Whistler Wrestles Dufur in New York

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Nan Jedi, Mas 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

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McLaughlin Defann Tit?

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Nan Madi, Janvye 29, 1884, apeprè de mil fanatik te rasanble nan Detroit Opera House pou gade premye seri de match ant Kolonèl James H.. McLaughlin ak Henry Moses Dufur. Foul moun yo te dwe pran plezi òganizatè yo ak luteur yo. Alimèt ki te trase foul moun nan dè milye yo te ra pandan 19yèm syèk la. Òganizatè yo te deklare ke McLaughlin t ap defann Ameriken an

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Sorakichi Matsuda mouri nan New York

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Sorakichi Matsuda te vwayaje nan peyi Etazini an reta 1883 yo kòmanse karyè pwofesyonèl lit li. Matsuda te gen entansyon aprann lit pwofesyonèl Ameriken epi retounen nan peyi l 'yo kòmanse pwòp pwomosyon lit li. Manadjè Matsuda a te fè reklamasyon sou fòmasyon li nan Japon, which could not be verified. Matsuda te antrene nan lit sumo ak pi popilè Isegahama ki estab men li te fè

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McLaughlin Mixes It Up with Ross

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Nan Jedi, Avril 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

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Great Gama Wrestles Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Nan samdi, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, Angletè. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, Mr. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama

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Roeber Exposes Business

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When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Sepandan, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Malerezman, the exploits of Martin “Kiltivatè” Burns and Evan “Strangler a” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a

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Bibby twòp pou Matsuda

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In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, oswa Matsada nan pifò jounal Ameriken yo, vwayaje nan peyi Etazini pou lite pwofesyonèl. Japon pa t 'gen yon kous de lit pwofesyonèl devlope, Se konsa, Matsuda te panse li ta pote espò a tounen nan Japon apre yon aprantisaj Ozetazini. Apre fòmasyon pou yon ti tan, Matsuda te siyen yon akò pou lite premye a

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