Mr. Wrestling II

Happy birthday to Don Morocco.

Next up, we have 1934's very own Mr. Wrestling 2.

He was a mass legend.

He was a territory era staple.

Join us now for a fast-paced competition of professional wrestling, featuring the top stars from the world's largest governing body, the National Wrestling Alliance.

This podcast is part of WhenItWasCool.com. Support this show and get premium podcasts, newsletters, and more by clicking any Patreon link at WhenItWasCool.com. To begin understanding the true crime case against Mr. Wrestling 2, it's important to know who was Mr. Wrestling 2.

Now, many, if not most of you who tuned into this show, presumably already know the story of Mr. Wrestling, too.

So I'm not going to bog down this show or bore you with an irrelevant career biography.

But I do think it is important.

to know the man whom we are talking about and to use that information as relevant in our final conclusion about the mysterious and troubling case of Mr. Wrestling 2.

Firstly, why does this even matter? Well, many could argue an overall relevancy.

It perhaps doesn't.

But he entered the wrestling business during the mid-1970s, initially working around Louisiana, spending time as a referee before he would transition into becoming an actual wrestler.

And he would learn the business from experienced wrestlers, uh, including his father and Moose Mro- uh, Moroski, who, uh, also received valuable guidance from John Francis Walker, who was also known as Mr. Wrestling II, who taught him techniques including his infamous knee lift.

And this is where Jake really began learning probably the most important lesson of all.

Professional wrestling is about making an audience believe.

it.

Where he takes on Mr. Wrestling 2.

So on our next episode, we're actually going to have another Garvin versus Sheik match.

So Garvin is already in the ring when Sheik gets there, and Sheik immediately goes after him.

And Larry's, I believe that's for the TV title, by the way.

Iron Sheik's the TV champion, by the way.

And then we'll have Larry Zbysko versus Mr. Wrestling 2 for the national title in a match that goes 40 minutes.

That's fucking amazing.

18th, they're in Portadale, Georgia.

Main event is Mr. Wrestling 2's Stan Frazier and Tiddy Biosi defeating the fabulous Freebirds by Deke.

And that is that.

That then leads us on to today.

And yeah, I feel very blessed, Steve, because when it comes to U.S. wrestling stars of the 1980s, I got to see everyone.

You know, the biggest star I never got to see live was Mr. Wrestling 2.

And you think about everyone else, and it's like, wow, I got to... see them at least once and that's really cool anyway uh next on wrestling challenge we have a rebuttal the wrestlers rebuttal with the heart foundation for review purposes let us go to that people

worldwide are saying one thing about the heart foundation they're calling us nasty boys what is so nasty about the heart foundation i'll tell you what's nasty it's when people out there start calling

Looking, looking like a manager, dressed to impress.

We also hear from Mr. Wrestling II and the Wildfire Tommy Rich.

Wrestling II dressed up here in his butterfly collar, uh, selling hard his big match-up at the Omni tomorrow.

They're gonna bring it back again.

You wanna talk about the more things change, the more they stay the same.

How about Wrestling II versus The Masked Superstar?

And that, spoiler for everyone, it's not going anywhere.

It's, I mean-