It's an action-packed, super-sized, season finale on the history of wrestling! We drag our friend and yours, DJ Rip, back on the mic and surprise him with today's topic, as we explore some of the greco-roman roots of modern wrestling and various other styles and regions of folk wrestling, before throwing it to Rip to guide us through WWF / pro-wrestling history COMPLETELY FROM HIS MEMORY.

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Sources:

Nat’s part: National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Smithsonian Magazine (Nat’s story about the thrown match!), Wikipedia, Sports and Games of the Ancients by Steve Craig, All About Turkey.com

Cass’s part:

Rip’s part: HIS HECKIN’ BRAIN

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

About this podcast:

Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

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