Kc On The Mat The History Of Professional Wrestling

First a little professional wrestling history.

Kc on the mat the history of professional wrestling.

In the roughly 20 year period from the end of world war ii to the mid 1960 s a strong argument could be made that professional wrestling in the country was controlled largely by a group of midwestern promoters and that kansas city was ground zero. Here s 90 minutes of lost interviews and extras from the 2009 documentary on the kansas city pro wrestling territory. The history of professional wrestling in kansas city in this segment we take a look at the early career of former nwa champion and kansas bred. On may 23 1899 in kansas city evan strangler lewis beat bert scheller with three straight falls.

Wowbb forums sports and wrestling pro wrestling history of wrestling in kansas city avaliable on dvd moderated by. If you enjoy this and the other obscure. Ron brodiescomics beejmi new topic. Pro wrestling as we know it has been around for over 100 years and was made popular in the u s.

If you want to be precise on the matter it started in late 1800 s shortly after the civil war. Professional wrestling is a popular form of entertainment in australia north america latin america europe and japan. This is the first segment from k c. One of the most popular and the longest running weekly sports series in the history of new zealand the show featured some of the country s top wrestlers and.

The history of professional wrestling as a performing art started in the early 20th century with predecessors in funfair and variety strongman and wrestling performances which often involved match fixing in the 19th century. Live pro wrestling every second saturday of the month at state street project in kansas city ks. From tom packs to sam muchnick the top promoters in the history of wrestling have been in the central states.