Ernst Roeber, 공석 타이틀 주장

William Muldoon이 세계 헤비급 그레코로만 레슬링 챔피언에서 은퇴했을 때 1889, 챔피언십의 후임자가 없었습니다.. 에반 “<스팬 bbox_x = "949"bbox_y = "1780"bbox_w = "52"bbox_h = "19"fsize = "13"fweight = "3"빨간색 = "255"녹색 = "255"블루 = "255"알파 = "” 루이스는 윌리엄 멀둔(William Muldoon)이라는 이름이 아닌 미국 최고의 레슬링 선수였지만 그의 전문 분야는 캐치 캐치 레슬링이었습니다.. 미국 최고의 그리스-로마 레슬링 선수, Clarence Whistler, had died in Australia during 1885.

Muldoon’s handpicked successor was German-born Ernst Roeber. Muldoon had trained Roeber for several years and thought he would be the perfect successor. 그러나, the American public was slow to adopt Roeber as the new champion.

처음에는, Roeber was billed as the American Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. 에 1892, Roeber was matched against Monsieur Apollo, the current European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. I believe Apollo was actually Louis Uni, a French wrestler. He wrestled as both Apollon and Apollon le Colosse. Apollon was in the United States during 1892.

I’ve not been able to verify that Apollon was the European Champion, 그러나. His billing could have been a promotional tactic to solidify Roeber’s credentials as a World Champion.

7 월 25, 1892, Roeber met Apollon at the Academy of Music in New York for the vacant world title. The match was scheduled for 2 out of 3 falls. The match itself was relatively short.

Apollon secured a body lock and threw Roeber in 5 분, 47 초. After the typical 15 분, Roeber returned the favor by throwing Apollon in 5 분, 6 초.

At a fall apiece, the third fall would decide the match. After only 2 분, Apollon claimed his side hurt and he could not continue. Apollon then ran off the stage. Roeber was declared the World Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Or was he?

The fans and pundits don’t seem to have bestowed this recognition on Roeber. When he wrestled Evan “<스팬 bbox_x = "949"bbox_y = "1780"bbox_w = "52"bbox_h = "19"fsize = "13"fweight = "3"빨간색 = "255"녹색 = "255"블루 = "255"알파 = "” Lewis for the undisputed American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1893, Roeber was still billed as the American Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion.

The odd end to the match obviously hurt his claim. Instead of defeating him cleanly, Apollon retiring from the match so strangely probably put the stench of a “hippodrome” or worked match on their meeting. Even though most matches in this era were contests, I also wonder if this match was not a work.

While William Muldoon would have liked to see his protégé as the World Champion, the fans determine whether a hand-picked successor was accepted or not. The promotor or manager couldn’t make it happen despite their best efforts.

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Sources: The Los Angeles Times, 7월 26, 1892 edition, 피. 1 and Wrestlingdata.com

 

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