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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, etc.
Chaill Alex Abergánaigh go leor naimhde suntasacha sa bhliain ba mhó dá shaol gairmiúil wrestling. In 1915, Bhí Aberberg san iomaíocht i leaganacha an Earraigh agus an Fhomhair de Chomórtas Cogaidh Idirnáisiúnta Nua-Eabhrac. Iomaíocht go heisiach ina rogha stíl wrestling Greco-Rómhánach, Bhuaigh Aberberg an Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko agus Ed “Strangler” Lewis in éineacht le roinnt wrestlers turasóirí.
Ar Dé hAoine, Bealtaine 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Samhain 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Bhí Paul Pons an Champion Wrestling Greco-Roman na Fraince sna 1890í. Bhuaigh sé tournament ag an Folies-Bergeres sula bhuaigh comórtas sa Rúis i 1898. Thug na buaicí seo deis dó Craobhchomórtais Wrestling Greco-Rómhánach an Domhain a éileamh. Pons caipitlithe ar an notoriety ag oscailt seomra aclaíochta a wrestlers traenach agus fir láidir. Pons’ bhí bua thar cuimse go háirithe mar gheall ar
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Meán Fómhair 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. For years, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Ar Meitheamh 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 agus 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ós rud é gur mheas lucht leanúna ach Clarence Whistler oilte go leor chun bagairt a dhéanamh ar a réimeas, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, a