DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The Zbyszko brothers
1000 Hours is my sub-podcast series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show about the pioneer era of pro wrestling: defined as before Frank Gotch and before 1900.
This week’s show was a requested topic by Eric, the sponsor of this episode. He wanted to know about the Polish influence on wrestling.
In the 1970s, especially, various Polish wrestlers were popular as an ethnic draw, but does it go back further than that?
When speaking of the Polish influence on pro wrestling, two names immediately come to mind: that being the brother duo of Stanislaus and Wladek Zbyszko.
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Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.