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Shooter in a Worked World: John Pesek and the 1920s Promotional Wars
Paperback
Publisher Price: $17.99
Publisher: Ken Zimmerman Jr.
Published: Sep 7 2024
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The legitimate professional wrestler who despised working matches.
John The Nebraska Tigerman Pesek was born twenty years too late. A legitimate wrestler who debuted as the sport transitioned to working matches. Pesek was made for the late 19th Century wrestling ring.
Promoters were wary of Pesek but only too happy to use his legitmate skills to end promotional wars and to double-cross adversaries.
Learn the true story of one of professional wrestling's last great legitimate wrestlers.
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