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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, dan lain-lain.
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,
Pada September 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. Selama bertahun-tahun, 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
Pada tanggal 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 dan 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Karena fans hanya menganggap Clarence Whistler cukup terampil untuk benar-benar mengancam pemerintahannya, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Pada tanggal 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, yang
The Tournament Gulat Internasional terjadi dalam dua tahap antara Mei 19, 1915 dan Desember 31, 1915. Lima puluh pegulat akan bersaing di fase pertama turnamen termasuk Dunia Yunani-Romawi Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Angsuran kedua memiliki 40 pegulat termasuk up dan datang star Ed “Pencekik” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Itu
Pada bulan Maret 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. The last fall would be decided via what The New York
Paul Pons adalah Gulat Greco-Roman French Champion. Dia cukup baik untuk memberikan George Hackenschmidt kabur uangnya di beberapa turnamen. However, ketika ia datang ke Chicago pada 1900, dia “dikalahkan” oleh pegulat lokal. Keadaan kerugian meninggalkan banyak yang harus diinginkan. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Satu
William Muldoon, Dunia Yunani-Romawi Gulat Champion dan pendukung budaya fisik, datang ke Los Angeles pada Selasa, April 15, 1884 untuk menghadapi pegulat lokal Fred Bauer. Pertandingan berlangsung di Aula Turnvereine lokal di Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he