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. Txawm li cas los, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Hmoov tsis, the exploits of Martin “Ua teb” Burns and Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a

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Bibby ntau heev rau Matsuda

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Nyob rau 1880s thaum ntxov, Sorakichi Matsuda, or Matsada in most American newspapers, traveled to the United States to wrestle professionally. Japan did not have a developed professional wrestling circuit, so Matsuda thought he would bring the sport back to Japan after an apprenticeship in the United States. After training for a while, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first

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William Muldoon npaj tau tau zus ib

William muldoon

Nyob rau hauv 1880, William Muldoon yuav tau ua ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib ntawm cov style Greco-Roman tom qab defeating Thiebaud Bauer, lub reigning tau zus ib. Ua ntej nws yuav ua kom tiav no feat, Muldoon yuav tsum tau them nws cov dues thiab npaj rau lub npe qaij nrog Bauer. Nyob rau hauv 1876, Muldoon ntes tau cov xim uas tus yas tes mus khaws prizefighting ntiaj teb tau zus ib John Morrissey. Morrissey yog ib tus qub

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McLaughlin yeej xwb kev sib tw

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Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed rau nag hmo ntawm tus International Wrestling kev sib tw nyob detroit, Michigan. Cov kev sib tw khiav yuav luag ob lub hlis ua ntej qhov kawg nkaus rau lub peb hlis ntuj 10th. Wrestling historians nquag credit J. H. McLaughlin li yog tus thawj kev wrestler nyob xwb rau nws khwv nyiaj ua ib wrestler wrestler. Feem ntau cov wrestlers wrestlers

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Edwin Bibby Defies Adage qub

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Yog ib lub hiob adages hauv combat kev ua si yog “Ib tug txiv neej zoo ib txwm beats ib tug txiv neej zoo me ntsis”. Nws yog vim li cas tias peb muaj luj divisions hauv boxing, wrestling thiab sib xyaw martial arts. Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 2, 1881, 160-Phaus Edwin Bibby proved muaj cov exceptions rau txoj cai no. thaum me me, Edwin Bibby yog tshwj xeeb tshaj yog muaj zog rau nws loj.

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Ross ntsib lub Bauer

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Scottish wrestler Duncan C. Ross wrestled professionally tab sis kuj muab ib feem ntawm lub zog thiab ncaws contests tom qab mus txog hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub caij 1870s lig. Ib all-around ncaws pob, Ross wrestled skillfully hauv ob catch-as-catch-can wrestling thiab Greco-Roman wrestling. Hnub Monday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 26, 1883, Ross wrestled qub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Theobaud Bauer. Bauer coj lub ntiaj teb Championship ntawm Fabkis

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Acton Wrestles Greco-Roman

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Hnub Monday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 26, 1888, Joe Acton, Leej twg specialized hauv catch wrestling, Wrestled xibfwb William Miller, ib pawg wrestler, thiab bare-knuckle prizefighter, Nyob rau hauv ib ob-tawm ntawm-peb-ntog Greco-Roman wrestling match. Leej txiv neej camps ntseeg wrestling ntais ntawv hauv no style ensured tus fairest contest ntawm lawv. Cov txiv neej wrestled rau $500.00 ib sab. 1,500 kiv cua, Ib pawg neeg coob rau lub era, muab

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Aberg neeg ntaus lwm Zbyszko Title

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Nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Yeej lub qab ntuj Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship los Wladek Zbyszko Aberg, kwv tij ntawm Aberg tus qub foe. Nyob rau hauv 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko tua yeej Aberg rau lub ntiaj teb Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko rov qab mus teb chaws Europe. Nws yog doubtful Wladek Zbyszko yuav ua ntaubntawv thov rau nws tus kwv championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann tej zaum tsim no

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1883 Buffalo New York kev sib tw

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Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 29, 1883, Kaum plaub wrestlers them $50 Nkag mus rau ib ob hnub kev sib tw rau ib tug $500 championship belt thiab $500 nqi zog. Richard K. Hma liab, Tswv thiab publisher ntawm tub ceev xwm Gazette, muab tus nqi zog nyiaj thiab siv. Hma liab avidly txaus siab rau qib uas ob leeg professional boxing thiab kev wrestling. Thaum plaub tug txiv neej sim nkag mus rau cov kev sib tw, Hma liab

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Wladek Zbyszko vs. Helio Gracie

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When Wladek Zbyszko travelled from the United States to Brazil for a lucrative tour on Brazil’s well-developed professional wrestling circuit, Zbyszko little suspected that he would wrestle his first contest in almost twenty years. Like their American counterparts, Brazilian professional wrestlers worked with each other to put on exciting exhibitions for the fans. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a

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