Joe Stecher was the king of Catch Wrestling, with the title firmly around his waist. But what happens when the competition starts catching up, and the personal demons start dragging him down?
Listen to Nick and Chango discuss submission wrestling, the continued influence of Frank Gotch, Bipolar disorder, and humanity's incapacity to process history without turning it into storytelling.
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Primary Sources:
-sited articles from newspaper archives.
--Wrestling Time Capsule: "Scissors King" Joe Stecher, Wrestling's Forgotten Champion", by Brian Solomon. https://www.themidcarders.com/latest/b6eyi4m98z4kr2uqcmwl16polhg4tj
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