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In this week’s newly posted retro Wrestling Observer Newsletter, we go back to April 2008 where Affliction MMA (yes, that Affliction MMA) was making a big move by bringing in Fedor Emelianenko.
Dave Meltzer looked at the 100th anniversary of the famous Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt match in addition to a deep dive on the biggest wrestling matches in major cities.
All that and more await in the latest WON added to our growing archive.
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This week’s DKK Classic Wrestling Show is a 1000 Hours edition focusing on pioneers of pro wrestling and taking a look back at one of the earliest and most important championships of the pioneer era: the American Heavyweight title.
It was a time when it seemed like every wrestler billed themselves as “champion of America” in some form or other. But what can we deduce about the actual championship of America that led eventually to Tom Jenkins, Frank Gotch, and becoming tied into the George Hackenschmidt World heavyweight title?
Let’s talk about it on hour 19 of 1000 Hours.
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One of the biggest matches so far in my series looking at pro wrestling history at Madison Square Garden takes place this episode as Tom Jenkins faces Frank Gotch.
Did you know the legendary Gotch never won a match at MSG? I talk about that and more plus yet another giant Turk shows up squashing people.
My popular history of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden series continues. Just click below and check out the other shows in the archives.
In this 15th part of our history of pro wrestling series, we take a look at 1916-17 and the final year of the life of all-time legend Frank Gotch.
A few of the topics I touched upon:
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Karl Stern’s longform history of pro wrestling series continues today, this time looking at the big rematch between Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt and the fallout from the biggest match in history up to that point. Who were the big stars following Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt II?
We enter 1905 and finally get a true World Heavyweight Champion of professional wrestling on today’s episode of Karl Stern’s longform look at the industry’s history — but not without significant shenanigans.
Topics covered on this week’s episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show:
On the tenth part of the longform history of pro wrestling series, we cover 1900-1904 today and talk a lot about Frank Gotch, his scam tour of the Yukon, the rise of George Hackenschmidt, Tom Jenkins, and more.
But before we begin, the first segment of the show addresses the death of Jimmy Snuka. On this episode, host Karl Stern talks about:
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