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Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, eċċ.
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Ġunju 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox
Min hu l-akbar wrestler professjonali leġittimu li jiġġieled fl-Istati Uniti? How do you determine it when wrestlers “worked” or cooperated with each other in matches since the sports emergence in the 1860s? . I examined the records and stories around the American, British, Polish, and Turkish wrestlers, who wrestled in the United States between 1870 u 1915
James Hiram McLaughlin holds the distinction of being the first American professional wrestler. While people wrestled professionally before McLaughlin, he was the first to earn a professional living from wrestling. McLaughlin began wrestling professionally in 1860 fuq 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. Billi 1877,
Nhar is-Sibt, December 2nd, 1893, local Saint Louis boxing instructor and Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Mooney met Max Luttbeg at Saint Louis’ Entertainment Hall. Pre-match hype focused on Mooney never losing a wrestling match or a boxing bout. Mooney was considered a better Greco-Roman wrestler, while Luttbeg was a better catch-as-catch-can wrestler. In the 19th century, it was common for matches
Meta William Muldoon irtira mil-lotta professjonali fi 1889, hu maħsub għall-proteġġ tiegħu, Ernst Roeber, biex issir iċ-Champion il-ġdid tal-World Heavyweight Wrestling. Peress Muldoon dejjem iddefenda l-kampjonat tiegħu fl-istil tal-lotta Greko-Rumana, l-għażla tiegħu kienet tagħmel sens. Roeber kien bla dubju l-aqwa wrestler Greko-Ruman fl-Amerika dak iż-żmien. Madankollu, il-partitarji tal-lotta u l-ġurnalist, li jkopri l-isport,
When William Muldoon retired as the World Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion in 1889, there was no ready successor to the championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis was the best wrestler in the United States not named William Muldoon but his specialty was catch-as-catch-can wrestling. The best American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, had died in Australia during 1885. Muldoon’s handpicked successor was German-born
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg għamel aħbarijiet fi 1917 waqt kawża dwar ir-rifjut tiegħu li jwettaq impenn ta’ lotta f’Boston matul Marzu 1917. Aberg qabel li jiġġieled Wladek Zbyszko, avversarju prinċipali tiegħu matul il- 1915 Tournaments Internazzjonali tal-Lotta ta’ New York, għall-promotur ta’ Boston George Touhey. Madankollu, Aberg ħareġ mill-ġlieda ftit wara li ffirma ftehim biex jiġġieled tiegħu
Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 liri, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in
Dwar April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross iltaqa 'ma' Sorakichi Matsuda, magħruf ukoll bħala Matsada, l-ewwel wrestler professjonali Ġappuniż fl-Istati Uniti. Matsuda emigra lejn l-Istati Uniti biex isegwi l-ħolma tiegħu li jsir wrestler professjonali għax dak il-ħin ma kienx jeżisti fil-Ġappun. 28-Duncan Ross ta ’sena twieled fit-Turkija ta’ dixxendenza Skoċċiża f’Marzu
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed