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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Joe Acton bio je jedan od najboljih engleskih hrvača tijekom 19. stoljeća. 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. Napokon se osigurao
Bregunica “Seljak” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Međutim, Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Davitelj” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. U 1893, Burns je bio miran
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Studeni 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
Henry Moses Dufur bio je svjetski prvak u hrvanju kragnom i laktom u teškoj kategoriji tijekom 1870-ih. Po 1855, Dufur se povukao iz profesionalnog hrvanja kako bi se posvetio svom stalnom zanimanju krojača odjeće. Čak i tijekom hrvačke karijere, Dufur je radio kao krojač. Dufur je dopisniku Boston Globea rekao da je rođen u Richfordu, lipnja u Vermontu 5, 1943. Ovaj datum od
Paul Pons bio hrvanju grčko-rimskim prvak Francuske u 1890. On je osvojio turnir u Folies-Bergeres pred osvajanjem turnira u Rusiji 1898. Ove pobjede omogućile su mu da osvoji svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju grčko-rimskim stilom. Pons kapitaliziraju na ovoj očitost otvaranjem teretanu trenirati hrvača i jakih muškaraca. Pons’ pobjeda je bila posebno značajna zbog
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 specijalizirao se za hrvanje ovratnikom i laktom kada se Dufur profesionalno hrvao 1870-ih i 1880-ih. Rođen u svibnju 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur se prvenstveno borio na sjeveroistoku Sjedinjenih Država. Lipanj 27, 1878, Dufur se hrvao u uzvratnom meču s hrvačem po imenu Cox u bostonskom Baseball Parku pred pet stotina navijača. Petsto navijača
Kolovoza 26, 1886, Evan “Davitelj” 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. Barem sam tako prvotno mislio i većina povjesničara citirala. Moderno
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Budući da su navijači samo Clarencea Whistlera smatrali dovoljno vještim da stvarno zaprijeti njegovoj vladavini, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Svibnja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, koji