Farmer Burns stands at the foundation of American pro wrestling history.

Martin “Farmer” Burns was a catch wrestling pioneer, champion, trainer, and physical culture evangelist whose influence helped shape both amateur and professional wrestling forever.

This episode looks into his farm boy beginnings in Iowa, his rise through carnivals, challenge matches, and catch as catch can competition, to his later role training legends like Frank Gotch and influencing figures tied to the birth of modern pro wrestling.

This is the story of one of the most important names in wrestling history, even if modern fans rarely hear it.

Farmer Burns was not just a great wrestler from the 1800s.

He was a bridge between real grappling, carnival hustle, early sports culture, and the future of professional wrestling.

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Long before Vince McMahon turned wrestling into a national empire, Jack Curley was helping reshape the business from the ground up.

In this episode, I dig into the wild life and lasting influence of one of wrestling’s earliest great promoters, a carny, boxing fixer, media manipulator, and big city hustler who helped drag pro wrestling out of saloons and sideshows and into major venues.

This is not just the story of a forgotten promoter.

It is the story of how wrestling evolved from rough spectacle into organized entertainment.

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In this offseason video episode ,I dig into the life and legacy of one of wrestling’s most feared heels, a brawler whose violence, chaos and riot starting reputation helped lay the groundwork for generations of hardcore wrestling.

This is not just the story of an old territory villain.

It's the story of a wrestler who helped redefine heel heat, made brutality a selling point, and became a legend everywhere he went.

From the carnival world to Texas Brass Knuckles title, Bull Curry stands as one of wrestling history’s most important forgotten wrestlers.

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Here's another offseason video episode.

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Monster Ripper should be remembered as one of the most accomplished women wrestlers of her era, NOT as the short lived WWF character Bertha Faye.

In this episode, I trace Rhonda Sing’s journey from Calgary dreamer to international powerhouse, following her rise through AJW, Stampede, Puerto Rico, and beyond.

What should be a legacy defined by toughness, innovation, and worldwide success instead sadly became a cautionary tale of how American wrestling, and especially WWE, could reduce a world class talent into a punchline.

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In this off-season video episode of 10 Bell Pod, I dive deep into the life and legacy of a wild, unpredictable brawler who helped redefine what a pro wrestler could be: Pampero Firpo.

From his origins in Argentina to becoming a traveling attraction across the United States, Japan, Hawaii, and beyond, Firpo built a career as a chaotic force of nature.

This isn’t just wrestling history. It’s rediscovery.

Firpo’s intense, unorthodox style broke away from traditional wrestling norms, his eerie presentation and use of Chimu helped introduce mystical elements into the business, and his influence quietly echoes through generations, most notably in legends like Randy Savage.

At his peak, Firpo was a true territory superstar, a headliner who could walk into any city, any promotion, and instantly feel like the most dangerous man in the building.

But like many legends of his era, his legacy has faded with time, reduced to footnotes and passing references.

Pampero, is way more than that.

In this off-season video episode, I dive into the wild, complicated, and often misunderstood story of Yukon Moose Cholak.

Moose was 30+ year territory veteran who lived through nearly every era of professional wrestling’s evolution.

Moose Cholak was a towering presence, a road warrior who bounced from promotion to promotion and someone that left behind stories that didn't always end up in the history books.
I'll talk about his time in Chicago & The Midwest, working the territory wrestling system and a rumored clash with a global icon.
But this isn’t just a story about a man in a moose head.

This is a deep dive into the forgotten backbone of professional wrestling: the workers who weren’t always the main event, but made the main event possible.

The trusted hands. The territory grinders. The wrestlers who could win, lose, draw, and still keep the entire machine running.
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I'm back with another off-season solo show and wrestling history deep cut.

Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin was a Civil War officer, a traveling attraction, train conductor, Klondike gold miner and arguably the first true American professional wrestling champion.

We're going all the way back to the 1800s again to uncover the brutal, chaotic, and often unbelievable origins of pro wrestling through the life of one of JH.

McLaughlin was a force of nature.
A legit grappler in both collar and elbow and catch as catch can and his matches were real, violent, and sometimes deadly.

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I'm back with another video episode and pro wrestling history deep dive.

In this episode of 10 Bell Pod, I uncover the incredible and largely forgotten story of one of the earliest Black professional wrestlers in American history Viro "Black Sam" Small.

A man born into slavery who rose to become a feared competitor in the brutal world of 19th century combat sports.

Drawing from scarce historical records and early newspaper accounts, this is a deep dive into a time when wrestling lived in carnivals, saloons, and underground fight clubs, where matches blurred the line between sport and survival.

More than just a wrestling story, this is about America during Reconstruction, the fight for opportunity, and how entire legacies can vanish if no one is there to preserve them.

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