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. Txawm li cas los, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. Cora Livingston

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Rov 16 – Bibby vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vd4ygz/Episode_16av84t.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadUpdate pib lub podcast, Kuv ua ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm loj txog cov podcast mus rau pem hauv ntej. Ntsiab lus tseem ceeb nyob rau hauv no rov, Kuv nyeem ib tug account ntawm Edwin Bibby vs. Duncan C. Ross ntawm Shooting los yog ua hauj lwm: Zaj dabneeg ntawm cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Pom zoo kuv xav kom ib zaj dabneeg tshiab detailing dab neeg los ntawm cov territories.

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McLaughlin yeej xwb kev sib tw

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Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed rau nag hmo ntawm tus International Wrestling kev sib tw nyob detroit, Michigan. Cov kev sib tw khiav yuav luag ob lub hlis ua ntej qhov kawg nkaus rau lub peb hlis ntuj 10th. Wrestling historians nquag credit J. H. McLaughlin li yog tus thawj kev wrestler nyob xwb rau nws khwv nyiaj ua ib wrestler wrestler. Feem ntau cov wrestlers wrestlers

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Rov 15 – Lewis’ Contests kawg Contests

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4tm282/Episode_15bmu6s.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadUpdate peb muaj ib tug qhua nyob hauv lub studio lub lim tiam no. Kuv nkauj muam nraug nus, Dan Zimmerman, joins peb tham txog mus koom wrestling card hauv St. Louis thiab cape Girardeau, Missouri. Dan recounts li cas kuv yuav luag tau peb ob leeg tua thaum ib WWF wrestling card ntawm Kiel Auditorium hauv St. Louis thaum 1986. Lub ntsiab lus

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Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu

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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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Rov 14 – Cora Livingston

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ysgcxd/Episode_1488754.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | 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. Nyob rau hauv 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

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(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. Hnub Wednesday, Kaum ib hlis 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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Rov 13 – A Dangerous Match

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/agrffg/Episode_139hxwd.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, 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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Mellie Zimmerman’s Wash Day Accident

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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, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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Lewis Shoots with Wykoff

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Nyob rau hnub tim 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis

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