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1000 Hours: The Pioneers of Pro Wrestling History Podcast Series

By: When It Was Cool (Patreon)

Join us as we take a look at the history of pro wrestling pre-1900 or prior to the Frank Gotch era of wrestling. How did modern entertainment style pro wrestling begin and evolve? This series explores it’s history and personalities. YOU CONTROL THIS SERIES! It will only run as long as it is supported. In order to get another hour of 1000 hours we need a new Patreon supporter at any level or a cash donation via the front page of WhenItWasCool.com to either PayPal or CashApp (Please put “1000” in the note). As soon as it is received, I will produce a new hour. Presently, we are funded up to hour 144.

• Hour 144: To be determined (Daniel G)

• Hour 143: To be determined (Famikon D)

• Hour 142: To be determined (Joshua S)

• Hour 141: To be determined (David B)

• Hour 140: To be determined (Justin H)

• Hour 139: To be determined (Matthew A)

• Hour 138: To be determined (Antpepe)

• Hour 137: To be determined (Paul R.)

• Hour 136: To be determined (Mmbakhtin)

• Hour 135: To be determined (Fighter Fans)

• Hour 134: To be determined (Greg)

• Hour 133: To be determined (Awunyo-Akaba)

• Hour 132: To be determined (Brian)

• Hour 131: To be determined (Jeff R)

• Hour 130: To be determined (Peter G)

• Hour 129: To be determined (Brian B)

• Hour 128: To be determined (Gene J)

• Hour 127: To be determined (Greg H)

• Hour 126: To be determined (David P)

• Hour 125: To be determined (Jane R)

• Hour 124: To be determined (Brad B)

• Hour 123: To be determined (Peter N)

• Hour 122: To be determined (Greg H)

• Hour 121: To be determined (Greg H)

• Hour 120: To be determined (Jay R)

• Hour 119: To be determined (Liam F)

• Hour 118: To be determined (Dr. B)

• Hour 117: To be determined (HBKSweden)

• Hour 116: To be determined (Joshua D)

• Hour 115: To be determined (Joseph W)

• Hour 114: To be determined (Eric H)

• Hour 113: To be determined (Gregory M)

• Hour 112: To be determined (Joe O)

• Hour 111: To be determined (Michael D)

• Hour 110: To be determined (Brian)

• Hour 109: To be determined (Shaun O)

• Hour 108: To be determined (Adam J)

• Hour 107: To be determined (Todd)

• Hour 106: To be determined (K Räisänen)

• Hour 105: To be determined (Dave)

• Hour 104: To be determined (Joshua D.)

• Hour 103: To be determined (Eric L.)

• Hour 102: Trouble Follows William Muldoon

• Hour 101: William Muldoon and Hulk Hogan Had a Lot in Common

• Hour 100: William Muldoon was a Civil War Fraud

• Hour 99: Pioneer Era Mailbag Q&A Show

• Hour 98: The End of the Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling

• Hour 97: McLeod Defeats Burns

• Hour 96: That Didn’t Go as Planned

• Hour 95: The Last Match of William Muldoon

• Hour 94: William Muldoon the Con Man

• Hour 93: The Return of William Muldoon

• Hour 92: The Original Strangler Lewis was a Heel

• Hour 91: Pro Wrestling’s First Business Slump was 1886

• Hour 90: The Rise of Lewis, The Fall of Muldoon

• Hour 89: The death of Clarence Whistler & Lewis Becomes Strangler

• Hour 88: Muldoon & Sorakichi Head to Court

• Hour 87: William Muldoon verses Col. James H. McLaughlin!

• Hour 86: Return of McLaughlin/Strange Story

• Hour 85: Muldoon Makes a Run For It!

• Hour 84: Muldoon, Whistler, and Dinnie

• Hour 83: William Muldoon vs Donald Dinnie 1883

• Hour 82: The Poisoning of Tom Connors

• Hour 81: Who Was Homer Lane and More

• Hour 80: The Rise of Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

• Hour 79: Muldoon and Whistler Get into a Fist Fight

• Hour 78: The Muldoon Tour Begins

• Hour 77: Why should we study pre-1900s wrestling

• Hour 76: H.M. Dufur’s First Reign as Champion

• Hour 75: There is a New Champion!

• Hour 74: The Pioneer Era Explodes!

