格鬥運動史學家和武術家
有關希臘羅馬摔跤比賽和其他摔跤風格（例如頸肘摔跤）的帖子, 側抱摔跤, 康沃爾摔跤, 等.
當 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. 後
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,
在9月 15, 1919, 聖. 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. 多年來，, 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 “亞歷克斯” 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
六月 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, 加州. 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 和 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. 因為球迷只認為克拉倫斯·惠斯勒的技術足以真正威脅到他的統治, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. 在5月 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, 誰
國際摔跤比賽發生在五月兩個階段 19, 1915 十二月 31, 1915. 五十選手將在比賽，包括世界古典式冠軍亞歷山大·第一階段爭奪 “亞歷克斯” ABERG. 第二批有 40 摔跤手，包括和未來的明星埃德 “扼殺” 劉易斯, 一個月誰加入到十一月比賽 22, 1915. 該
三月 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 was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. 然而, when he came to Chicago in 1900, 他 “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. 一
威廉·馬爾登, 世界古典式摔跤冠軍和體育事業的支持者, 來到洛杉磯週二, 四月 15, 1884 面對當地摔跤手弗雷德·鮑爾. 本場比賽在洛杉磯發生在當地Turnvereine大廳. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he