Episode 40 – Happy, Happy Christmas

In this episode, we discuss a Christmas Night wrestling fiasco in 1911.

Update

We intend to release forty podcasts next year and twenty blog posts.

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Main Topic

We discuss a match between Stanislaus Zbyszko and Giovanni Raicievich on Christmas Night 1911. The controversial match lacking much action led to an action packed riot in New York City.

Review

We look at Glacier’s debut match on WCW Nitro in 1996. We also discuss Aliestair Black’s NXT match vs. Kona Reeves in 2017.

We end by introducing “Trey” and Caleb to the holiday song, “Happy, Happy Christmas.”

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