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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spdmc7h6u67pu7gw/Episode_645yst8.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, I discuss the professional wrestling and refereeing career of St. Louis’ first professional wrestler, George Baptiste. Update With this episode, we will now be a weekly podcast. We may do review episodes occasionally. Dan will also be returning to the show in two weeks. Shooter in a Worked World: John Pesek
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Los ntawm 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Nws thiaj li, Pesek did
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n8uwavgcmk7ne2vs/Episode_6375896.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, we discuss 1925-1928, when both Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher claimed the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Update Caleb, Trey and I discuss Dan’s suggestion that we go to a weekly podcast. Shooter in a Worked World: John Pesek and the 1920s Promotional Wars is available on Amazon. I also recommend
Xov-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) in November 1941. One of the later Thin Man films (affiliate link), the film contains interesting vignettes for wrestling fans. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, is pulled into a state investigation of a local gambling ring. Two local wrestling promoters run the gambling ring, which is art imitating life if
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/szxuwn4ujrbrfxke/Episode_629zo4s.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, we look at Taro Miyake’s challenge matches in England and review one of the few double-crosses after the formation of the National Wrestling Alliance. Update I will release the John Pesek book in early to mid-September 2024. I hope to complete the next book by December 2024. I recommended the FightLore
Thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1910, the United States Attorney General in Council Bluffs, Iowa charged John C. Mabray (a version of his actual name, Mabry) and a dozen defendants with using the mail to commit gambling fraud in professional boxing, professional wrestling, and professional horse racing. Mabry, a livestock dealer living in Kansas City, Missouri, employed insiders in boxing, wrestling, and horse
Xyoo 19914, Ob prizefighters thiab duelists coj kom zoo dua cov sandbar Islands tuaj hauv tus dej Mississippi dej, nyob ib ncig ntawm St. Louis, Missouri, tuav prizefights los yog duels. Tub ceev xwm muaj frowned rau duels rau cov tuag nyob rau hauv tej qhov chaw. Txawm li cas los, Illinois thiab Missouri kuj outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island nyob nruab nrab ntawm tus dej Mississippi river north of Downtown St.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cmbp5xc7yxmqkviu/Episode_616q81g.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, I am joined by my cousin Dan as we discuss the controversial 1887 match between Evan “Strangler” Lewis and English catch wrestler Tom Connors. Update I finished the edits of the John Pesek book this week. After proofreading and editing, it should be out the first week in September 2024. Tus
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Early in his career, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 thiab 1905. Thaum lub 1904 phim, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. Nyob hauv ntuj 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 phaus. Beell usually faced a