The Origin of Pro Wrestling | The Gold Dust Trio & Slam-Bang Western Style Wrestling

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[@ignitionfrn2223]

6:45 - Fun fact : Greco-Roman was invented by Jean Exbrayat , a former Napoleonic Soldier, with the name *Flat Hand Wrestling* ==> As a matter of fact, it's was called _French Wrestling_ And also, in French Boxing, we also use *Parisian Wrestling* : that is freestyle/Greco throws & takedown to slam the opponent to the ground.

[@user-kr9yi9oz8v]

One of the best, most concise, and informative histories of the Gold Dust Trio and the origin of modern pro wrestling. Except for one thing... Stecher (or Stetcher) is pronounced "Stecker".

[@champnika2711]

aka the origins of worked pro wrestling awsome video dave keep it rocking my man

[@Biffo316]

I'd love to see a video on the foundation of the AWA. I can't get enough of the early wrestling years.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

I already have one so you're in luck

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Just discovered your channel via some wrestling history searches. I listen to all the Cornette podcasts. His Drive-Thru USED to be all about fan questions & we’d learn a lot. But, they’ve fallen off, with that, in place of reviewing modern shows. There’s soooo many between WWE & AEW alone, that’s basically all they DO now. But, that being said…LOVING your channel. I love learning pro wrestling history. There’s just SO many interesting figures in soooo many interesting happening, occurrences, & stories. Thank you, good sir!

[@hectorrico8661]

Lou Thesz has his book on Amazon/Kindle. Its amazing how a lot of those 100 year old catch wrestling books still have useful information. A lot you can just download. But what kind of MMA do you expect to learn from a 100 year old book? Ed "Strangler" Lewis went blind towards the end of his life. His eyes were infected from a dirty mat. He taught Lou Thesz everything he knew. Lou Thesz came from this era, where shooting was dying and working was becoming a thing. I recommend his book.

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[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

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[@LukeNitestalker]

Dope upload, love it when somebody does videos of the Gold Dust Trio. Your other History videos are great, as well.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Thank you so much for taking the time to say so. I am very glad that you enjoy the history videos, they are fun to make as well

[@NathanArnoldCharging]

What do I think? I think you found your new gimmick! In the words of Biff Tannen: You know your history. Very good. And truth be told, back in the late 20s/early 30s, my great-grandfather was a shooter (up here in the Dakotas). He used to let guys challenge him, going bar to bar, to make money. Few generations later, I trained under Severn, idolized Thesz, and became an indy guy - wanting to pursue submission grappling (til my health tanked). It's funny how the past can have such a profound effect on 1 person, or an entire industry.

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Dude I love such vids 🍃 Thanks for such a informative video

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You are welcome. Thank you for enjoying them

[@nickmvp8211]

Super cool to learn about these kinds of things, great video!

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Thanks for saying so and yes I think this is a really interesting topic

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Thanks Dave! Another excellent, informative video! This type of content is my favorite! See ya at the next stream!

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Glad you enjoyed it, the history videos are always fun

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Dave always brings it i would love it if he did a Christmas based episode!

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

I have.. they tend to not get as many views

[@rayhoyer4829]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling oh ok cool

[@EmmaBonn96]

HOLY COW I DIDNT KNOW SANDOW WAS BORN IN MY TOWN DANG WE GOT SOMETHING GOOD HERE SANDOW MONSOON BRODIE ME COLIN DELANEY

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Well Emma, now you got something else to show town pride for

[@charlesezrarevmongoosecane5097]

I remember the documentary back in the late 90s or early 2000 on A&E Wrestling, it was in that I first heard of the Gold Dust Trio. Glad to see this and being reminded again.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Glad you enjoyed the video

[@ryanwear6804]

Dave im disappointed for you not ending with, and thats why you should never forget the.................golddust.....trio.

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Awesome video! Thank you very much!

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Hey, you did it! Great job as always.

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Cool video dave!

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Yet another HIGHLY educational video!! How do you learn all this?? I can never seem to find two agreeing (or reliable) sources on anything!

