Combat Sports Historian and Martial Artist
Episodes of It Was Almost Real: The Pro Wrestling History Podcast.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tvxtnd/Episode_3395jmx.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYes, we are releasing an episode out of order. With three recent high profile deaths in pro wrestling, we wanted to release a bonus episode now to talk about them. We also inadvertantly insult a few people and have an interesting conversation about “cougars.” Over the past two weeks, we have lost “Exotic” Adrian
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/padnur/Episode_29btyp1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Jim Londos’ early career in St. Louis, Missouri. We also review Jim Londos vs. Dick Shikat from 1930. Update I am taking a month off after finishing Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America. I will work on blog posts and my last St. Louis history
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/92vbd9/Episode_288mjnr.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, my cousin Dan and I review the April 28, 1986 edition of WWF’s Prime Time Wrestling. Update Starting with the first episode in August, I should be joined in the studio by my son Caleb and my cousin Dan. We will return to the normal format of an update, main content
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/djsp9h/Episode_27bqc2z.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss what I learned completing my book on the first Japanese pro wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda, who wrestled in America from 1884 to 1891. Update I gave an update on my upcoming schedule. Wayfarer in a Foreign Land should be available at the end of July or August 2023 depending
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2bpuf/Episode_266py6d.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the 1917 and 1920 World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship matches between Joe Stecher and Earl Caddock. Update A special thank you to listener Shannon Bertrand, who let me know that I loaded the wrong episode for Episode 25. I have corrected the episode and it should be available on all
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss an 1884 mixed styles match between J.H. McLaughlin and Duncan C. Ross. Update Shut Up and Wrestle Interview with Mike Chapman – Why I normally don’t read other historians of the time frame that I study. Based on the interview, I am going to research two matches I viewed
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa8auy/Episode_247r7qx.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of unknown World Champion Jim Browning. Update I recently made thirteen of my non-fiction books available to bookstores and libraries in paperback. I hope you will see them in your local bookstore or library soon. Main Content While reading about the double-crosses of the early 1930s, I
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/w5zan5/Episode_239uf6l.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss professional wrestling matches conducted under Sumo Rules in the 1880s. Update While I hate UFC merging with WWE, you do have to salute Vince McMahon selling his company for more than it’s worth. Vince also managed to stay in charge of the company. Vince McMahon won the promotional wars
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spskyr/Episode_22b5y7p.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, my cousin Dan and I discuss the evolution of pro wrestling since the late 1970s and its influence on our fandom. We agreed wrestling had to change because of the emergence of cable television. One of the wrestling companies was going to go national. Although they did not necessarily have to
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6nq7d/Episode_21a0s9w.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the short but impactful career of the original Terrible Turk, Yusuf Ismail. Update Endeavor recently bought World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and merged it into a company with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Merging a worked exhibition with legitimate contests may not be the great idea Endeavor envisioned. Main Content