
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
It was the biggest match the sport had ever seen! It was a true clash of titans! It was also... the match that killed legitimate professional wrestling?
Join Nick and Chango as they take a hard look at the wrestling business, and the crazy tale of Frank Gotch vs George Hackenschmidt!
Primary sources-
The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch: King of the Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestlers, by Mike Chapman
The Way To Live, by George Hackenschmidt
Complete Science of Wrestling, by George Hackenschmidt
Gotch vs Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made And Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling, by Ken Zimmerman and Tamara Zimmerman
-Library of Congress digitized magazine collection
4.5
1818 ratings
It was the biggest match the sport had ever seen! It was a true clash of titans! It was also... the match that killed legitimate professional wrestling?
Join Nick and Chango as they take a hard look at the wrestling business, and the crazy tale of Frank Gotch vs George Hackenschmidt!
Primary sources-
The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch: King of the Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestlers, by Mike Chapman
The Way To Live, by George Hackenschmidt
Complete Science of Wrestling, by George Hackenschmidt
Gotch vs Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made And Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling, by Ken Zimmerman and Tamara Zimmerman
-Library of Congress digitized magazine collection