Combat Sports Historian and Martial Artist
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/25sh5a/Episode_418ooth.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss a new discover about
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance
On November 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a
Who is the greatest legitimate professional wrestler to wrestle in the United States? How do
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/apvrw5/Episode_449wyfa.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadUpdate I have committed to finishing the St. Louis history book in the next few months. Since I also want to finish the story of Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ career, I am going to work on both projects at the same time. I should finish both projects by late summer or early fall 2024. I
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9e7e9/Episode_4382qwo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadUpdate I have finished writing Origins of a Legend: The Making of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. After editing, it should be released in late January/early February 2024. We briefly discuss Vince Russo’s ideas for a women’s wrestling organization. We try to figure out the market for this material. We also suggest a therapist is probably
Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. In 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Initially, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z9gqwp/Episode_426s6a2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r3wpan/Episode40.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/svhis7/Episode_39-59hfh4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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
Henry Moses Dufur held the World Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion during the 1870s. By 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ck4mz9/Episode39.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/etnjei/Episode_38-57paw4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss news, the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, Joe Stecher in the 1910s, 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cs9hfp/Episode_386vlbg.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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