Thecuriousmanspodcast

Matt Crawford speaks with author John Langmead about his book, Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling. This book reads more like fiction than reality. Jack Curley was a pivotal figure in helping to foster the sport of wrestling and what it would become today. A character unto himself I doubt there was anyone else with the will and the moxey to pull of what he did. This book does not disappoint and is as entertaining as any Friday night Smackdown.