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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 Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
What made Frank Gotch the greatest wrestler in American History? What happened when he went to the Klondike under a fake name? Nick and Chango discuss what kind of a person keeps fighting after having their faces punched in (hint, it's them).
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Sources:
-Frank Gotch Made a Fortune. Daily Leader, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday, March 19, 1902
-Legacyofwrestling.com article by Tim Hornbaker
-Biography of Frank Gotch, by Jimmy Wheeler.
-Gotch vs Hackenschmidt: The Matches that Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling, by Ken Zimmerman Jr and Tamara Zimmerman.
-Shooters: The Toughest Men In Professional Wrestling, by Jonathan Snowden
4 years ago
alternate cowboy rocksteady bebop old chap!
4 years ago
That whole Klondike section came straight from a John Wayne movie lol