插曲 42 – 賭博計劃

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在這一集, 我們討論賭博計劃如何融入專業摔跤的不良聲譽.

Update

I am two-thirds done with the book on Ed “扼殺” 劉易斯’ 早期事業. 這本書應在1月下旬或2月初出版.

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Main Content

We discuss a 19th Century gambling scheme involving current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “農民” Burns and D.A. 麥克米倫. A newspaper reporter exposed the scheme, which ruined professional wrestling in Minnesota for three or four years.

I recently discovered another gambling scheme involving William Demetral. In this scheme, Demetral and others took a Chicago photographer for $4,000.00.

Authorities initially arrested and charged Demetral with fraud. 然而, the prosecutors dropped the case, when the victim quit cooperating.

The victim thought he was part of the group that was going to take the other gamblers. When the victim learned that he may also be a perpetrator of fraud underneath the law, he dropped the case.

然而, Southern promoters, who were starting wrestling circuits, refused to book Demetral because they did not want the specter of fake matches over their cards.

審查

We review a where the tag team of Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant wrestled the Heenan Family of Nick Bockwinkel, “大, Bad” Bobby Duncum, 肯·帕特拉（Ken Patera）, and Bobby “The Brain” 希南. The match occurred on November 7, 1982 in either Minneapolis or St. 保羅, Minnesota.

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