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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 je bil v sedemdesetih letih 19. stoletja svetovni prvak v rokoborbi z ovratnikom in komolcem v težki kategoriji.. Jo 1855, Dufur se je upokojil iz profesionalne rokoborbe, da bi redno opravljal poklic krojača oblačil. Tudi med svojo rokoborsko kariero, Dufur je delal kot krojač. Dufur je dopisniku The Boston Globe povedal, da je rojen v Richfordu, junija v Vermontu 5, 1943. Ta datum od
Yusuf Ismail se je v prvi polovici leta v ZDA boril le šest mesecev 1898. Na svoji prvi pomembni tekmi, bil je diskvalificiran zaradi hudega prekrška. Na njegovi edini pomembni tekmi, je dal Evanu “Strangler” Lewis utrip svojega življenja. Toda njegova kratka turneja po ZDA ga je naredila za legendo. Ismail je vstopil
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, imenovana tudi Evan Lewis “Strangler”, je poklicni rokoborec iz 1882 za 1899. Lewis je bil prvi ameriški Težji Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ali “hang hold”, ki ga moderni oboževalci MMA poznajo kot giljotinsko dušilko. Lewis je svojo profesionalno debitiral z zmago 64 moški turnir
Martin “Kmet” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Kmet” Burns je bil velik borec v svoji desni. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funtov. V 1891, Opekline so Iowa prvak v težki kategoriji je na JC. Comstock, Michigan prvak v težki kategoriji. J.C. Comstock was
Ponedeljek, Februar 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malo Demon” Joe Acton se je srečal pri Battery D v Chicagu, Illinois. To bi bil prvi od več ekshibicijskih dvobojev med moškimi. Te razstave so že zgodaj izvajali v večjih mestih na srednjem zahodu 1887. Tako kot St. Paul match, ki sem ga obravnaval v prejšnji objavi, Lewis in Acton sta se strinjala
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. V to epizodo, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Vendar, 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 funtov, 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 ali Theobald Bauer je bil francoski rokoborec, ki se je specializiral za grško-rimsko rokoborbo. Bauer je v Ameriko prispel med 1875 z dvomljivo zahtevo za naslov svetovnega prvaka v grško-rimskem rokoborbi v težki kategoriji. Bi branil svoj naslov za 5 leta, dokler ga ni premagal William Muldoon v 1880. Če oboževalci rokoborbe sploh poznajo Bauerja, običajno je kot nasprotnik
The April 12, 1887 izdaja St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malo Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 funtov, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been