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William Muldoon이 프로레슬링에서 은퇴했을 때 1889, 그는 그의 후견인을 위해 의도했다, 에른스트 뢰버, 새로운 월드 헤비웨이트 레슬링 챔피언이 되기 위해. Muldoon은 항상 Greco-Roman 레슬링 스타일로 자신의 챔피언십을 방어했기 때문에, 그의 선택은 의미가 있었다. Roeber는 당시 미국 최고의 그리스-로마 레슬링 선수였습니다..

그러나, 레슬링 팬과 기자, 스포츠를 취재하다, were not quick to recognize Roeber as Muldoon had hoped. 처음으로, catch-as-catch-can wrestling was becoming the dominant American style. Many fans and pundits considered Evan Lewis, the current American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling Champion, to be the best overall wrestler.

Lewis had given Muldoon a tough tussle in Muldoon’s final match. It took Muldoon 45 minutes to throw Lewis in Muldoon’s specialty of Greco-Roman Wrestling. Due to Lewis’ reputation, Roeber was recognized as the American Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion but not the world champion.

Both men defended their individual titles for the next few years, while demand built for them to meet and unify the championships. 에 1893, the match would finally happen. On March 2nd, Lewis and Roeber would meet at the Olympic Athletic Club in New Orleans, Louisiana to unify the titles.

The match was 3-out-of-5 falls. Falls were often contested in different styles during the 19th Century until catch-as-catch-can became the dominant American style in the late 1890s.

남자들은 링에 입장했다. 9 P.M. Muldoon was announced as Roeber’s second in the weeks leading up to the match. 그러나, he wasn’t in New Orleans for the match. A coin was tossed to select the style for the first fall. Lewis won the toss and unsurprisingly chose catch-as-catch-can for the first fall.

Roeber did have Lewis’ stranglehold banned for the match but it didn’t help him in the first fall. Lewis had Roeber on his hands and knees almost immediately. Lewis turned Roeber onto his shoulders to win the first fall in 7 분, 56 초.

Roeber won the second fall, contested by Greco-Roman wrestling rules, 에 28 분, 52 초. 몇 가지 이유, the third fall was Greco-Roman wrestling even though Lewis had won the toss. Lewis proved his wrestling skill though by winning the third fall.

Roeber was desperate entering the fourth fall. He pinned Lewis in a foul-filled fourth fall at 20 분, 43 초. Roeber’s tactics weren’t wise. You didn’t want to make Evan Lewis angry in a wrestling match.

Lewis won the final fall, contested under catch-as-catch-can rules, 에 1 minute, 3 초. The newspapers don’t say how Lewis won but a quick submission sounds likely. If you made Lewis mad, you better tap quick when he secured a submission hold. Lewis would injure wrestlers on purpose, if they made him angry.

Roeber continued wrestling but Evan Lewis became the major star of the 1890s. He and Martin “농장주” Burns would take American professional wrestling into the 20th Century.

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Source: The Standard Union (Brooklyn, 뉴욕), 행진 3, 1893 edition, 피. 3

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