DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Of Bauer and bears

My 1000 Hours podcast series explores the pioneer era of professional wrestling, namely pro wrestling before 1900 or the era of Frank Gotch. 

Gotch didn’t appear out of a vacuum as a history of over fifty years of pro wrestling had already been sown in the United States and further back than that in Europe. Names like William Muldoon, Col. James H. McLaughlin, Jim McMahon, and H.M. Dufur were the original wrestling stars of America. 

In this episode, I take a look at one of my favorites: Prof. Theobaud Bauer, a worker (aka con man) of the highest order and this time, the story involves bears.

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