Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Postijiet dwar logħbiet ta’ lotta Griego-Rumana u stili oħra ta’ lotta bħall-lotta bl-għonq u l-minkeb, ġenb istiva lotta, Lotta Cornish, eċċ.
Bernarr MacFadden, born Bernard Adolphus McFadden in Mill Spring, Missouri, on August 16, 1868, founded a publishing company in 1899 that still operates today. MacFadden, an early proponent of physical culture, authored books and published magazine about physical culture, early bodybuilding training. MacFadden moved into pulp magazines like True Detective in the 1920s. Before MacFadden made his fortune as a publisher
Dwar April 24, 1889, the Missouri Gymnasium hosted its annual event to highlight the athletic accomplishments of its members. Members showed off gymnastic skills and other athletic ability while an orchestra or the Ideal Banjo Club played music in the background. The gymnasium managers booked a main attraction for the evening. George Baptiste, a St. Louis middleweight wrestler who specialized
Nhar il-Ħamis, Marzu 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
Nhar il-Ħamis, Ottubru 7, 1884, Il-Kurunell James Hiram McLaughlin ġġieled lil Henry Moses Dufur għal dak li ż-żewġt irġiel sostnew li se tkun l-aħħar darba. Iż-żgħażagħ ta’ 40 sena speċjalizzati fil-lotta tal-għonq u l-minkeb. L-irġiel iġġieldu f'Detroit, Michigan, it-territorju domestiku ta' McLaughlin. Il-partita saret fid-Detroit Opera House quddiem folla żgħira. Il-lotta professjonali ma kinitx żviluppata
Nhar it-Tlieta, Jannar 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American
Sorakichi Matsuda vvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti tard 1883 biex jibda l-karriera professjonali tiegħu fil-lotta. Matsuda kellu l-intenzjoni li jitgħallem il-lotta professjonali Amerikana u jirritorna lejn art twelidu biex jibda l-promozzjoni tiegħu stess tal-lotta. Il-maniġer ta’ Matsuda għamel stqarrijiet dwar it-taħriġ tiegħu fil-Ġappun, li ma setgħetx tkun verifikata. Matsuda tħarreġ fil-lotta tas-sumo mal-istalla famuża Isegahama iżda għamel
Nhar il-Ħamis, April 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
Nhar is-Sibt, Settembru 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, frisk mill-ewwel tour tiegħu fl-Istati Uniti, ġġieldu mal-Great Gama f’Shepherd’s Bush Stadium f’Londra, Ingilterra. 7,000 l-ispettaturi nġabru fil-grawnd biex isegwu l-partita. Ftit ġimgħat qabel, Mr. Benjamin ġab grupp ta’ lottaturi Pehlwani mill-Indja biex jiġġieldu fl-Ingilterra. Fannijiet jikkunsidraw il-Great Gama
Meta l-World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon irtira fih 1889, hu ttama li l-proteġġ tiegħu Ernest Roeber ikun rikonoxxut bħala ċ-champion il-ġdid. Madankollu, Muldoon rebaħ it-titlu tiegħu fil-lotta Greko-Rumana, li kienet il-kompetenza ta’ Roeber imwieled Ġermaniż. Sfortunatament, l-isfruttamenti ta’ Martin “Farmer” Burns u Evan “Il Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can lotta fl-istil dominanti. Roeber kellu a
In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, jew Matsada fil-biċċa l-kbira tal-gazzetti Amerikani, vvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti biex tiġġieled professjonalment. Il-Ġappun ma kellux ċirkwit tal-lotta professjonali żviluppat, għalhekk Matsuda ħaseb li se jġib l-isport lura lejn il-Ġappun wara apprendistat fl-Istati Uniti. Wara t-taħriġ għal xi żmien, Matsuda ffirma ftehim biex tiġġieled l-ewwel