Chicago’s Golden Age of Pro Wrestling

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture, Education, Public, Chicago, Arts, City, Radio, Curious, Investigation

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

From carnival shows to the early days of television. In this week’s episode: How pro wrestling grew up in America and had a flashy, sporty heyday in Chicago.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm producer Joe Dissau.
0:06.7	And a while back, we heard from a Chicagoan who had this incredibly interesting question.
0:11.7	His name is Scott Colton, and he's with us here right now.
0:14.0	And first of all, Scott, can you kind of recap your question for Curiosity?
0:18.7	Hey, Joe, thanks.
0:20.1	Listen, I love professional wrestling.
0:23.0	I grew up watching professional wrestling in the 80s with Hulk Hogan, but I know
0:26.5	before that era, Chicago had its own scene.
0:29.7	And I would love to know what impact that professional wrestling had on Chicago and what
0:35.8	impact Chicago had on professional wrestling. And I thought,
0:39.8	who better to do that than WBEZ and Curious City? Now, we've got to tell people that you're not
0:44.9	just a question asker. You're also a fellow podcaster and you happen to be.
0:49.7	Boom, boom, boom, co cabana. From Maxwell Street in Chicago, Illinois, coca bana. Boom, boom. Coqabana.
0:54.3	From Maxwell Street in Chicago, Illinois.
0:57.6	Weighing two hundred forty two pounds.
1:00.3	Colt.
1:01.5	Boom, boom.
1:02.9	Cabana.
1:04.3	Boom, boom.
1:07.2	Yeah, I am a professional wrestler.
1:10.0	Born in the Chicago land area, I live in Chicago.
1:13.2	I've been wrestling for almost 25 years.
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