Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, at iba pa.
Noong Hunyo 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
Noong Oktubre 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Sa 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
Sa palakasan ng labanan, ang isang mabuting malaking tao ay kadalasang tinatalo ang isang mabuting maliit na tao. Kung magaling ka, madalas kang makakabawi para sa malalaking pagkakaiba sa laki. Si Edwin Bibby ay nakatayo lamang sa 5’04” and weighed 160 pounds ngunit tinalo ang maraming malalaking wrestler sa panahon ng kanyang propesyonal na karera sa pakikipagbuno. Tinalo ni Bibby ang maraming wrestler kasama ang dambuhalang German wrestler na si William Heygster. Kaya naman ni Edwin Bibby
Kapag World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon ay nagretiro sa 1889, umaasa siya kanyang tangkilik Ernest Roeber ay kinikilala bilang ang bagong kampeon. Gayunman, Muldoon nanalo ang kanyang titulo sa Greco-Roman Wrestling, na kung saan ay ang Aleman-ipinanganak ni Roeber kadalubhasaan. Sa kasamaang-palad, ang nananamantala ng Martin “Magsasaka” Burns at Evan “Ang Strangler” Lewis catapulted mahuli-bilang-catch-maaari pakikipagbuno sa nangingibabaw estilo. Roeber ginawa magkaroon ng isang
Dalubhasa si Henry Moses Dufur sa collar-and-elbow wrestling nang propesyonal na nakipagbuno si Dufur noong 1870s at 1880s. Ipinanganak noong Mayo 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Pangunahing nakipagbuno si Dufur sa hilagang-silangan ng Estados Unidos. Noong Hunyo 27, 1878, Nakipagbuno si Dufur sa isang wrestler na nagngangalang Cox sa Boston Baseball Park sa harap ng limang daang tagahanga. Limang daang tagahanga
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Isang tao lamang ang seryosong humamon kay Muldoon sa panahon ng kanyang dominanteng paghahari. Ang 165-pound na si Clarence Whistler ay patuloy na nagbigay kay Muldoon ng kanyang pinakamahirap na hamon. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Nobyembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California sa isa sa kanilang ilang mga laban. Si William Muldoon ay halos isang ulo ang taas at may timbang
Si Joe Acton ay isa sa pinakamahuhusay na wrestler ng England noong ika-19 na Siglo. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Na-secure na niya sa wakas
Talaga, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Ang paligsahan ni Rachman ay magsisimula sa Miyerkules