格鬥運動史學家和武術家
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” 稱重 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
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. 在馬爾登的統治時期，只有一個人認真挑戰他. 165 磅重的克拉倫斯·惠斯勒 (Clarence Whistler) 始終為馬爾登帶來最艱鉅的挑戰. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, 十一月 1, 1883 in San Francisco, 加州在他們的幾場比賽中的一場. 威廉·馬爾登幾乎高出一個頭，體重也增加了
喬·阿克頓 (Joe Acton) 是 19 世紀英格蘭最優秀的摔跤手之一. 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. 他終於獲得了
馬丁 “農民” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. 然而, 伯恩斯是在自己的權利有很大的摔跤手. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “在扼殺” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. 在 1893, 伯恩斯依然
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, 十一月 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,
八月 26, 1886, 埃文 “扼殺” 劉易斯會見了英國摔跤冠軍湯姆·坎農在辛辛那提, 俄亥俄. 在合法的摔跤時代, 其他選手害怕，因為他的束縛強大劉易斯. 劉易斯採用頸動脈扼殺被譽為柔道後方裸體扼流圈. 至少我最初是這麼想的，大多數歷史學家都引用過. 現代的
六月 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, 加州. 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 和 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. 因為球迷只認為克拉倫斯·惠斯勒的技術足以真正威脅到他的統治, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. 在5月 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, 誰