Combat Sports Historian and Martial Artist
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. On June 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
On Monday, November 13, 2023, I achieved a major goal when I hiked the entire length of Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. The hike took me seven hours and thirty minutes to complete. When my oldest son “Trey” was completing the requirements for the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, equivalent
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hbnszv/Episode_378tnd7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Stanislaus Zbyszko’s campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Title. Update I give an update on my new book project on the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Main Content Emil Klank, Frank Gotch’s manager, recruited Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to the United States in 1909 to wrestle current World Champion
Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Lewis
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hin3wy/Episode_36al0ic.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, Dan and I discuss the documentary on YouTube, 350 Days, about pro wrestling in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. We discuss the effect of the road, the schedule, and substances on the professional wrestlers. You can leave a comment or ask a question about this or any post on my Facebook
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rk2w6b/Episode_357yy4l.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadUpdate We discuss the next podcast about the YouTube documentary, 350 Days. We also discuss my new project on the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Main Content We discuss a five-hour match from 1878 dominated by Henry Moses Dufur. Karl Stern talked about Dufur in a recent episode of Shut Up and Wrestle.
Besides being the preferred venue for professional boxers and wrestlers to train when in St. Louis, the St. Louis Business Men’s Gymnasium hosted smaller boxing and wrestling events. In 1898, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Farmer” Burns wrestled Oscar Wasem in front of a small crowd at the Business Men’s Gymnasium. Burns was transitioning into training wrestlers full-time and
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ifvxdw/Episode_349mrie.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, we discuss the wrestling schedule of Ed “Strangler” Lewis during 1913. Update Update on next book about Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Next episode, we will look at Jack Pfefer exposing the worked nature of professional wrestling in 1933. WWE is under new ownership. First order of business is to release
During the early 1930s, the most powerful promoters in professional wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, and Tom Packs executed double-crosses on each other hurting the overall drawing power of their wrestlers. During the promotional war, Jack Pfefer aligned himself with Jack Curley and “Toots” Mondt, who ran out of New York City. In late 1933, Curley and
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u3ucpw/Episode_329q8zw.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the recent termination of CM Punk from AEW and Ed “Strangler” Lewis shooting on “Man Mountain” Dean. Update Dan and I discuss Tony Khan firing the biggest star in his company, CM Punk. Main Content In 1934, Ed “Strangler” Lewis let “Man Mountain” Dean know it was a bad