Episode 42 – Gambling Schemes

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z9gqwp/Episode_426s6a2.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss how gambling schemes fed into professional wrestling’s unsavory reputation. Update I am two-thirds done with the book on Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ early career. The book should be out in late January or early February. This episode is sponsored by Redhawk Mercantile. Main Content We discuss a 19th Century gambling

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Episode 41 – Why Mort Henderson?

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/25sh5a/Episode_418ooth.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss a new discover about Ed “Strangler” Lewis, why Mort Henderson was picked to be the Masked Marvel, and a look at Jerry Lawler vs. “DirtyDutch Mantel. Update After recapping Stanislaus Zybszko double-crossing the Gold Dust Trio, I reveal that Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the first

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Episode 40 – Lycklig, God Jul

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r3wpan/Episode40.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss a Christmas Night wrestling fiasco in 1911. Update We intend to release forty podcasts next year and twenty blog posts. 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

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Episode 66 – Sandow och Lewis

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/svhis7/Episode_39-59hfh4.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss how and when Billy Sandow and Ed “Strangler” Lewis really met. Update We discuss the status of my research project on Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ early career. We also discuss AEW’s recent problems ending their shows on time. We finish with terrible NFL owners and their tendency to stick their

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Henry Moses Dufur reminiscenser

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Henry Moses Dufur held the World Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion during the 1870s. Genom 1855, Dufur retired from professional wrestling to pursue his full-time profession of clothing tailor. Even during his wrestling career, Dufur worked as a tailor. Dufur told the correspondent from The Boston Globe that he was born in Richford, Vermont on June 5, 1943. This date of

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Episode 39 – Zbyszkos dubbelkors

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ck4mz9/Episode39.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the famous double-cross of “Big” Wayne Munn and the Gold Dust Trio by Stanislaus Zbyszko. Update We discuss the podcast and website schedule for 2024. I plan on recording forty podcasts and writing twenty posts for 2024. We will release three to four podcasts a year. Main Topic In

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Episode 65 – Joe Stecher på 1910-talet

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/etnjei/Episode_38-57paw4.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss news, the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, Joe Stecher på 1910-talet, and review a match from Mid-Atlantic in 1983. Update I have completed about a third of the new project on Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ early career. I think the project may be complete in mid-January 2024. We discuss

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Episode 38 – Zbyszko vs. Åberg

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cs9hfp/Episode_386vlbg.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Stanislaus Zbyszko’s last match of his first tour of America. We finish with his return to the United States in 1920. Update I discuss the progress of my new research project on the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. We discuss Tony Khan’s recent Twitter, or X, Wars with

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Dufur ritar med Cox

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Henry Moses Dufur specialiserade sig på krag- och armbågsbrottning när Dufur brottades professionellt på 1870- och 1880-talen. Född i maj 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur brottades främst i nordöstra USA. On June 27, 1878, Dufur brottades en returmatch med en brottare vid namn Cox på Boston Baseball Park inför femhundra fans. Femhundra fans

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