• Hour 73: And Now They Have Swords

• Hour 72: Along Came the Bears

• Hour 71: The Horse Lifting Incident

• Hour 70: Birth of Sports Entertainment is 1870

• Hour 69: Drunker Than a Musicians Dog

• Hour 68: Monster Classical & Geological Hippodrome

• Hour 67: Col. James. H. McLaughlin: Undisputed Champion

• Hour 66: The Most Monumental Moment of the Pioneer Era

• Hour 65: The Life and Crimes of Uzile Prickett

• Hour 64: The Players Are on the Field

• Hour 63: Wrestling Gets Organized

• Hour 62: America’s First Wrestling Star Revisited

• Hour 61: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Wrestling

• Hour 60: 1886: A Year of Change in Pro Wrestling

• Hour 59: More Milo to Londos: Fact vs Fiction

• Hour 58: From Milo to Londos: Fact vs Fiction

• Hour 57: Real Terrible Turk and Muldoon vs Whistler

• Hour 56: More Muldoon

• Hour 55: The Truth of William Muldoon… Mostly

• Hour 54: Will the Real Christol Please Stand Up?

• Hour 53: McMahon-Owens Family, McMahon verses McLaughlin

• Hour 52: Why Does Lucian Marc Only Have 3 Fingers?

• Hour 51: Germany, France, and Europe in the Pioneer Era

• Hour 50: The Man Who Derailed McLaughlin - Jacob Martin

• Hour 49: John McMahon Shot, Davy Crockett Wrestling, more

• Hour 48: Return of the Terrible Turk

• Hour 47: Who Was Homer Lane?

• Hour 46: The True Story of the Detroit International Tournament

• Hour 45: Pioneer Era Wrestling in Australia / New Zealand

• Hour 44: The Presidents in the Pioneer Era

• Hour 43: Pioneer Era Great Lakes

• Hour 42: Wrestling in the Biblical Era

• Hour 41: Wrestling in the Russian Empire pre Hackenschmidt

• Hour 40: Strongmen of the Pioneer Era

• Hour 39: The Evils of Wrestling

• Hour 38: Barney Smith is Dead

• Hour 37: Showmanship in pioneer era France

• Hour 36: Bounty on Barney Smith

• Hour 35: More on King of Wrestling Charles

• Hour 34: Who was King of Wrestling Charles?

• Hour 33: G.W. Flagg and John McMahon

• Hour 32: Pioneer Era Pensacola Wrestling and the Champion of the South

• Hour 31: Of Bauer and Bears and more

• Hour 30: Can We Bear Another Episode?

• Hour 29: From Roman Reigns to William Muldoon

• Hour 28: A Wrestler and Boxer Walk Into a Bar…

• Hour 27: Story of Richard K. Fox: Pro Wrestling Influencer

• Hour 26: Ringside Wrestling Book on the Pioneers

• Hour 25: The Polish Influence on Pro Wrestling

• Hour 24: More Col. James H. McLaughlin Killing Barney Smith Mystery

• Hour 23: Pioneer Era New York outside NY City

• Hour 22: Pioneer Era Lucha Libre: Mexico

• Hour 21: The Mystery of Barney Smith. Maybe Dead. Maybe Not.

• Hour 20: Champion Wrestler Uzile Prickett Had a VERY Bad Idea

• Hour 19: The American Heavyweight Championship

• Hour 18: Clarence Whistler is Superhuman Apparently

• Hour 17: Theobaud Bauer is Dead and There Was Much Rejoicing

• Hour 16: Pioneer Era Africa

• Hour 15: That Time H.M. Dufur Was Shot in the Face

• Hour 14: G.W. Flagg Writes a Letter

• Hour 13: Pioneer Era Minnesota

• Hour 12: Pioneer Era Alabama

• Hour 11: The Life and Times of Matsada Sorakichi

• Hour 10: Farmer Burns, Cigarette Cards, Evan Lewis

• Hour 9: Jack Carkeek Goes to Prison

• Hour 8: Opera House Cup

• Hour 7: John McMahon

• Hour 6: William Richardson: Belted Champion

• Hour 5: The Terrible Turk: Yusif Ismil

• Hour 4: Duncan C. Ross Tells All

• Hour 3: The Trial of William Muldoon

• Hour 2: Viro “Black Sam” Small: Pioneer African American Wrestler

• Hour 1: Abraham Lincoln verses Jack Armstrong

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