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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis hauv 1889. Ib lub xyoos tom qab, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Ua teb” Zaus. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Txawm li cas los, he would have to be in the top 10
Charles Ntsuab, Ib skilled Lus Askiv catch-as-catch-can wrestler, Mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub caij 1880s wrestle tus zoo American wrestlers. Ntsuab tau txais nws lub sijhawm rau lub Xya hli ntuj 21, 1889, Thaum nws wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can tau zus ib Evan Lewis. Npaj rau ntais ntawv no, Ntsuab muab ib handicap bout nrog journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj lig. Scheller yug
Rau Joe Acton lub hnub yug 33rd, Lub peb hlis ntuj 8, 1885, Nws wrestled koj txog haujlwm countryman Tom Cannon hauv ib 2-tawm-ntawm-3-ntog match ntawm Sportsman Park nyob New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton thiab Cannon muaj keeb kwm ntev ua ke. Leej txiv neej yug hauv hais thaum ntxov 1952. Cannon yug ib lub hlis tom qab tshaj Acton rau hnub tim 19, 1852. Leej txiv neej pib wrestling hauv lub
Thaum William Muldoon txijnkawm li lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion hauv 1889, Muaj tug tsis npaj successor rau lub championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis yog qhov zoo wrestler nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas tsis hu ua William Muldoon tab sis nws specialty yog catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Qhov zoo Tshaj Plaws American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, Tuag nyob Australia thaum 1885. Muldoon tus handpicked successor yog German-yug
Tus biggest American pro wrestling match ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th tshwm sim rau lub plaub hlis 21, 1895 nyob Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis defended nws American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship tiv thaiv Martin “Ua teb” Zaus. Tus 34 xyoo tau ob leeg skilled nrog “nqe lauj” los yog submission tuas ua rau lawv saum cov zaub mov saw hlau nyob tseeb wrestling. Lewis twb tau undisputed tau zus ib txij thaum 1893
Clarence Whistler yug hauv Indiana thaum 1856. Thaum sawv ntsug xwb 5’09” los yog li ntawd, thiab luj 165 phaus, Whistler yog ib qhov haib tshaj wrestlers ntawm nws era. Whistler yog tus wrestler xwb wrestler tau muab William Muldoon ib lub sij hawm nyuab thaum Muldoon tus 9 xyoo khiav li ntiaj teb tau zus ib. Whistler feem ntau competed hauv Greco-Roman wrestling, tus dominant style hauv
Nyob rau hnub tim 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
Raws li tus wrestler dhia ntawd tawm ntawm qhov ua lev, Nws tsawv nkaus tus referee yog cov lapel nrog nws zoo caj npab. “Koj yuav tsum tsis tias yog vim li cas?” Raws li Referee Siler sim yuav rub dawb, Duncan Ross’ vib nas this tsawv nkaus nws thiab rho nws tseg. Cov txiv neej hais Ross, “Nws tsis tau kom nws. Koj yuav tau xa cov ntaub ntawv.” Ross screamed, “Kuv mus os.” Raws li Ross taug kev
Thiebaud los yog Theobald Bauer yog ib tug Fabkis txoj wrestler, uas xaiv specialized hauv Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer los txog rau America rau lub sij hawm 1875 cov ntaubntawv thov rau lub ntiaj teb Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship dubious. Nws yuav cug nws lub npe rau 5 xyoo mus txog rau thaum tua yeej yog William Muldoon hauv 1880. Yog hais tias tus kiv cua wrestling paub Bauer txhua, Nws yog feem ntau ua tus nrog sib ntaus
Yusuf Ismail tsuas wrestled nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas rau (6) lub hlis nyob hauv tus thawj ib nrab ntawm 1898. Nyob rau hauv nws thawj match tseem ceeb match, Nws yog disqualified rau ib vicious foul. Nyob rau hauv nws tsuas lwm match tseem ceeb match, Nws muab Evan “Strangler” Lewis tus beating ntawm nws lub neej. Tau nws ncig xyuas luv ntawm lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas ua nws ib lus dab neeg. Ismail nkag mus rau qhov