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Greco Roman and Catch as Catch Can, epic battles and Carny scams. Why were there two Strangler Lewises? What’s a Hippodrome? Find out when you listen, learn, and party with Nick and Heidi Howitzer: The Pro Wrestling History Nerds!
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Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Is it karate, or is it kayfabe? Are they fighters, or are they frauds? The 70s and 80s were filled with martial arts "masters" selling BS from Kung Fu movies to the public. But what happens when we look back upon those days with the magic of internet fact checking? Nick and Chango look back on when martial arts were pro wrestling!
Sources:
-Ninja: Hero or fake master? LA Times, 05/01/1989
-Frank William Dux: Cold Case Getting Warmer, published on militaryphony.com
-November, 1980 issue of Black Belt Magazine
3 years ago
"Here lies all the brave fighters who valiantly died when they were thrown into an alligator pit by a man wearing karate pajamas".