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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Bear wrestling in the pioneer era

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Bear wrestling in the pioneer era

Karl Stern by Karl Stern
May 26, 2025
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On today’s 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I discuss the invasion of bears into 1870’s pro wrestling.

Yes, you read that right: bears.

Many may think that wrestling with bears was a curiosity of the 1940s through the 1980s, yet the height of bear wrestling was actually in the 1800s. One, or possibly two, French circus troops toured America with wrestling bears.

Two of those bears became famous, or infamous, for mauling and killing people. Not only did one bite off Lucien Marc’s finger, but they also wrestled from coast-to-coast injuring several including Prof. Thiebaud Bauer.

Join me for some really incredible stories from the origin and evolution of pro wrestling.

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