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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
I kampsport, en god stor mann slår vanligvis en god liten mann. Hvis du er flott, du kan ofte kompensere for store størrelsesavvik. Edwin Bibby ble bare 5’04” og veide 160 pund, men beseiret mange større brytere i løpet av sin profesjonelle brytekarriere. Bibby beseiret mange brytere inkludert den gigantiske tyske bryteren William Heygster. Edwin Bibby var i stand
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Bare én mann utfordret Muldoon seriøst under hans dominerende regjeringstid. Clarence Whistler på 165 pund ga Muldoon konsekvent de tøffeste utfordringene. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California i en av deres flere kamper. William Muldoon var nesten et hode høyere og veide
Joe Acton var en av Englands beste brytere på 1800-tallet. 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. He finally secured
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. However, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. 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. I 1893, Burns was still
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 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,
August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis møtte den britiske Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon i 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. Det var i hvert fall det jeg opprinnelig trodde og de fleste historikere har sitert. Moderne
Juni 4, 1883, den gresk-romerske verden tungvekt Wrestling Champion William Muldoon møtt dyktig fransk fotballspiller Jules Rigal i San Francisco, California. Når brytere strippet for sine badebukser til kampen, det var tydelig Muldoon makt skulle vise seg en formidabel utfordring til Rigal. Muldoon sto rundt 6 meter høy og veide mellom 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. Siden fansen bare anså Clarence Whistler som dyktig nok til å virkelig true hans regjeringstid, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mai 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, som