Combat Sports Historian and Martial Artist
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b7uzv9/Episode_30abul2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the Dick Shikat double-cross
Who is the greatest legitimate professional wrestler to wrestle in the United States? How do
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yvvhhixd68359ike/Episode_536ggjr.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the backstage video from AEW at Wembley, talk about pro wrestling before the modern promotion system, and review Wrestlemania XL Day 2. Update We discuss AEW releasing the backstage footage of the scuffle between CM Punk and Jack Perry. Main Content I discuss how Tony Khan acts more like
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/teferh/Episode_527c08p.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the possible reasons for the falling out between Tex Rickard and Jack Curley. I also review the first night of Wrestlemania XL. Update I have released The Sherlock Holmes of Saint Louis: Saint Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond on Friday, April 5, 2024. It is available in ebook,
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zcckez/Episode_51a3a13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the threat that Marin Plestina posed to the wrestling trust between 1917 and 1921. Update We should be back to the same prodcution schedule with Dan by the middle of April. I share why you should never group text. I also talk about how Vince McMahon never made long-term
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/keuwiq/Episode_50baz45.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss how World War I affected American professional wrestling. We also reveal who said, “Repetition is the key when dealing with goofs.” Update I am writing two books at once for the first time. The first book is my last planned St. Louis history book on St. Louis Chief of
On Tuesday, January 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American
On Thursday, September 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, England, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tv5pwz/Episode_49bc4u6.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this solo episode, I look at John “The Nebraska Tiger Man” Pesek settling two promotional wars in the 1920s. Update I take the rare step of complimenting Tony Khan twice in the same episode. Main Content In Lou Thesz’s autobiography Hooker (affiliate link), Thesz shares Ed “Strangler” Lewis depiction of John “The Nebraska
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ecq6xe/Episode_4871v8z.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss who is responsible for all the legends and stories around professional wrestling by looking at the Legend of Chief Two Feathers. Update We discuss some corrections to the episode on William Muldoon and Clarence Whistler. I also share my thoughts on WWE Elimination Chamber, since I was the only
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the careers of Jim Londos and Primo Carnera leading into a review of the 1950 wrestling match. Update We start off with an update about our recording schedule. One of the team is on the injured reserve, so we will be recording on Skype for the next several episodes.
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. However, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during