Ahli Sejarah Sukan Pertempuran dan Seniman Mempertahankan Diri
Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Dalam tahun 1880-an awal, Sorakichi Matsuda, atau Matsada dalam kebanyakan akhbar Amerika, mengembara ke Amerika Syarikat untuk bergusti secara profesional. Jepun tidak mempunyai litar gusti profesional yang dibangunkan, jadi Matsuda fikir dia akan membawa kembali sukan itu ke Jepun selepas perantisan di Amerika Syarikat. Selepas latihan seketika, Matsuda menandatangani perjanjian untuk bergelut yang pertama
Pada Mac 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. H. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers
Salah satu pepatah tertua dalam sukan tempur ialah “lelaki besar yang baik sentiasa mengalahkan lelaki kecil yang baik”. Itulah sebabnya kita mempunyai pembahagian berat dalam tinju, gusti dan silat campuran. Pada hari Selasa, November 2, 1881, 160-paun Edwin Bibby membuktikan terdapat pengecualian kepada peraturan ini. Semasa kecil, Edwin Bibby sangat kuat untuk saiznya.
(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. Pada hari Rabu, November 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood
Pada hari Selasa, Mac 28, 1899, current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Dan S. McLeod wrestled Charles Wittmer in a two-out-of-three-falls mixed styles match. Since the champion only defended the title in catch-as-catch-can matches, McLeod wrestled Wittmer in a non-title match. Wittmer, a Greco-Roman wrestling specialist, demanded he and McLeod wrestle at least one fall under Greco-Roman rules. The St. Paul Athletic
Scottish wrestler Duncan C. Ross wrestled professionally but also took part in strength and athletic contests after arriving in the United States in the late 1870s. An all-around athlete, Ross wrestled skillfully in both catch-as-catch-can wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Pada Isnin, Februari 26, 1883, Ross wrestled former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Theobaud Bauer. Bauer brought the World Championship from France
Dan McLeod defeated Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship during October 1897. McLeod held the championship for four years until he met Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. In early 1899, McLeod made a couple title defenses in Minnesota. On February 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste at Conover Hall in front
Pada Isnin, Mac 26, 1888, Joe Acton, yang pakar dalam gusti tangkapan, bergelut Profesor William Miller, seorang ahli gusti Australia, dan pejuang hadiah telanjang, dalam perlawanan gusti Greco-Roman dua daripada tiga jatuh. Kedua-dua kem lelaki percaya bergusti perlawanan dengan gaya ini memastikan pertandingan paling adil antara mereka. Caddock telah dibillet berhampiran bandar ini bersiap sedia untuk dihantar ke luar negara $500.00 sebelah. 1,500 fans, kumpulan besar untuk era itu, turned
Pada hari Jumaat, Jun 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox
Pada bulan Oktober 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns mempertahankan Kejohanan Gusti Kelas Berat Amerikanya menentang ahli gusti tangkap Scotland Dan McLeod. Burns dan McLeod adalah dua daripada tiga atau empat ahli gusti catch-as-catch-can terbaik di Amerika Syarikat pada masa itu. 1,200 peminat menghadiri perlawanan yang diadakan di Grand Opera House di Indianapolis, Indiana. Penganjur selalunya meletakkan tikar atau berat