Episode 112 – Shikat Not Stanislaus
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
In this episode, I talk about the conflating of two of the biggest double-crosses in professional wrestling. I also talk about a Jack Curley card from 1917.
Update
Had enough of WWE’s new philosophy of profits over fan satisfaction.
Dick Shikat in the mid- to late 1920s (Public Domain)
Current state of professional wrestling versus 1990s when 7.5 and 10 million people watched one or both Raw and Nitro during the Monday Night War.
Sportskeeda headline about Jon Jones as the G.O.A.T. of ducking fights.
No Holds Barred (1989) is proof that wrestling fans would watch anything starring a wrestler in the 1980s.
Main Content
I recently listened to a couple of historians discuss the 1925 double-cross where Stanislaus Zbyszko legitimately beat Wayne “Big” Munn for the world heavyweight wrestling championship. The historians were 99% correct but one statement they made makes me think that the historians conflated this double-cross with another famous double-cross of the mid-1930s.
Review
I discuss a Jack Curley card from December 17, 1917. Jack Curley booked the card for Loew’s Lennox Theater in New York City. The card drew 3,000 fans for a building that held 3,100 fans. Ed “Strangler” Lewis versus Wladek Zbyszko headlined the card.
You can leave a comment or ask a question about this or any post on my Facebook page.