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Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, April
Pada 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5vctyw/Episode_177wnp9.mp3Podcast: Main dalam tetingkap baru | DownloadUpdate I will continue to release two episodes a month for the foreseeable future. The next episode will be released on Monday, Januari 23, 2023. I also share my thoughts on Vince McMahon forcing himself back onto the board of World Wrestling Entertainment. Main Content I speak about what I knew going into each
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. Walau bagaimanapun, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. Cora Livingston
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vd4ygz/Episode_16av84t.mp3Podcast: Main dalam tetingkap baru | DownloadUpdate To start the podcast, I make a major announcement about the podcast going forward. Kandungan Utama Dalam episod ini, 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.
Pada Mac 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4tm282/Episode_15bmu6s.mp3Podcast: Main dalam tetingkap baru | 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
Salah satu pepatah tertua dalam sukan tempur ialah “lelaki besar yang baik sentiasa mengalahkan lelaki kecil yang baik”. Itulah sebabnya kita mempunyai pembahagian berat dalam tinju, gusti dan silat campuran. Pada hari Selasa, November 2, 1881, 160-paun Edwin Bibby membuktikan terdapat pengecualian kepada peraturan ini. Semasa kecil, Edwin Bibby sangat kuat untuk saiznya.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ysgcxd/Episode_1488754.mp3Podcast: Main dalam tetingkap baru | DownloadUpdate I begin the episode by discussing the need to alternate between co-hosted and solo episodes for the foreseeable future. Main Content I discuss the early career of the first recognized Women’s World Wrestling Champion, Cora Livingston. Dalam 1908, Livingston claimed the American Women’s Wrestling Champion after Livingston defeated Hazel Parker. Cora Livingston gained
(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. Pada hari Rabu, November 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood