General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Comrade Khan]

that impact announcement is awesome

 

[Loochblade]

Try that in a small promotion

 

[Comrade Khan]

Which instead of resulting in a fully corrupt sport or controversies, just resulted in "sports entertainment"

ennatainmant

 

[Barry Poppins]

Oh believe me, people knew wrestling was already fake in the 1930s thanks to Jack Pfeffer.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Pfeffer specifically is the reason a guy like Gorgeous George and others didn't draw in New York until Antonino Rocca.

 

[Chris]

I was more talking well before that

 

[Chris]

I don't think you could bet on it anymore in the major cities at least like New York by the 30s

 

[Barry Poppins]

I don't think you could bet on it anymore in the major cities at least like New York by the 30s

Oh definitely not.

 

[Loochblade]

Whatchu talkin in here about Wrestling not being real

 

[Barry Poppins]

I was more speaking that New York stopped being a draw for like 25 years because wrestling got exposed there.

 

[John McHenry]

 

[Chris]

I vaguely know that story but not well

 

[Chris]

Been listening to a lot of podcasts about like the 1900-1920 era tho

 

[Chris]

Some still the 1800s

 

[Chris]

Fuckers were having 6 hour matches