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Cultaholic Wrestling

Mildred Burke | Wrestling Curiosities #18

Cultaholic Wrestling

Cultaholic

Wrestling Podcast, Wrestling, Aew, Wwe Podcast, Wwe, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Discover the incredible story of Mildred Burke, who spent a career breaking men's bones in the ring and breaking glass ceilings outside it. Hear the story of the women who paved the way for women in the wrestling industry. With thanks to Kristen Ashly as the voice of Mildred Burke (@KristenAshly on Twitter)

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Now, picture you, zooming past it all, light and breezy.

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Ah, the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic.

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Book your train journey via avant westcoast.co. UK.

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avante west coast feel good travel. World Championship Wrestling Time, but the sport once completely dominated by men now finds

1:09.2

itself invaded by pin-up girls of the Pin-down world.

1:14.0

I beheld this vicious countenanced woman wrestle and tussle in the most ungodly manner my heart sank as I felt weak and sick that a woman could stoop to such performances.

1:29.8

The reaction of a spectator from Galveston in Texas to the extracurricular actions of

1:36.2

Cora Livingston in 1915. Cora was the first recognized women's wrestling champion of sorts you'd find

1:44.7

Cora at carnivals throwing down open challenges it was a much love part of the

1:50.4

carnival show she stepped out and the ringmaster would challenge any man in the

1:54.3

audience to try and take her down. Doing so, earning $25. Now this would be about $500 today

2:02.4

which is a night-changing amount of money

2:05.0

for felling some small dame. Now many would step up and they would all meet the same fate

2:12.0

getting flawed by Cora Livingston.

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