Rov 31 – Evan Lewis’ Teem
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Hauv no rov, Peb tham txog lub sij hawm wrestling ntawm Evan “Strangler” Lewis thaum lub sij hawm 1886.
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Hauv no rov, Peb tham txog lub sij hawm wrestling ntawm Evan “Strangler” Lewis hauv 1886. In the next episode on September 25, 2023, we will look at the wrestling schedule of Ed “Strangler” Lewis hauv 1912.
Lewis started the year with a pair of matches against Sorakichi Matsuda in Chicago, Illinois.
Evan “Strangler” Lewis in his prime from the public domain
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 28, 1886, Lewis wrestled Matsuda at the Central Music Hall. Lewis won the match with Matsuda with the stranglehold. Fans booed Lewis because he was slow to release the stranglehold.
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 15, 1886, Lewis wrestled a rematch with Matsuda at the Central Music Hall. Lewis tried to break Matsuda’s ankle in this match since the Chicago mayor banned the stranglehold.
Lewis wrestled exhibition matches with Matsuda’s second, Edwin Bibby, during the week after the February 15, 1886 phim. The matches were demonstrations not actual matches.
On March 8th, Lewis defeated Charles Moth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The men wrestled a mixed styles match. Moth was based on of Minneapolis, Xeev Minnesota.
In mid-March, Lewis wrestled Bibby in a supposed contest at Pope Theater in St. Louis, Missouri.
Lewis did not wrestle in April 1886.
Saum ntuj 28, 1886, Lewis wrestled William Muldoon in a Greco-Roman wrestling match in Minneapolis, Xeev Minnesota. Muldoon agreed to throw Lewis three times within sixty minutes. Muldoon retired after scoring only one fall in forty minutes.
Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 28, 1886, Lewis wrestled a Greco-Roman wrestling match in Chicago, Illinois. Lewis won the first fall, Muldoon the second fall and then Muldoon retired from the match. The World title should have went to Evan Lewis but Lewis never claimed nor did fans recognize him as World Champion.
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 15, 1886, Lewis wrestled Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cannon surprisingly won this match.
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 26, 1886, Lewis rematched with Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lewis strangled Cannon, who withdrew from the match after being choked.
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 30, 1886, Lewis defeated Harry Hotaling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lewis wrestled nine matches between January and August 1886 before returning to Madison, Wisconsin to await his manager Charles “Parson” Davies setting up the American title match with Joe Acton.
Lewis also wrestled all his matches in the Midwest. Travel was difficult at this time as Lewis was limited to trains and coaches.
Next month, we will compare this schedule to Ed “Strangler’ Lewis’ 1912 wrestling schedule.
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