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It can be hard, but there are reliable places out there and when you do the research certain things just start lining up and that is usual a good place to start. Also the book The Fall Guys is great for this particular subject

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Thank you, I appreciate the support even if it's just in kind words. And no team just me here

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outstanding vid

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[@Emperor_x8]

Also interesting their effects on the shoot side because a few years later catch wrestling was on the verge of being banned due to a few instances of combatants being killed during a catch wrestling match (or some rumors stay that boxing promoters of the time fabricated or caused the death through paid off refs to give catch wrestling a bad rap so boxing could take over) so they pretty much saved catch wrestling by going into a work.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

The things that promoters used to say and do back then huh

[@Emperor_x8]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling it was just a rumor but it is kind of weird catch wrestling has had more deaths than MMA and jujitsu put together you know and let's not pretend also most promoters are scumbags even to this day

[@drowsypro5106]

Doing the wrasslin’ Lord’s work, too many fans have forgotten the roots, myself included.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

I look at it that forgetting your roots means you get to discover it again

[@drowsypro5106]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling too true, too true. I’m always looking for matches from the past, the older the better, and am always amazed at how the craft has evolved. All the innovation and “less is more” in-ring action just really appeals to me. Just wish more survived or was recorded to begin with. What I wouldn’t give to see a prime Hackenschmidt or Gotch match as it happened.

[@HostWithTheMost]

9:23 I just now spotted a wild WCW above the 2 heads on that ticket.

[@Thor-Orion]

1:50 the crazy part about those 30-some odd losses is that it would have been less if he didn’t intentionally do the job to maintain fan interest. Ed was legitimately one of the three baddest men in wrestling history; Frank Gotch, Ed Lewis, Lou Thesz. Those are the three pure shooter American world heavyweight champions.

[@woodyanderson922]

I'm hoping there's more information on great channels like yours. I'm trying to find any promotional materials or pictures of my grandfather, who wrestled as a local mid-carder in the Southwest during the 30s

[@GeraldM_inNC]

You looked real snappy in that 1920s outfit.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

The trick is the plastic hat.. that's what really jazzes it up

[@GeraldM_inNC]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling I would never have known it's plastic.

[@jonathanguzman8584]

where did you get the photo @6:48 ? Only asking because this looks like my old Hs

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Okay, that was impressive research, and impressive showmanship. Good pacing, but... But you can't just tell us that they pushed mid-card guys with personality, and not name names or at least give us a taste of the wild stories long forgotten. This would become an important part of wrestling's mainstream success - every promotion that ever succeeded, had to make you care passionately about fights that'd never get anywhere near the gold. And this is information that's really hard to come by. Most histories I've read start with: "And then one day, Gorgeous George invented the modern heel, out of nowhere." And with some digging, you can find the first foreign monster heel. And that's about it.

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Dave Another ☝️

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Thank you Olive

[@alexisdelarosa5396]

Great story and video

[@mringram]

Good video

[@Ricardo_Montegarza]

Please do a video on Joe Stecher.

[@superlyger]

Inoki was a latter day Goldust trio rolled up in one.

[@PonchoTheDingo]

thanks

[@Aphelion_k9f]

Fall Guys by Marcus Griffin and Ed Lewis: Facts Within a Myth by Steve Yohe provide great insights into this period in time.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Yes that is a great book

[@CGMedia2023]

Slam Bang Wrestling, Crash TV before Crash TV!

[@SteveReaves]

Dave, I've been watching some of the early WCW shows that were produced by Crockett Promotions. There was a guy that was tag team partners with Rick Rude called tge Raging Bull Manny Fernandez. Later, when WCW was sold to Turner, there was a job guy called Manny Fernandez. Any idea if they are the same guy? They don't look anything alike. Thanks for the great videos!

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

They are in fact the same. I also met him btw

[@SteveReaves]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling That's kind of curious. Why is it that guys like him, Brad Armstrong, Pistol Pez Whatley and Buddy Landel did well under the NWA banner, and not so well under WCW?

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Well just remember the minds in charge of WCW, from Herd to Russo

[@SteveReaves]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling IF you can call Russo a "mind". And Herd wasn't much better. He gave Armstrong some of the dumbest gimmicks of his career. Wow, the more you think about it, WCW really did have only 1 or 2 DECENT managers.

[@HostWithTheMost]

In all seriousness, I feel like Indiana Jones coming across a golden historical artifact. And speaking of historical golden artifacts, I may never look at Goldust the same way again.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

I think this is real interesting myself, the history of wrestling can be real fascinating

[@christopherhughes3381]

Awesome

[@ImmortalRimas]

I can see now that WWE had just as rich a lineage as WCW did it’s just it seems that modern WWE forgets that. I assume VKM named Dustin Rhode’s Goldust character in 95 taking the name from The Gold Dust Trio?

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Yes his name is derived from it, but it had nothing beyond that

[@donovandelaney3171]

WWE's now the OG main wrestling company. WWE owns all wrestling companies and that includes Japanese wrestling.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Wtf are you babbling about

[@Daniel-hn7nd]

I like a noisy ring with springy ropes like the AWA had.

[@Demomandan]

10:32 who is that guy, he’s huge

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

It's a statue not a real person

[@Demomandan]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling I see thank you