Qeb: Thaum ntxov Wrestling keeb kwm

One of the oldest adages in combat sports is “a good big man always beats a good little man”. It is the reason that we have weight divisions in boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts. Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 2, 1881, 160-pound Edwin Bibby proved there are exceptions to this rule. While small, Edwin Bibby was particularly strong for his size.

Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 4, 1883, lub Greco-Roman ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib William Muldoon muag koom Fabkis txoj wrestler Jules Rigal hauv San Francisco, California. Thaum twg tus wrestlers stripped mus rau lawv cov txwv rau ntais ntawv, cuab kev Muldoon yog fais fab yuav muab pov thawj formidable teem ib lub caij sib tw mus Rigal. Muldoon sawv ib ncig 6 taw siab thiab weighed ntawm 193 thiab 210 phaus thaum nws cov hauj lwm.

Tus haib William Muldoon twb yog invincible li Greco-Roman ntiaj teb Wrestling tau zus ib. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon thiab Whistler ntsib rau hnub plaub, Kaum ib hlis 1, 1883 nyob San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed

Fred Beell tsim ib lub koob npe nrov rau thaum ntxov 20th xyoo pua ua haib thiab yus wrestler. Nws lub koob npe nrov yog tsis ua raws nws 1903 kev sib tw. Beell puas muaj coob-profile xwb li yeej loj heev. Beell pib nyob rau hnub tim 1903, thaum nws tua yeej St. Paul AAU Wrestling tau zus ib James McAuley. McAuley yeej lawm lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj hauv 22 feeb. Beell won the

Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-phaus Acton mus dhau lub Askiv middleweight ranks ua ntej plowing los ntawm cov heavyweights. Tom qab beating lub Askiv zoo yuav tsum muab nrog rau Tom Cannon, Acton txiav txim los ntsuam xyuas nws lub peev xwm ua nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Joe Acton pib Philadelphia ntawm Arthur Chamber Champions so thaum lub caij ntuj sov ntawm

Frank Gotch tuas cov npe ntawm America cov loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler. Gotch competed nyob tseeb feem coob txojkev uas muaj ob peb tug tos txheej txheem ntawm los “ua haujlwm” qhov yuam kev ces muab pov tseg rau hauv cov ntse. Los ntawm 1904 los sis 1905, tsis muaj leej twg yuav yeej tuav Gotch yog tias nws pub nws. Nyob rau thaum xyoo nws cov hauj lwm, Gotch yog tsis li ntawd, hom. Nws poob qhov yuam kev rau nws saib,

When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Txawm li cas los, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Hmoov tsis, the exploits of Martin “Ua teb” Burns and Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a

Nyob rau hnub tim 7, 1914, 22-xyoo Wladek Zbyszko ntsib Ed 22 xyoo “Strangler” Lewis puas raws li nyob rau hauv ib ntawm ntau qhov yuam kev ntawm ob tug txiv neej lub. Lawv yuav koom tes hauv ib tug xov tooj uas ua hauj lwm los yog “prearranged” ntais ntawv. Qhov tseeb Lewis poob nws American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship los Wladek Zbyszko rau 1917. Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling

Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved nplaum dynamite tawm nyob rau hauv tej pob khoom me me. Beell, tau zus ib lub teeb heavyweight wrestling, tua yeej tus American heavyweight tau zus ib Dan McLeod. Ib lub Beell parlayed 1906 rau hauv xwb tus American Heavyweight tau zus ib Dan McLeod thiab tam sim no American Heavyweight tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Yeej tus American Middleweight Beell (Sib Heavyweight) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until

Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein for the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The match proved to be as exciting as observers suspected it would be but it ended in controversy. Olson stood 6’01” but weighed only 170 phaus. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson