McLeod Wrestles George Baptiste

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Dan McLeod defeated Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship during October 1897. McLeod held the championship for four years until he met Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. In early 1899, McLeod made a couple title defenses in Minnesota. On February 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste at Conover Hall in front

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Episode 7 – The Masked Marvel

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qj6w7e/Episode_7859w1.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, my new co-host and youngest son, Caleb Zimmerman, joins the podcast. We discuss recent changes at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the new leadership team’s early positive signs. The main topic of the show is the Masked Marvel and the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament,

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Promoting Wrestling

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Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. Den

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Episode 6 – Worked Title Matches

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7s9rgj/Episode_6b9zva.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about a pair of worked title matches for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Main Content Fred Beell was a strong, talented professional wrestler at the turn of the 20th Century. Although powerfully built, Beell stood no more than 5’05” og vejes 168 pounds. Alligevel, he improbably defeated

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Acton Wrestles Greco-Roman

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På mandag, Marts 26, 1888, Joe Acton, who specialized in catch wrestling, wrestled Professor William Miller, an Australian wrestler, and bare-knuckle prizefighter, in a two-out-of-three-falls Greco-Roman wrestling match. Both men’s camps believed wrestling the match in this style ensured the fairest contest between them. The men wrestled for $500.00 a side. 1,500 fans, a large crowd for the era, turned

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Lewis vinder amerikansk titel

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Før brydning i Kentucky i begyndelsen af ​​1910'erne, wrestling-fans kendte Ed "Strangler" Lewis som Bob Fredrichs. Født Robert Friedrich i Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis fik sin professionelle wrestling-debut i 1905, kun mens det stadig er 14 år. Kentucky-promotorerne mente, at Bob Fredrichs var for almindelig, så Lewis valgte sit nye navn som en hyldest til andre Wisconsin indfødte og originale

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Episode 4: Største dobbeltkryds

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jeixi/Episode_48a46i.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, Jeg vil tale om det største dobbeltkryds i pro wrestlings historie. Introduktion eller opdatering efter to uger med COVID, min vejrtrækning vendte endelig tilbage til normal, så det er tilbage til at forske i det amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Dette projekt har vist sig at være lige så frustrerende, som jeg havde forventet

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Episode 3: Evan “Strangler” Lewis

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/79nsr9/Episode_36u5sw.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, Jeg vil tale om en af ​​de mest ondskabsfulde ludere i professionel wrestlings historie. Jeg vil fokusere på tre hændelser, som illustrerer, hvorfor andre wrestlere frygtede Evan "The Strangler" Lewis. Opdatering Opdateringen vil være på den lette side, fordi jeg har fået COVID for anden gang denne gang

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Episode 2: Jim London

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfejv3/Episode_275lyj.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, Jeg vil tale om største billetkontorattraktion i wrestlingshistorien. Da han tog en arbejdsferie tilbage til sit hjemland Grækenland, han fyldte 100,000 stadioner. Han var den første wrestler til at tegne 30,000 fans siden den anden Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt-kamp i 1911. Opdater hvorfor jeg

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Episode 1: Gotch vs. Hack

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkrvui/Episode_1b3iy0.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | Download Det var næsten rigtigt: Pro Wrestling History Podcast, Episode 1 – Gotch vs. Forhåndsvisning af hackepisode I denne episode, Jeg vil tale om fakta og myter omkring de to kampe mellem Frank Gotch og George Hackenschmidt. During May 2016 efter at have undersøgt mændenes karrierer de foregående to år, Jeg udgav Gotch

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