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/svhis7/Episode_39-59hfh4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss how and when Billy Sandow and Ed “Strangler” Lewis really met. Update We discuss the status of my research project on Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ early career. We also discuss AEW’s recent problems ending their shows on time. We finish with terrible NFL owners and their tendency to stick their
Henry Moses Dufur held the World Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion during the 1870s. By 1855, Dufur retired from professional wrestling to pursue his full-time profession of clothing tailor. Even during his wrestling career, Dufur worked as a tailor. Dufur told the correspondent from The Boston Globe that he was born in Richford, Vermont on June 5, 1943. This date of
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ck4mz9/Episode39.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the famous double-cross of “Big” Wayne Munn and the Gold Dust Trio by Stanislaus Zbyszko. Update We discuss the podcast and website schedule for 2024. I plan on recording forty podcasts and writing twenty posts for 2024. We will release three to four podcasts a year. Main Topic In
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/etnjei/Episode_38-57paw4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss news, the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, Joe Stecher in the 1910s, and review a match from Mid-Atlantic in 1983. Update I have completed about a third of the new project on Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ early career. I think the project may be complete in mid-January 2024. We discuss
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
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. On June 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
On Monday, November 13, 2023, I achieved a major goal when I hiked the entire length of Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13-mile trail in West St. Louis County. The hike took me seven hours and thirty minutes to complete. When my oldest son “Trey” was completing the requirements for the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, equivalent to
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
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
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