Posted June 1, 20187 yr comment_5851806 As the title said, did you ever study wrestling history? If the answer is positive, what do you like to study? Pionier era (Gotch, Burns, Jenkins, Hackenshmidt, Lewis, Stecher......), Jim Londos era, Lou Thesz era, Territorial era? Did you ever read history's books? If yes, what books? Thank you
June 1, 20187 yr comment_5851807 I find history in general fascinating, and in a business like wrestling it's even more so. It's always interesting to see the choices promoters made that worked as well as the ones that didn't.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851810 Always interested in the territory history, and I like finding out more about the Gorgeous George/DuMont network era. Not much before that though.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851813 Did you ever read history's books? If yes, what books? Why should I tell you? You start all these threads/polls, but not once have you ever given an opinion or view point yourself. If you don't feel the need to post your answers or views why should anyone else?
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851819 Milano, always so blunt. But yes, I don't think many, if any, folks who post here will vote no. Well, I guess maybe more 5 years ago than now...
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851827 No. Wrestling history can go fuck itself. By the way, be sure to tune into the latest World Cast show on PTBN, where we wax poetic on Piper vs Valentine.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851830 I certainly enjoy discovering anything related to territory wrestling history like in the 80s for instance, now that I'm old enough to appreciate what they were doing back then, as I was just a kid starting to watch wrestling. I try to broaden my horizons with stuff from 50s and 60s and such with whatever I can find and read.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851834 Idiots Guide to Pro Wrestling was my first real exposure to wrestling history. I know that book had it's problems but it was fascinating to me at the time. I also love games like Legends of Wrestling and the wrestlers it's given me exposure to like William Muldoon.
June 3, 20187 yr comment_5851883 As the title said, did you ever study wrestling history? If the answer is positive, what do you like to study? Pionier era (Gotch, Burns, Jenkins, Hackenshmidt, Lewis, Stecher......), Jim Londos era, Lou Thesz era, Territorial era? Did you ever read history's books? If yes, what books? Thank you Before you start any more polls, please offer your own take on some of this stuff. It sometimes feels like you're data mining us.
June 3, 20187 yr Author comment_5851891 As the title said, did you ever study wrestling history? If the answer is positive, what do you like to study? Pionier era (Gotch, Burns, Jenkins, Hackenshmidt, Lewis, Stecher......), Jim Londos era, Lou Thesz era, Territorial era? Did you ever read history's books? If yes, what books? Thank you Before you start any more polls, please offer your own take on some of this stuff. It sometimes feels like you're data mining us. In reality, now I'm forming my knowledge and my critical ability. I'd like to give my opinion, when I will have the full knowledge. I consider all of you as superior to me, now.
June 3, 20187 yr comment_5851930 As the title said, did you ever study wrestling history? If the answer is positive, what do you like to study? Pionier era (Gotch, Burns, Jenkins, Hackenshmidt, Lewis, Stecher......), Jim Londos era, Lou Thesz era, Territorial era? Did you ever read history's books? If yes, what books? Thank you Before you start any more polls, please offer your own take on some of this stuff. It sometimes feels like you're data mining us. In reality, now I'm forming my knowledge and my critical ability. I'd like to give my opinion, when I will have the full knowledge. I consider all of you as superior to me, now. So you are forming an opinion on whether you are a fan of wrestling history or not? Yeah, that makes sense. I think we've been here before don't you?
June 3, 20187 yr Author comment_5851931 As the title said, did you ever study wrestling history? If the answer is positive, what do you like to study? Pionier era (Gotch, Burns, Jenkins, Hackenshmidt, Lewis, Stecher......), Jim Londos era, Lou Thesz era, Territorial era? Did you ever read history's books? If yes, what books? Thank you Before you start any more polls, please offer your own take on some of this stuff. It sometimes feels like you're data mining us. In reality, now I'm forming my knowledge and my critical ability. I'd like to give my opinion, when I will have the full knowledge. I consider all of you as superior to me, now. So you are forming an opinion on whether you are a fan of wrestling history or not? Yeah, that makes sense. I think we've been here before don't you? Yes, I'm a fan of history. I'm reading Heroes and Icons of Greg Oliver, and I'm studying the career of numerous historical wrestlers, like Jim Londos, George Hackenschmidt, Frank Gotch. I like so much, to know new things.
June 3, 20187 yr Author comment_5851933 However, sometimes, I can misunderstood some sentence, considering that English is not my first language.
June 4, 20187 yr comment_5851946 No need to be so confrontational to every ESL member here. It's not a crime that he likes asking questions about things that he's still forming his own opinion on.
June 4, 20187 yr comment_5851965 I enjoy the Pioneer Era, especially Frank Gotch. Besides being an Iowan, it was reading about his travels in the Yukon as "Frank Kennedy" that led me to read even more about him and that era. And then the 1980s-2005ish because that's the peak era of my fanhood.
June 4, 20187 yr comment_5851980 Not a crime to ask questions for sure. I'm not sure polling is the best way to go about it just because I think, as most of our posts will show, the truth is a bit more nuanced than just choosing one from a list. That said, if polls are helping yesdanielbryan figure things out, please keep posting them. And if you don't want to participate, don't.
June 4, 20187 yr Author comment_5852013 Not a crime to ask questions for sure. I'm not sure polling is the best way to go about it just because I think, as most of our posts will show, the truth is a bit more nuanced than just choosing one from a list. That said, if polls are helping yesdanielbryan figure things out, please keep posting them. And if you don't want to participate, don't. It's obvious that a result of a poll doesn't indicate the truth, but it helps me to know how users think.
June 4, 20187 yr comment_5852021 I like the polls, but I wish this one was more specific. A simple yes or no poll doesn't seem nuanced enough.
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