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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-Acton libra pertransiit Angliae middleweight praevii arantem per heavyweights. Et plagis optimum foret offerre possidet Tom Cannon, Acton placuit, simul temptare vires 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. Et tandem consecutus
Martin “Agricola” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Autem, Inutilis facta est suae rei urente. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Ardet adhuc
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 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
Henricus Moses Dufur Mundum Heavyweight Collarium et Cubitum palaestrae Champion tenuit per 1870s.. By 1855, Dufur recessit a palaestra ad exercendum suum tempus professio vestimentorum sartoris. Etiam in colluctatione curriculo, Dufur laboraverunt ut sartor. Dufur correspondenter narravit ex Globo Bostoniensi natum esse in Richford ., Vermont die Iunii 5, 1943. Hanc diem of
Paulus Pons erat in litteris Graecis et Romanis Champion Francorum palaestrica in 1890s. Ipse victorem a tournament in Folies, Bergeres coram rege privatus in Russia in tournament 1898. Hae victoriae ei permiserunt ut Championship Luctationem Graeco-Romanam vindicaret. Pons capitalized in hac aperta gym dum enim in ordine est, et viri fortes athletas. Pons’ victoria maxime insignis
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,
Henricus Moses Dufur propria in collare et cubito luctando cum Dufur in 1870s et 1880s munere suo luctatus est.. natus nonas Maias 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur praesertim luctatus est in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae septentrionalis. On June 27, 1878, Dufur luctatus est reditus compositus cum luctatore Cox nomine Cox in Boston Baseball in fronte fans quinque centum. Quinque centum fans
On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangulatam” 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. Illud certe fuit quod initio cogitabam et plerique historici scripserunt. 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. May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, qui,