A Giant Expectation

Women are just as talented as the men. Japan proved it in the 80s and 90s with some of the most innovative and influential wrestling of all time. Colt and David Bixenspan tell the story of a time when Japanese women's wrestling was dominant.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

In the 1950s, in racially segregated Memphis, Tennessee, Sputnik Monroe was a wrestling superstar. Colt and David Bixenspan discuss how Sputnik’s support of desegregation resonated throughout professional sports.INCLUDES UPDATE:(A current day talk with Andreas Hale)AD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

He’s labeled as the funniest pro wrestler to ever enter the ring. Listen as Colt and John Lister help to tell the story of UK’s Les Kellet and how his hard life journey helped to give him that title.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

It’s a world where handicapped pro wrestlers enter the ring, put on a show, defy stereotypes and make you ask yourself many questions. Colt and Heath Cozens explore this amazing subculture that’s changing the way people perceive disability.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

All pro wrestlers play a character to some extent, but many questioned why Scott Simpsons would change his personal identity in order to portray a Russian villain. David Bixenspan and Colt try and get behind the psyche of such a wrestler. INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

Tom Magee, the Canadian champion powerlifter, looked like pro wrestling’s next big thing after a high-profile win against Bret Hart. However, as Colt and Dave Meltzer discover, looks can be deceiving.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

Pro wrestling is known for larger-than-life-figures, but the 7’7” Jorge “El Gigante” Gonzalez was a giant even among them. Colt and Rob Naylor tell the story of his brief and unusual career.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

Only one wrestler was so good, that he could make a short-sighted wrestling crowd love him, despite his sexual orientation. Tom Breihan and Colt discuss how Cassandro broke many barriers in Mexican wrestling.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

For years, fans could go to a wrestling show and watch a grown man wrestle a bear. This isn't a part of wrestling in current time, but Colt and Dan Lovranski help keep the lure of this odd sideshow attraction alive.INCLUDES UPDATEAD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com

Three teenagers and one pre-teen, once wrestled in front of 10,000+ people for the WWF in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Colt and Colin Hunter wanted you to hear all about this unfathomable day. We also hear from Ross Hart, who was in attendance that night.AD FREE:http://www.Patreon.com/COLTCABANAhttp://www.ColtMerch.comhttp://www.COLTCABANA.com