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In this edition of Historically Speaking we look into some pseudo #WWE history as we look at how the New York Wrestling territory being broken, it almost being shut down due to an alleged #mafia connected #boxing manager beating people up on TV, the rise of a promoter from Buffalo, and we go down a few rabbit holes as George Scott's decision affects the future of not only the IWA, but #WCW, #WWE, and #AEW

0:00 Intro
0:10 Recap
1:21 Scott's Answer
2:08 What could be/Ric Flair Classic Promo (pre-Nature Boy)
3:07 Flair/Valentine Plane Crash
4:17: Other Bookers who've jumped
5:07 More rabbit hole behavior
7:05 Pedro Martinez intro
8:21 Pedro buys into NYC
9:31 Pedro's first Garden show
10:21 Problems in MSG
11:47 Wrestling on TV in NYC in 1949/1953
13:27 MSG Politics'
16:07 How a mobster almost got wrestling banned from NYC
18:07 Times article
21:27 Wrap up

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