Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
V bojových športoch, dobrý veľký muž zvyčajne porazí dobrého malého muža. Ak ste skvelý, často dokážete vyrovnať obrovské veľkostné rozdiely. Edwin Bibby stál iba 5’04” a zváži 160 libier, ale počas svojej profesionálnej zápasníckej kariéry porazil mnoho väčších zápasníkov. Bibby porazil veľa zápasníkov vrátane gigantického nemeckého zápasníka Williama Heygstera. Edwin Bibby to dokázal
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
Joe Acton bol jedným z najlepších anglických zápasníkov 19. storočia. 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. Nakoniec zabezpečil
Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Však, 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 “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. V 1893, Burns bol stále
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,
Augusta 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. Aspoň to som si pôvodne myslel a väčšina historikov to citovala. Moderné
Júna 4, 1883, grécko-rímskeho sveta v ťažkej váhe zápas majster William Muldoon stál skúsený francúzsky zápasníka Jules Rigal v San Franciscu, Kalifornia. Keď sa zápasníci vyzliekli do svojich kmeňov na zápas, Bolo zrejmé, Muldoon moc by sa ukázalo ako neľahká úloha pre Rigal. Muldoon postávali 6 stôp vysoký a vážil medzi 193 a 210 libier počas jeho kariéry.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Pretože fanúšikovia považovali Clarencea Whistlera za dostatočne zručného, aby skutočne ohrozil jeho vládu, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mája 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kto