Three Rings, Riots, and the secret history of New Japan Pro Wrestling

Our deep dive into the secret history of pro wrestling continues as Johnny Powers goes from top guy to top promoter in this chapter of the "first" national wrestling promotion. At the same time, Matt gets nostalgic about a "backyard" wrestling company that was just teenagers fighting on some random Brooklyn beach.From Buffalo, To Cleveland, To Tokyo and beyond we look at the rise of Powers and Pedro Martinez' first joint effort, Powers putting on the first "Super Bowl" of Wrestling at Municipal Stadium, to Powers returning to heel form and setting off a riot, plus how Antonio Inoki won his first world championship nearly a decade before the IWGP would find it's way into the Lion's DenResourceshttps://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=739&page=8https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1972-schedule-scores.shtmlhttps://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ohio/cleveland/cleveland-history.htmlhttps://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pittsbuffclev/pitts12.htmhttps://www.clevescene.com/news/wrestling-legend-ox-baker-whose-1974-match-caused-a-riot-in-cleveland-dies-at-80-4395064http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=163319https://web.archive.org/web/20220218164234/https://buffalonews.com/news/pedro-martinez-famed-buffalo-wrestling-promoter-dies/article_b6f6b5d6-6b7a-5463-bc42-fa599e7dee37.htmlhttps://www.legacyofwrestling.com/PedroMartinez.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQhKyCBwIshttps://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=85954https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=739&page=4http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=007490https://www.wvxu.org/2023-07-18/50-years-and-counting-cleveland-shows-its-still-a-champ-in-the-world-of-wrestlinghttp://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=18;t=029935http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=9;t=036913http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=013217http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=163879;p=1https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/nwf.htmlhttps://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pittsbuffclev/pittsbuffclev.htmhttps://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/NWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championshiphttps://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/hottest-wrestling-feuds-60s-70s/https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2023/01/08/mat-memories-a-farewell-to-johnny-powers/https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/wrestling/the-life-and-times-of-legendary-golden-adonis-johnny-powers/article_547cdb6e-9380-11ed-994b-3b40a3d1cfa5.htmlhttps://www.postandcourier.com/staff/mike_mooneyham/pro-wrestling-superstar-johnny-powers-was-pioneer-risk-taker/article_8fd28936-5b08-5f8a-a37c-731d3b77ba1d.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.