McLaughlin Mixes It Up with Ross

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On Thursday, Apirila 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side

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Pasarte 27 – Matsuda Project

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/djsp9h/Episode_27bqc2z.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss what I learned completing my book on the first Japanese pro wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda, who wrestled in America from 1884 arte 1891. Update I gave an update on my upcoming schedule. Wayfarer in a Foreign Land should be available at the end of July or August 2023 depending

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Pasarte 25 – McLaughlin vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss an 1884 mixed styles match between J.H. McLaughlin and Duncan C. Ross. Update Shut Up and Wrestle Interview with Mike ChapmanWhy I normally don’t read other historians of the time frame that I study. Based on the interview, I am going to research two matches I viewed

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Dufur Coxekin berdindu egiten du

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Henry Moses Dufur lepoko eta ukondoko borrokan espezializatu zen Dufurek 1870eko eta 1880ko hamarkadetan profesionalki borrokan aritu zenean.. Maiatzean jaioa 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur Estatu Batuetako ipar-ekialdean borrokatu zuen batez ere. June On 27, 1878, Dufur-ek itzulerako partida jokatu zuen Cox izeneko borrokalari batekin Boston Baseball Park-en bostehun zaleren aurrean.. Bostehun zale

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Bibby Too Much Matsudarentzat

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In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, edo Matsada Amerikako egunkari gehienetan, Estatu Batuetara bidaiatu zuen profesionalki borroka egitera. Japoniak ez zuen borroka profesionalen zirkuitu garaturik, beraz, Matsudak kirola Japoniara itzuliko zuela pentsatu zuen Estatu Batuetan ikasketak egin ondoren. Pixka bat entrenatu ondoren, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first

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Pasarte 21 – Yusuf Ismail

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6nq7d/Episode_21a0s9w.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | 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

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Acton Wrestles Fitzsimmons

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Ostiralean, Azaroa 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling

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Pasarte 20 – Sorakichi Matsada

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mem3a8/Episode_206q4px.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of Sorakichi Matsada, a 19th Century Japanese pro wrestler. Update I discuss the new podcast schedule. Zorionez, 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

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