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Posts about professional wrestling during the 1800s.
Na quinta-feira, Abril 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/djsp9h/Episode_27bqc2z.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss what I learned completing my book on the first Japanese pro wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda, who wrestled in America from 1884 a 1891. Update I gave an update on my upcoming schedule. Wayfarer in a Foreign Land should be available at the end of July or August 2023 depending
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss an 1884 mixed styles match between J.H. McLaughlin and Duncan C. Ross. Update Shut Up and Wrestle Interview with Mike Chapman – Why I normally don’t read other historians of the time frame that I study. Based on the interview, I am going to research two matches I viewed
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. Em junho 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
Neste episódio, I discuss professional wrestling matches conducted under Sumo Rules in the 1880s. Update While I hate UFC merging with WWE, you do have to salute Vince McMahon selling his company for more than it’s worth. Vince also managed to stay in charge of the company. Vince McMahon won the promotional wars of the 1980s and 1990s because
In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, ou Matsada na maioria dos jornais americanos, viajou para os Estados Unidos para lutar profissionalmente. O Japão não tinha um circuito de wrestling profissional desenvolvido, então Matsuda pensou em trazer o esporte de volta ao Japão após um estágio nos Estados Unidos. Depois de treinar por um tempo, Matsuda assinou um acordo para lutar o primeiro
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6nq7d/Episode_21a0s9w.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the short but impactful career of the original Terrible Turk, Yusuf Ismail. Update Endeavor recently bought World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and merged it into a company with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Merging a worked exhibition with legitimate contests may not be the great idea Endeavor envisioned. Main Content
Na sexta-feira, Novembro 27, 1891, O ex-campeão americano de luta livre dos pesos pesados, Joe Acton, lutou contra o futuro campeão mundial de boxe dos pesos pesados, Bob Fitzsimmons, em San Francisco, Califórnia. Os homens lutaram por um relatado $1,000.00 purse. Acton geralmente cedeu tamanho para seu oponente, mas Acton superou os Fitzsimmons de 148 libras em sete libras. Os homens lutaram uma luta de duas de três quedas de acordo com o catch-as-catch-can wrestling
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mem3a8/Episode_206q4px.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of Sorakichi Matsada, a 19th Century Japanese pro wrestler. Update I discuss the new podcast schedule. Esperançosamente, Caleb will be back with me for the next episode. I will release an episode on the second Monday of every month. If scheduling allows, a second episode will be
Em Maio 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong