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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b7uzv9/Episode_30abul2.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, vi diskuterar Dick Shikat-dubbelkorset
Vem är den största legitima professionella brottaren att brottas i USA? Hur gör
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer vann amerikanska Bare Knuckle PROFFSBOXNING Championship i 1841. Som de flesta prismästare
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spskyr/Episode_22b5y7p.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | 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
Under det tidiga 1880-talet, Sorakichi Matsuda, eller Matsada i de flesta amerikanska tidningar, reste till USA för att brottas professionellt. Japan hade inte en utvecklad professionell brottningsbana, så Matsuda trodde att han skulle ta tillbaka sporten till Japan efter en lärlingsutbildning i USA. Efter att ha tränat ett tag, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6nq7d/Episode_21a0s9w.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the short but impactful career of the original Terrible Turk, Yusuf Ismail. Update Endeavor recently bought World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and merged it into a company with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Merging a worked exhibition with legitimate contests may not be the great idea Endeavor envisioned. Main Content
Oscar Wasem started his career in St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, St. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, the Iowa Champion. While Gotch went on to be America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler, Wasem remained a solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star
På fredag, November 27, 1891, den tidigare amerikanska mästaren i tungviktsbrottning Joe Acton brottades den framtida världsmästaren i tungviktsboxning Bob Fitzsimmons i San Francisco, Kalifornien. Männen brottades för en anmälan $1,000.00 purse. Acton gav vanligtvis upp storleken till sin motståndare men Acton vägde upp de 148 pund Fitzsimmons med sju pund. Männen brottades en match med två av tre fall enligt catch-as-catch-can-brottning
På Januari 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mem3a8/Episode_206q4px.mp3Podcast: Spela i nytt fönster | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of Sorakichi Matsada, a 19th Century Japanese pro wrestler. Update I discuss the new podcast schedule. Hopefully, Caleb will be back with me for the next episode. I will release an episode on the second Monday of every month. If scheduling allows, a second episode will be
På December 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that