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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Bhí Joe Acton ar dhuine de na wrestlers is fearr i Sasana le linn an 19ú hAois. 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. Dhaingnigh sé ar deireadh
Martin “Feirmeoir” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Mar sin féin, 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 “An Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Bhí Burns fós
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Samhain 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
Bhí Henry Moses Dufur i seilbh an Domhain Trom-Chomórtas Comórtais Coiléar agus Elbow le linn na 1870í. De réir 1855, D'éirigh Dufur as a bheith ag troid go gairmiúil chun dul sa tóir ar a ghairm lánaimseartha mar oiriúint éadaí. Fiú le linn a ghairm bheatha wrestling, D'oibrigh Dufur mar oiriúint. Dúirt Dufur leis an gcomhfhreagraí ó The Boston Globe gur rugadh i Richford é, Vermont ar Meitheamh 5, 1943. An dáta seo de
Bhí Paul Pons an Champion Wrestling Greco-Roman na Fraince sna 1890í. Bhuaigh sé tournament ag an Folies-Bergeres sula bhuaigh comórtas sa Rúis i 1898. Thug na buaicí seo deis dó Craobhchomórtais Wrestling Greco-Rómhánach an Domhain a éileamh. Pons caipitlithe ar an notoriety ag oscailt seomra aclaíochta a wrestlers traenach agus fir láidir. Pons’ bhí bua thar cuimse go háirithe mar gheall ar
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,
Bhí Henry Moses Dufur speisialaithe i wrestling collar-agus-elbow nuair a throid Dufur go gairmiúil sna 1870í agus 1880í. Rugadh ar Bealtaine 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Bhí Dufur ag troid go príomha in oirthuaisceart na Stát Aontaithe. Ar Meitheamh 27, 1878, Chaith Dufur cluiche fillte le wrestler darbh ainm Cox ag Boston Baseball Park os comhair cúig chéad de lucht leanúna. Cúig chéad leantóir
Ar Lúnasa 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis bhuail an Wrestling Breataine Champion Tom Cannon i Cincinnati, Ohio. Le linn na ré dlisteanach wrestling, wrestlers eile eagla an Lewis cumhachtach mar gheall ar a stranglehold. Lewis fostaithe strangle artaireach carotid a dtugtar an choke naked cúil i Judo. Ar a laghad sin a cheap mé ar dtús agus tá an chuid is mó de na staraithe luaite. Nua-aimseartha
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ós rud é gur mheas lucht leanúna ach Clarence Whistler oilte go leor chun bagairt a dhéanamh ar a réimeas, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, a