
Ջո Էքթոնը 19-րդ դարի Անգլիայի լավագույն ըմբիշներից մեկն էր. 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. Նա վերջապես ապահովեց
Ծիծեռնակների ընտանիքին պատկանող թռչուն “Ագարակատեր” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Սակայն, Burns էր մեծ ըմբիշ է իր իրավունքից. 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. Մեջ 1893, Բերնսը դեռ մնաց
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Նոյեմբեր 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,
Օգոստոսի 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. Համենայն դեպս, ես ի սկզբանե այդպես էի մտածում, և պատմաբանների մեծ մասը մեջբերում է արել. Ժամանակակից
On June 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 իսկ 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. Մայիսի 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ով