Combat Sports Historian and Martial Artist
Podcasts about pro wrestling topics from 1900 to 1930.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4tm282/Episode_15bmu6s.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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, Missouri. Dan recounts how I almost got us both killed during a WWF wrestling card at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis during 1986. Main Topic
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ysgcxd/Episode_1488754.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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. In 1908, Livingston claimed the American Women’s Wrestling Champion after Livingston defeated Hazel Parker. Cora Livingston gained
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/agrffg/Episode_139hxwd.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | 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
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wk6gsp/Episode_117iqi8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss when an author has a duty to correct a book the author published earlier. Update I have completed the manuscript for the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. I will release the book in mid-November 2022. Main Content While researching the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship,
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qqups9/Episode_109lwdy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we will be talking about John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek. Update I have completed the first draft of the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. I expect releasing the finished book at the end of October or beginning of November 2022. We also briefly discuss the situation in All Elite
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qa5x3a/Episode_96v6p8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. Introduction Tony Khan has some real problems with the recent altercation between his top star and his Executive Vice Presidents. Main Content I have almost completed the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. I have a solid
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rsq65p/Episode_88jy4q.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the development of the promotional system in the 1910s and early 1920s. Update Update on the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship book project due out before Christmas this year. This project is much bigger than I imagined. Wrestlers worked more of the matches than I
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qj6w7e/Episode_7859w1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, my new co-host and youngest son, Caleb Zimmerman, joins the podcast. We discuss recent changes at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the new leadership team’s early positive signs. The main topic of the show is the Masked Marvel and the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament,
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7s9rgj/Episode_6b9zva.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about a pair of worked title matches for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Main Content Fred Beell was a strong, talented professional wrestler at the turn of the 20th Century. Although powerfully built, Beell stood no more than 5’05” and weighed 168 pounds. Yet, he improbably defeated
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some of the wild claims fans, wrestlers and wrestling historians make about professional wrestling matches. Update I recently discovered that before Mildred Burke was even born, wrestling fans and reporters recognized Cora Livingston as the first women’s wrestling champion. Cora learned to wrestle in the carnivals.