Episode 19 – Acton vs. Fitz

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/witdaq/Episode_199c6lp.mp3Podcast: Spill i nytt vindu | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the 1891 wrestling match between Joe Acton and future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Update I decided to take on a shorter book project on a 19th-Century wrestler to be completed in late summer or early fall 2023. The next project after this book will be a longer book

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Pesek bryter Jordan inn 1916

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John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek kjempet to av de mest kjente legitime konkurransene på 1920-tallet. Pesek avsluttet to reklamekriger ved å gå med på å "skyte" konkurranser med Marin Plestina og Nat Pendelton. I 1916, Pesek var en fremadstormende bryter aktiv i hjemstaten Nebraska. On Thursday, September 14, 1916, Pesek kjempet med en annen Nebraska-bryter, Chris Jordan. Fans and

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Episode 18 – Sand mot Pendleton

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2yakt8/Episode_18ag9gz.mp3Podcast: Spill i nytt vindu | DownloadUpdate Neste episode slippes på mandag, February 13, 2023, hvor jeg vil diskutere en kamp mellom den tidligere amerikanske tungvektsmesteren og en fremtidig verdensmester i tungvektboksing. Hovedinnhold i januar 1923, kampanjekrigen mellom Jack Curley og Gold Dust Trio resulterte i en skytekonkurranse mellom

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Lewis Shoots with Wykoff

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April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis

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Episode 17 – Forfattertimer

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5vctyw/Episode_177wnp9.mp3Podcast: Spill i nytt vindu | DownloadUpdate Jeg vil fortsette å gi ut to episoder i måneden i overskuelig fremtid. Neste episode slippes på mandag, Januar 23, 2023. Jeg deler også tankene mine om at Vince McMahon tvinger seg tilbake til styret for World Wrestling Entertainment. Hovedinnhold Jeg snakker om det jeg visste om hver

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Cora Livingston i 1908

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I am ashamed to say I recently discovered the career of Cora Livingston, while researching the development of the local promotor system in professional wrestling during the 1910s and 1920s. Mildred Burke was the first major woman’s wrestling champion of which I was aware. However, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. Cora Livingston

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Episode 16 – Bibby vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vd4ygz/Episode_16av84t.mp3Podcast: Spill i nytt vindu | DownloadUpdate To start the podcast, I make a major announcement about the podcast going forward. Hovedinnhold I denne episoden, I read an account of Edwin Bibby vs. Duncan C. Ross from Shooting or Working: The Story of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Recommendation I recommend a new series detailing stories from the territories.

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McLaughlin Wins Tournament

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På Mars 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. H. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers

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Episode 15 – Lewis’ Siste konkurranser

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4tm282/Episode_15bmu6s.mp3Podcast: Spill i nytt vindu | DownloadUpdate We have a guest in the studio this week. My cousin, Dan Zimmerman, joins us to talk about attending live wrestling cards in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Dan recounts how I almost got us both killed during a WWF wrestling card at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis during 1986. Main Topic

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