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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, nk.
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,
On 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. Kwa miaka, 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
On June 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 na 210 wakati wa kazi yake paundi.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Kwa kuwa mashabiki walimchukulia tu Clarence Whistler kuwa na ujuzi wa kutosha kutishia utawala wake, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mei 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, who
Kimataifa Wrestling mashindano ilitokea katika awamu mbili kati ya Mei 19, 1915 na Desemba 31, 1915. Hamsini wrestlers inaweza kushindana katika awamu ya kwanza ya mashindano ikiwa ni pamoja na World Greco Kirumi Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. awamu ya pili na 40 wrestlers ikiwa ni pamoja na kuja juu na nyota Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
On Machi 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. Anguko la mwisho lingeamuliwa kupitia kile New York
Paul Pons mara Kifaransa Greco Kirumi Wrestling Champion. Alikuwa nzuri ya kutosha kutoa George Hackenschmidt kukimbia kwa pesa yake katika mashindano kadhaa. Hata hivyo, alipofika Chicago katika 1900, alikuwa “kushindwa” na wrestler ndani. mazingira ya hasara kuondoka mengi ya taka. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Moja
William Muldoon, Dunia Greco Kirumi Wrestling Champion na utamaduni wa kimwili mtetezi, alikuja Los Angeles juu ya Jumanne, Aprili 15, 1884 kwa uso wrestler ndani Fred Bauer. mechi ulifanyika katika mitaa Turnvereine Hall katika Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he