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Posts about professional wrestling during the 1800s.
August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis møtte den britiske Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon i Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
William Muldoon, Verdens gresk-romersk bryting Champion og fysisk kultur talsmann, kom til Los Angeles på tirsdag, April 15, 1884 å møte den lokale wrestler Fred Bauer. Kampen ble spilt på den lokale Turnvereine Hall i Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Første gang jeg leste om William Muldoon i en biografi om John L. Sullivan, den siste nakne knoke tungvekt. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Den siste store nakne knoke bout ble utkjempet av Sullivan mot Jake Kilrain i 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Han var
William Muldoon, en tidligere New York-detektiv, vant World gresk-romersk bryting mesterskapet ved å slå Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon regjerte i ti år før han la opp som mester. Etter pensjon, han begynte å livnære seg som en personlig trener. Muldoon trent mange brytere men virkelig ble kjent etter å få en sørgelig ute av form John L. Sullivan fit for
Desember 1, 1938 på 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 år. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
During February 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. I januar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to
Hvor ofte har du hørt det best å bruke korte kopi eller lang kopi for Internett markedsføring. Noen tilhengere argumentere korte kopi, noen talsmann lang og noen prøver å finne en middelvei. Det synes alle har en mening om. One person who believed in the use of long copy for selling his services was William Muldoon. Muldoon was