Episode 25 – McLaughlin vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, vi diskuterer en 1884 blandede stilarter matcher mellem J.H. McLaughlin og Duncan C. Ross. Opdater Shut Up and Wrestle Interview med Mike Chapman – Hvorfor jeg normalt ikke læser andre historikere i den tidsramme, jeg studerer. Baseret på interviewet, Jeg vil undersøge to kampe, jeg så

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Lørdag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutter. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used

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Episode 24 – Jim Browning

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa8auy/Episode_247r7qx.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of unknown World Champion Jim Browning. Update I recently made thirteen of my non-fiction books available to bookstores and libraries in paperback. I hope you will see them in your local bookstore or library soon. Main Content While reading about the double-crosses of the early 1930s, Jeg

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Lewis Shoots With Steele

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På mandag, December 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph “Toots” Mondt

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Two Shooters Work a Match

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På tirsdag, December 12, 1916, local favorite, John “The Nebraska TigermanPesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “DutchMantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Men, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, når

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Episode 22 – Bonus Episode

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spskyr/Episode_22b5y7p.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | 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

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