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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Si Joe Acton ay isa sa pinakamahuhusay na wrestler ng England noong ika-19 na Siglo. 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. Na-secure na niya sa wakas
Martin “Magsasaka” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Gayunman, Burns ay isang mahusay na mambunuo sa kanyang sariling karapatan. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Ang Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Sa 1893, Natigilan si Burns
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Nobyembre 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
Hinawakan ni Henry Moses Dufur ang World Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion noong 1870s. Sa pamamagitan ng 1855, Nagretiro si Dufur mula sa propesyonal na pakikipagbuno upang ituloy ang kanyang full-time na propesyon ng mananahi ng damit. Kahit sa panahon ng kanyang wrestling career, Si Dufur ay nagtrabaho bilang isang sastre. Sinabi ni Dufur sa correspondent mula sa The Boston Globe na siya ay ipinanganak sa Richford, Vermont noong Hunyo 5, 1943. Ang petsang ito ng
Paul Pons ay ang Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion ng Pransya sa 1890s. Nanalo siya ng isang paligsahan sa Folies-Bergeres bago nanalong isang paligsahan sa Russia sa 1898. Ang mga tagumpay na ito ay nagpahintulot sa kanya na angkinin ang World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons sa malaking titik sa pagiging sikat na ito sa pamamagitan ng pagbubukas ng gym sa tren wrestlers at malakas na lalaki. Pons’ ang tagumpay ay partikular na kapansin-pansin dahil sa
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,
Dalubhasa si Henry Moses Dufur sa collar-and-elbow wrestling nang propesyonal na nakipagbuno si Dufur noong 1870s at 1880s. Ipinanganak noong Mayo 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Pangunahing nakipagbuno si Dufur sa hilagang-silangan ng Estados Unidos. Noong Hunyo 27, 1878, Nakipagbuno si Dufur sa isang wrestler na nagngangalang Cox sa Boston Baseball Park sa harap ng limang daang tagahanga. Limang daang tagahanga
Sa Agosto 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. Hindi bababa sa iyon ang orihinal na naisip ko at sinipi ng karamihan sa mga istoryador. Moderno
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. Sa Mayo 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, sino