{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67566e87e417dbfb21b8e55c/6a85cc0b9cb9faa61a439486?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Masked Men and The Birth Of Wrestling's Most Beloved and Reviled Tropes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67566e87e417dbfb21b8e55c/1787153405305-4639a585-76c7-462b-b89d-a7253a1c9ba8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the longest single episode of Historically Speaking we've ever done, Matt returns to take a deep dive into the first masked STARS of wrestling, as finding the first masked wrestlers seems nearly impossible... for now.</p><p><br></p><p>From the Masked Men of Paris who took the world by storm for a brief period in the 1860s, to the Masked Marvel who saved the International Wrestling Tournament in New York, we dig into the moments that solidifed them as stars, the wrestling world they inhabited, and the birth of the Heel Turn, the shoot run-in, and more tropes that have been codified in wrestling longer than anyone may have realized!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Research resources</strong></p><p>The Kings Of Wrestling by Edmond Desbonnet (Edited and Translated by David L. Chapman)</p><p>Masked Marvel To The Rescue by Ken Zimmerman Jr.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/frrlbj/the_masked_marvel_the_earliest_known_masked/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/frrlbj/the_masked_marvel_the_earliest_known_masked/</a></p><p>https://x.com/Phil_Lions/status/1943305199667552389</p><p><a href=\"https://phil-lions-research.blogspot.com/2026/06/homme-masque-1867.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawTTTvNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMRkZ1MzJxMU5jUUNCbnNYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoMOpa9xcaVNspH57VAUOHEDBZzDuAjqdU6b0NJsLziTs9v4IB25aY_mCzgo_aem_ES-DtErbQxO9kvK2A8uQBg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://phil-lions-research.blogspot.com/2026/06/homme-masque-1867.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawTTTvNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMRkZ1MzJxMU5jUUNCbnNYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoMOpa9xcaVNspH57VAUOHEDBZzDuAjqdU6b0NJsLziTs9v4IB25aY_mCzgo_aem_ES-DtErbQxO9kvK2A8uQBg</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1s1iwlt/an_account_of_the_oldest_known_masked/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1s1iwlt/an_account_of_the_oldest_known_masked/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20221013121001/https://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/articles-0147.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://web.archive.org/web/20221013121001/https://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/articles-0147.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20221016065423/https://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/articles-0150.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://web.archive.org/web/20221016065423/https://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/articles-0150.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20221016042748/https://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/articles-0155.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://web.archive.org/web/20221016042748/https://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/articles-0155.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://slamwrestling.net/archive/translated-kings-of-wrestling-a-major-contribution-to-wrestling-history/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://slamwrestling.net/archive/translated-kings-of-wrestling-a-major-contribution-to-wrestling-history/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://nemfrog.tumblr.com/post/687267394209677312/masked-wrestlers-la-lune-november-3-1867\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://nemfrog.tumblr.com/post/687267394209677312/masked-wrestlers-la-lune-november-3-1867</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.whenitwascool.com/history-of-wrestling-1915\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.whenitwascool.com/history-of-wrestling-1915</a></p><p>https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&amp;context=cparpublications </p><p><a href=\"https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/manhattan-opera-house-1254\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/manhattan-opera-house-1254</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Napol%C3%A9onPrinceImperial\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Napol%C3%A9on<em>Prince</em>Imperial</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&amp;nr=22337&amp;page=4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&amp;nr=22337&amp;page=4</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_05HWQ9vAcc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_05HWQ9vAcc</a></p><p>New York Herald, September 10, 1867</p><p>Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1867</p><p>The Newcastle Journal, September 10, 1867</p><p>Chicago Evening Post, September 20, 1867</p><p>The Birmingham Post, October 2, 1867</p><p>New York Times, October 6, 1867</p><p>The Pittsburgh Commercial, October 11, 1867</p><p>Birmingham Daily Post, October 22, 1867</p><p>Chicago Tribune, November 7, 1867</p><p>The Daily News (London), December 2, 1867</p><p>The Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light, December 25, 1867</p><p>The Morning Post, January 6. 1868</p><p>Bucks Free Press: January 17, 1868</p><p>The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette, February 8, 1868</p><p>The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser: March 7, 1868</p><p>San Francisco Call Bulletin, January 5, 1902</p><p>New York Times, November 16, 1915</p><p>Altoona Tribune: December 1, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 8, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 9, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Times: December 9, 1915</p><p>New York Times: December 9. 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 10, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Times: December 10, 1915</p><p>New York Herald: December 10, 1915</p><p>Pittsburgh Post: December 10, 1915</p><p>The Evening World: December 11, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 12, 1915</p><p>New York Herald: December 12, 1915</p><p>Boston Globe: December 12, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Times: December 13, 1915</p><p>New York Tribune: December 13, 1915</p><p>New York Herald: December 14, 1915</p><p>New York Tribune: December 14, 1915</p><p>Trenton Evening Times: December 14, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 16, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 18, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 23, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 21, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 21, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 27, 1915</p><p>The Evansville Journal: December 27, 1915</p><p>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 30, 1915</p><p>Baltimore Evening Sun: December 30, 1915</p><p>The Daily Standard Union: December 30, 1915</p>","author_name":"Matthew Ryan"}