Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Op maart 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Het afgelopen najaar zou worden beslist via wat The New York doet
William Muldoon, de Wereld Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioen en fysieke cultuur voorstander, kwam naar Los Angeles op dinsdag, April 15, 1884 aan de lokale worstelaar Fred Bauer geconfronteerd. De wedstrijd vond plaats op het lokale Turnvereine Hall in Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Op mei 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail worstelde met Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail toerde in het begin slechts zes maanden door de Verenigde Staten 1898. Ismail worstelde minder dan tien wedstrijden, maar liet een pad van vernietiging achter dat tot op de dag van vandaag wordt herinnerd. Ismail maakte een krachtige indruk door zowel Evan “Strangler” Lewis gemakkelijk te verslaan. Ismail maakte ook een sterke
In 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. In 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. In januari 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to
William Muldoon, een voormalige New York detective, won de World Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioenschap door het verslaan van Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon regeerde tien jaar voor het slapen gaan als kampioen. Na zijn pensionering, Hij begon een leven als een personal trainer te maken. Muldoon trained wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for his
Op juni 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Californië. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 en 210 pounds during his career.
Ik voor het eerst las over William Muldoon in een biografie van John L. Sullivan, de laatste blote vuist zwaargewicht kampioen. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare-knuckle bouts. John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain fought the last major bare-knuckle bout in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. He was in terrible
Hoe vaak heb je gehoord best om korte kopie of lange kopie voor internet marketing te gebruiken. Copy editors will advocate short copy, while other copy writers advocate long copy. One person who believed in the use of long copy for selling his services was William Muldoon. Muldoon was the Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion until he retired to become a