Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Ο Τζο Άκτον ήταν ένας από τους καλύτερους παλαιστές της Αγγλίας κατά τον 19ο αιώνα. 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. Τελικά εξασφάλισε
Χελιδόνι “Γεωργός” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Ωστόσο, 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 “Ο Στραγγαλιστής” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Σε 1893, Ο Μπερνς ήταν ακόμα
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Νοέμβριος 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
Ο Henry Moses Dufur ήταν ο παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής πάλης βαρέων βαρών με κολάρο και αγκώνα κατά τη δεκαετία του 1870. Με 1855, Ο Dufur αποσύρθηκε από την επαγγελματική πάλη για να ακολουθήσει το επάγγελμά του πλήρους απασχόλησης του ράφτη ρούχων. Ακόμη και κατά τη διάρκεια της καριέρας του στην πάλη, Ο Dufur δούλευε ως ράφτης. Ο Dufur είπε στον ανταποκριτή από το The Boston Globe ότι γεννήθηκε στο Richford, Βερμόντ τον Ιούνιο 5, 1943. Αυτή η ημερομηνία του
Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. Αυτές οι νίκες του επέτρεψαν να διεκδικήσει το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα ελληνορωμαϊκής πάλης. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ η νίκη ήταν ιδιαίτερα αξιοσημείωτη λόγω
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,
Ο Henry Moses Dufur ειδικεύτηκε στην πάλη με γιακά και τον αγκώνα όταν ο Dufur πάλεψε επαγγελματικά τη δεκαετία του 1870 και του 1880. Γεννημένος τον Μάιο 5, 1844, σε Ρίτσμοντ, Βερμόντ, Ο Dufur πάλεψε κυρίως στις βορειοανατολικές Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. On June 27, 1878, Ο Dufur πάλεψε σε έναν ρεβάνς με έναν παλαιστή που ονομάζεται Cox στο Boston Baseball Park μπροστά σε πεντακόσιους οπαδούς. Πεντακόσιοι οπαδοί
On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Τον Μάιο του 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, που