Episode 10 – John “The Tigerman” Ramel

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qqups9/Episode_109lwdy.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, we will be talking about John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek. Update I have completed the first draft of the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. I expect releasing the finished book at the end of October or beginning of November 2022. We also briefly discuss the situation in All Elite

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Ross Faces Bauer

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Scottish wrestler Duncan C. Ross wrestled professionally but also took part in strength and athletic contests after arriving in the United States in the late 1870s. An all-around athlete, Ross wrestled skillfully in both catch-as-catch-can wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Nhar it-Tnejn, Frar 26, 1883, Ross wrestled former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Theobaud Bauer. Bauer brought the World Championship from France

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Episode 9 – Tom Jenkins

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qa5x3a/Episode_96v6p8.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. Introduction Tony Khan has some real problems with the recent altercation between his top star and his Executive Vice Presidents. Main Content I have almost completed the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. I have a solid

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Joe Stecher Jiġġieled għat-Titolu tal-Istat

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Joe Stecher għamel id-debutt tiegħu fil-lotta professjonali tard 1912 jew kmieni 1913. Stecher wera li kien professjonist perikoluż mill-bidu tal-karriera tiegħu. Martin "Bidwi" Burns, il wrestler stejjer u trainer, ġab wieħed mill-protetti tiegħu, Yussiff Hussane, biex jittestja Stecher f'konkors leġittimu matul Ġunju 1913. Burns and most followers of the sport expected Hussane

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Lewis Wrestles Demetral

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Ottubru 21, 1913, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defended his newly won American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against William Demetral. Lewis wrestled Demetral at Lexington’s Auditorium on a mat instead of a ring. The mat setup played a role in the finish of the match. Promoter Jerry Walls placed a mat on the elevated stage, a common setup before the widespread

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Episode 8 – Promoting Wrestling

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rsq65p/Episode_88jy4q.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the development of the promotional system in the 1910s and early 1920s. Update Update on the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship book project due out before Christmas this year. This project is much bigger than I imagined. Wrestlers worked more of the matches than I

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McLeod Wrestles George Baptiste

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Dan McLeod defeated Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship during October 1897. McLeod held the championship for four years until he met Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. In early 1899, McLeod made a couple title defenses in Minnesota. On February 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste at Conover Hall in front

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Episode 7 – The Masked Marvel

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qj6w7e/Episode_7859w1.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, my new co-host and youngest son, Caleb Zimmerman, joins the podcast. We discuss recent changes at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the new leadership team’s early positive signs. The main topic of the show is the Masked Marvel and the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament,

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Promoting Wrestling

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Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. Il-

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Episode 6 – Worked Title Matches

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7s9rgj/Episode_6b9zva.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about a pair of worked title matches for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Main Content Fred Beell was a strong, wrestler professjonali b'talent fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20. Għalkemm mibnija b'mod qawwi, Beell stood no more than 5’05” and weighed 168 liri. Madankollu, he improbably defeated

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