Category: 19th Century Professional Wrestling

Evan “Strangler” Lewis, tinatawag din Evan Lewis “ang Strangler”, ay isang propesyonal mambubuno mula sa 1882 upang 1899. Lewis ay ang unang Amerikanong matimbang Makibalita-bilang-catch Maaari pakikipagbuno Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” o “hang hold”, na kilala ng modernong mga tagahanga ng MMA bilang guillotine choke. Lewis ginawa kanyang propesyonal pasinaya sa pamamagitan ng nanalong isang 64 tournament ng tao

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Martin “Magsasaka” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Magsasaka” Burns ay isang mahusay na mambunuo sa kanyang sariling karapatan. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pounds. Sa 1891, Burns bilang ang Iowa matimbang Champion Kinunan sa JC. Comstock, ang Michigan matimbang Champion. J.C. Comstock was

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Sa Monday, Pebrero 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Nagkita si Joe Acton sa Battery D sa Chicago, Illinois. Ito ang magiging una sa ilang mga labanan sa eksibisyon sa pagitan ng mga lalaki. Ginawa nila ang mga eksibisyong ito sa mas malalaking lungsod sa Midwestern noong maaga 1887. Tulad ng St. Paul match na tinakpan ko sa isang naunang post, Sumang-ayon sina Lewis at Acton

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Sa ang episode na ito, I discuss what Evan “Ang Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Pangunahing Nilalaman – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Gayunman, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 pounds, 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

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The April 12, 1887 edisyon ng St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 pounds, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been

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Martin “Magsasaka” Burns ay maaaring mambunuo isang propesyonal catch-bilang-catch pati na rin ang pagbubuno at pisikal na kultural na tagapagsanay. Sa kabila ng mahusay na tagumpay bilang isang propesyonal na wrestler, kahit na nanalo sa American Heavyweight Championship, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Martin “Magsasaka” Burns ay ipinanganak Pebrero 15, 1861 sa Cedar County, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.

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