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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 til 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. However, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk, ble ansett som en av de
Martin “Farmer” Burns var en profesjonell catch-as-catch kan Wrestler samt bryting og fysisk kulturelle trener. Til tross for stor suksess som profesjonell bryter, til og med å vinne American Heavyweight Championship, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Martin “Farmer” Burns ble født februar 15, 1861 i Cedar fylke, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.
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
Når tungvekts Wrestling Champion William Muldoon pensjonerte seg i 1889, han håpet hans protesjé Ernest Roeber vil bli anerkjent som den nye mesteren. However, Muldoon vant sin tittel i gresk-romersk bryting, som var den tyskfødte Roeber kompetanse. Dessverre, utnyttelser av Martin “Farmer” Burns og Evan “The Strangler” Lewis slynget catch-as-catch-kan bryting i den dominerende stil. Roeber hadde en
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. Juni 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
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