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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spdmc7h6u67pu7gw/Episode_645yst8.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, 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. Por 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. Eventualmente, Pesek did
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n8uwavgcmk7ne2vs/Episode_6375896.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, 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
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) in November 1941. One of the later Thin Man films (link de afiliado), 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: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, olhamos para as lutas desafiadoras de Taro Miyake na Inglaterra e revisamos uma das poucas traições após a formação da National Wrestling Alliance. Update I will release the John Pesek book in early to mid-September 2024. Espero terminar o próximo livro até dezembro 2024. I recommended the FightLore
During March 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
Durante o século XIX, tanto lutadores quanto duelistas aproveitaram as ilhas de bancos de areia no rio Mississippi, perto de St.. Louis, Missouri, para realizar lutas de boxe ou duelos. As autoridades desaprovaram duelos até a morte em qualquer local. However, tanto Illinois quanto Missouri também proibiram a luta de boxe. Ilha Sangrenta no meio do rio Mississippi, ao norte de Downtown St.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cmbp5xc7yxmqkviu/Episode_616q81g.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, 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. O
In the early morning hours of August 5, 1933, four safe burglars broke a window at the Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The burglars knocked a dial off the safe and removed $1,550.00 in federal stamps. Em 2024 dollars, the burglars stole over $37,000.00. The same burglars successfully took another $1,000 in federal stamps from the Wausau Brewing Company
No início de sua carreira, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 e 1905. Durante o 1904 match, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. Em Maio 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 libras. Beell usually faced a