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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 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. He finally secured
मार्टिन “किसान” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. तथापि, 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 “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. में 1893, Burns was still
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, नवंबर 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
हेनरी मोसेस डुफूर ने 1870 के दशक के दौरान विश्व हैवीवेट कॉलर-एंड-एल्बो कुश्ती चैंपियन का आयोजन किया था. द्वारा 1855, डफूर ने कपड़े दर्जी के अपने पूर्णकालिक पेशे को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए पेशेवर कुश्ती से संन्यास ले लिया. यहां तक कि अपने रेसलिंग करियर के दौरान भी, डुफुर एक दर्जी के रूप में काम करता था. डुफुर ने द बोस्टन ग्लोब के संवाददाता को बताया कि उनका जन्म रिचफोर्ड में हुआ था, जून में वरमोंट 5, 1943. इस तारीख को
पॉल Pons 1890 में फ्रांस की ग्रीको रोमन कुश्ती चैंपियन था. उन्होंने कहा कि रूस में एक टूर्नामेंट जीतने से पहले Folies-Bergeres में एक टूर्नामेंट जीता 1898. इन जीत ने उन्हें विश्व ग्रीको-रोमन कुश्ती चैम्पियनशिप का दावा करने की अनुमति दी. पोंस रेल पहलवानों और मजबूत पुरुषों के लिए एक जिम खोलने के द्वारा इस कुख्याति पर पूंजीकृत. Pons’ जीत की वजह से विशेष रूप से उल्लेखनीय था
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,
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, in Richmond, वरमोंट, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. जून को 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
अगस्त पर 26, 1886, इवान “स्ट्रेंजलर” 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. कम से कम मैंने मूल रूप से यही सोचा था और अधिकांश इतिहासकारों ने इसे उद्धृत किया है. आधुनिक
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. मई में 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, कौन