Cora Livingston in 1908

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I am ashamed to say I recently discovered the career of Cora Livingston, while researching the development of the local promotor system in professional wrestling during the 1910s and 1920s. Mildred Burke was the first major woman’s wrestling champion of which I was aware. لكن, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. Cora Livingston

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حادثة 16 – Bibby vs. Ross

إدوين بيبي

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vd4ygz/Episode_16av84t.mp3Podcast: اللعب في نافذة جديدة | DownloadUpdate To start the podcast, I make a major announcement about the podcast going forward. المحتوى الرئيسي في هذه الحلقة, I read an account of Edwin Bibby vs. Duncan C. Ross from Shooting or Working: The Story of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Recommendation I recommend a new series detailing stories from the territories.

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McLaughlin Wins Tournament

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على مارس 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. H. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers

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حادثة 15 – رافعة الحجارة’ آخر المسابقات

الخانق لويس مع العنوان

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4tm282/Episode_15bmu6s.mp3Podcast: اللعب في نافذة جديدة | DownloadUpdate We have a guest in the studio this week. My cousin, Dan Zimmerman, joins us to talk about attending live wrestling cards in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, ميسوري. Dan recounts how I almost got us both killed during a WWF wrestling card at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis during 1986. Main Topic

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Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu

اليابانية-المصارعة اليابانية الزراعية المدرسة

Yukio Tani arrived in England at the turn of the 20th Century. Tani spread ju-jitsu by taking part in challenge matches against professional wrestlers. As part of these challenge matches, Tani demonstrated ju-jitsu. Through the success of these challenges and demonstrations, Tani saw many students sign up to train with him. One of Tani’s best English students used the stage

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حادثة 14 – Cora Livingston

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ysgcxd/Episode_1488754.mp3Podcast: اللعب في نافذة جديدة | DownloadUpdate I begin the episode by discussing the need to alternate between co-hosted and solo episodes for the foreseeable future. Main Content I discuss the early career of the first recognized Women’s World Wrestling Champion, Cora Livingston. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1908, Livingston claimed the American Women’s Wrestling Champion after Livingston defeated Hazel Parker. Cora Livingston gained

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Jenkins Makes Himself Top Contender

توم جنكينز

(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. يوم الاربعاء, نوفمبر 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood

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حادثة 13 – مباراة خطيرة

توم جنكينز

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/agrffg/Episode_139hxwd.mp3Podcast: اللعب في نافذة جديدة | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss a dangerous decision Tom Jenkins made on Christmas Night 1902. Update I added a discussion about a MMA video containing pro wrestling history. Martin asked me a question about the video that I was supposed to discuss but missed in our intro for this episode. The regular episode played

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حادث غسل يوم ميلي زيمرمان

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My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, ميسوري, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, ميسوري. على مارس 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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لويس يطلق النار مع ويكوف

إد سترانجلر لويس 1924

في أبريل 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. دعا المروجون لويس مرة أخرى إلى تسوية نزاع ترويجي. اختارت المجموعة المعارضة لي ويكوف, مطلق النار يبلغ من العمر 36 عامًا من كانساس. وقف ويكوف ستة أقدام, بوصة واحدة ووزنها مائتان وثمانية عشر جنيهاً. The 44-year-old Lewis

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