Episode 38 – Zbyszko vs. Aberg

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cs9hfp/Episode_386vlbg.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Stanislaus Zbyszko’s last match of his first tour of America. We finish with his return to the United States in 1920. Update I discuss the progress of my new research project on the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. We discuss Tony Khan’s recent Twitter, or X, Wars with

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Episode 37 – Zbyszko vs. Gotch

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hbnszv/Episode_378tnd7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Stanislaus Zbyszko’s campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Title. Update I give an update on my new book project on the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Main Content Emil Klank, Frank Gotch’s manager, recruited Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to the United States in 1909 to wrestle current World Champion

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Before He Was Ed “Strangler” Lewis

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Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Lewis

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Episode 36 – 350 Days

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hin3wy/Episode_36al0ic.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, Dan and I discuss the documentary on YouTube, 350 Days, about pro wrestling in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. We discuss the effect of the road, the schedule, and substances on the professional wrestlers. You can leave a comment or ask a question about this or any post on my Facebook

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Episode 35 – A Long Match

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rk2w6b/Episode_357yy4l.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadUpdate We discuss the next podcast about the YouTube documentary, 350 Days. We also discuss my new project on the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Main Content We discuss a five-hour match from 1878 dominated by Henry Moses Dufur. Karl Stern talked about Dufur in a recent episode of Shut Up and Wrestle.

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Burns Wrestles Wasem

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Besides being the preferred venue for professional boxers and wrestlers to train when in St. Louis, the St. Louis Business Men’s Gymnasium hosted smaller boxing and wrestling events. In 1898, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Farmer” Burns wrestled Oscar Wasem in front of a small crowd at the Business Men’s Gymnasium. Burns was transitioning into training wrestlers full-time and

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Episode 34 – Ed Lewis in 1913

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ifvxdw/Episode_349mrie.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, we discuss the wrestling schedule of Ed “Strangler” Lewis during 1913. Update  Update on next book about Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Next episode, we will look at Jack Pfefer exposing the worked nature of professional wrestling in 1933. WWE is under new ownership. First order of business is to release

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Jack Pfefer Exposes Pro Wrestling

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During the early 1930s, the most powerful promoters in professional wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, and Tom Packs executed double-crosses on each other hurting the overall drawing power of their wrestlers. During the promotional war, Jack Pfefer aligned himself with Jack Curley and “Toots” Mondt, who ran out of New York City. In late 1933, Curley and

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