Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Episodes of It Was Almost Real: Podcast da história do wrestling profissional.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/w5zan5/Episode_239uf6l.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | 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: Jogar em nova janela | 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: Jogar em nova janela | 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mem3a8/Episode_206q4px.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of Sorakichi Matsada, a 19th Century Japanese pro wrestler. Update I discuss the new podcast schedule. Esperançosamente, Caleb will be back with me for the next episode. I will release an episode on the second Monday of every month. If scheduling allows, a second episode will be
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/witdaq/Episode_199c6lp.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the 1891 wrestling match between Joe Acton and future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Update I decided to take on a shorter book project on a 19th-Century wrestler to be completed in late summer or early fall 2023. The next project after this book will be a longer book
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2yakt8/Episode_18ag9gz.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadUpdate The next episode will be released on Monday, Fevereiro 13, 2023, where I will discuss a match between the former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Main Content In January 1923, the promotional war between Jack Curley and the Gold Dust Trio resulted in a shoot contest between
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5vctyw/Episode_177wnp9.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadUpdate I will continue to release two episodes a month for the foreseeable future. The next episode will be released on Monday, Janeiro 23, 2023. I also share my thoughts on Vince McMahon forcing himself back onto the board of World Wrestling Entertainment. Main Content I speak about what I knew going into each
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vd4ygz/Episode_16av84t.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadUpdate To start the podcast, I make a major announcement about the podcast going forward. Conteúdo principal deste episódio, I read an account of Edwin Bibby vs. Duncan C. Ross from Shooting or Working: The Story of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Recommendation I recommend a new series detailing stories from the territories.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4tm282/Episode_15bmu6s.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadUpdate We have a guest in the studio this week. My cousin, Dan Zimmerman, joins us to talk about attending live wrestling cards in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Dan recounts how I almost got us both killed during a WWF wrestling card at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis during 1986. Main Topic
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ysgcxd/Episode_1488754.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadUpdate I begin the episode by discussing the need to alternate between co-hosted and solo episodes for the foreseeable future. Main Content I discuss the early career of the first recognized Women’s World Wrestling Champion, Cora Livingston. Em 1908, Livingston claimed the American Women’s Wrestling Champion after Livingston defeated Hazel Parker. Cora Livingston gained