DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: And now, they have swords
Today’s show is part of my 1000 Hours subseries focusing on the pioneer era — the time before Frank Gotch, roughly 1850 to 1900. It was an era of wild showmen and tough real wrestlers.
This episode continues our chronological journey through the pioneer era of wrestling via my book, the DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus. This week, we find ourselves in the 1870s and the wrestling bears are still causing trouble, every newspaper has a different idea who the American champion is, and the two biggest stars of the time, John McMahon and Col. James H. McLaughlin, had the first two of their trio of matches… and then somebody dragged out a sword.
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