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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tvxtnd/Episode_3395jmx.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadYes, we are releasing an episode out of order. With three recent high profile deaths in pro wrestling, we wanted to release a bonus episode now to talk about them. We also inadvertantly insult a few people and have an interesting conversation about “cougars.” Over the past two weeks, we have lost “Exotic” Adrian
Sorakichi Matsuda travelled to the United States in late 1883 to begin his professional wrestling career. Matsuda intended to learn American professional wrestling and return to his homeland to start his own wrestling promotion. Matsuda’s manager made claims about his training in Japan, der kunne ikke verificeres. Matsuda trained in sumo wrestling with the famous Isegahama stable but did
På tirsdag, Februar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Californien. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/padnur/Episode_29btyp1.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Jim Londos’ early career in St. Louis, Missouri. We also review Jim Londos vs. Dick Shikat from 1930. Update I am taking a month off after finishing Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America. I will work on blog posts and my last St. Louis historie
På tirsdag, Juni 3, 1924, up-and-coming wrestler Jim Browning challenged Taro Miyake in a mixed styles match in Nashville, Tennessee. Browning, a wrestler from Verona, Missouri recently left the Missouri-Kansas area to wrestle in Tennessee and Kentucky. The 21-year-old Browning was developing a reputation for solid wrestling. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the
Over the past twenty years, preservationists have found several wrestling films from the 1920s through the 1950s that were assumed lost. Fans can watch most of the newly discovered films on YouTube. One of the surviving films is eighteen minutes of an hour, twenty minutes match from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (video link) for a
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/92vbd9/Episode_288mjnr.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, min fætter Dan og jeg anmelder april 28, 1986 udgave af WWF's Prime Time Wrestling. Opdatering Starter med første afsnit i august, Jeg skulle have selskab af min søn Caleb og min fætter Dan i studiet. Vi vender tilbage til det normale format for en opdatering, hovedindhold
På torsdag, April 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/djsp9h/Episode_27bqc2z.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, Jeg diskuterer, hvad jeg lærte ved at færdiggøre min bog om den første japanske pro wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda, der kæmpede i Amerika fra 1884 til 1891. Opdatering Jeg gav en opdatering om min kommende tidsplan. Wayfarer i et fremmed land skulle være tilgængelig i slutningen af juli eller august 2023 afhængig af
Lørdag, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, England. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, Mr. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama