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Charting The Territories

A monthly look at wrestling"s territorial era with a unique statistical bent, hosted by Al Getz and Jon Boucher

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111:34

Charting the Territories May '22: Young Frank and Get...

Charting The Territories ·

2022/05/26

Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 2nd quarter of 1974 in Leroy McGuirk's wrestling territory. They discuss the early life of Frank Goodish (Bruiser Brody) and reveal some information about the life of Bulldog Drummer (aka Count Drummer) that has never been part of wrestling's "historical record" until now. Plus tons more!

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108:23

Charting the Territories Apr '22: How Do You Solve A...

Charting The Territories ·

2022/04/28

Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 2nd quarter of 1966 in the Oklahoma/Louisiana wrestling territory. Danny Hodge, the Assassins, plus newcomers including Krusher Kowalski, Tor Kamata, and a man for whom little is known about, Battleship Johnson. Plus, Al quizzes Jon with questions from Gordon Solie's Championship Wrestling Trivia!

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18:49

Stats 101: The SPOTted Amarillo

Charting The Territories ·

2022/04/14

The latest episode of Stats 101 features Al Getz looks at the Amarillo territory in the first half of the 1970s and discusses a new application of the SPOT Rating, the statistic which measures a wrestlers' average position on house show lineups.

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122:10

Charting the Territories Mar '22: Brute and Ernie

Charting The Territories ·

2022/03/24

Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 1st quarter of 1978 in the Oklahoma/Louisiana wrestling territory. They discuss Ernie Ladd, Reggie Parks, and Skip Young among others. Along the way they take some interesting detours such as the scent of Kevin Nash and the Norwegian glam rock scene. As a special bonus, Al interviews the Brute (Buggsy McGraw)!

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18:29

Wrestling History Mysteries: Mister Montez

Charting The Territories ·

2022/03/10

Rogue wrestling historian Al Getz attempts to use research and logic to clear up a slightly confusing situation involving a wrestler (or is it wrestlers?) in Florida in the fall of 1972. It's another example of the challenges wrestling historians face when trying to verify 50-year old info.

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98:05

Charting the Territories Feb '22: Shoot(ing)s and...

Charting The Territories ·

2022/02/24

Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 1st quarter of 1974 in the Oklahoma/Louisiana wrestling territory. They discuss the inventor of the ladder match and the first such matches held in the U.S. From there, it's a look at a wrestler who once claimed the Olympic Auditorium discriminated against Black wrestlers. Plus Homer O'Dell liked guns. Like, a lot.

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22:44

Stats 101: Will you be Johnny's Valentine?

Charting The Territories ·

2022/02/10

The latest episode of Stats 101 features Al Getz taking a look at the three biggest feuds of Johnny Valentine's Mid-Atlantic run in the mid-1970s using the new FLW (Feud Length in Weeks) stat

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111:43

Charting the Territories Jan '22: Irish pizza, an...

Charting The Territories ·

2022/01/27

Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 1st quarter of 1966 in the McGuirk wrestling territory, looking at how a real-life car accident may have impacted the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title history and how another car accident unwittingly unmasked the Assassins. From there, they go walking in Memphis and look at 11 straight weeks of Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee.

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36:53

Stats 101: The new FLW (Feud Length in Weeks) stat

Charting The Territories ·

2022/01/13

Wrestling historian Al Getz discusses a new stat he created to measure feuds in pro wrestling in the territorial era. Along with explaining the development of the stat, he gives numerous examples of it in action, spanning multiple territories and decades.

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115:25

Charting the Territories Dec '21: Moondog eats glass,...

Charting The Territories ·

2021/12/23

Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 4th quarters of 1973 and 1965 in Leroy McGuirk's territory, discussing the Bass family, Bob Backlund, and Lorenzo Parente among others. They then head west, but not before they open their Christmas presents for one another "live". Plus Al has an intern!

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37:32

Wrestling History Mysteries presents The Curious Case...

Charting The Territories ·

2021/12/09

Rogue wrestling historian Al Getz embarks on what he thought would be a simple experiment to see if he could figure out the identity of a masked wrestler from 1963. In the conclusion of this 4-part mystery, we hear from the only two wrestlers still alive who worked with Mr. Szabo and we reveal his true identity for the first time in professional wrestling history.

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103:25

Charting the Territories Nov '21: Thankful for Wrestling

Charting The Territories ·

2021/11/25

Thunderbolt Patterson was thankful he got into pro wrestling ... Don Jardine was thankful that Gary Hart was a comic book fan ... Swede Hanson was thankful George Scott always kept him in mind ... and we are thankful for all of our listeners! Tune in as Al Getz and Jon Boucher talk turkey regarding pro wrestling in the territorial era.

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32:03

Wrestling History Mysteries presents The Curious Case...

Charting The Territories ·

2021/11/11

Rogue wrestling historian Al Getz embarks on what he thought would be a simple experiment to see if he could figure out the identity of a masked wrestler from 1963. In part 3 of this multi-part mystery, two respected historians offer up their beliefs on who "Mr. Szabo" was, and a skeptical Al sets about to eliminate them both as possibilities.

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128:48

Charting the Territories Oct '21: Jack and Bobby

Charting The Territories ·

2021/10/28

Hosts Al Getz and Jon Boucher look at the 2nd quarter of 1965 in the McGuirk territory, the 4th quarter of 1981 in Mid-South, and the 3rd quarter of 1973 in Mid-Atlantic, plus Part 3 of Al's interview with Mississippi promoter Gil Culkin.

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23:50

Wrestling History Mysteries presents The Curious Case...

Charting The Territories ·

2021/10/17

Rogue wrestling historian Al Getz embarks on what he thought would be a simple experiment to see if he could figure out the identity of a masked wrestler from 1963. In part 2 of this multi-part mystery, Al identifies a prime suspect. And that’s when things take some unusual twists and turns.

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