• "Heart-Punch Homicide: The Ox Baker Shoot Paradox – Wrestling’s Most Feared Gentle Giant"

  • Mar 9 2025
  • Length: 58 mins
  • Podcast

"Heart-Punch Homicide: The Ox Baker Shoot Paradox – Wrestling’s Most Feared Gentle Giant"

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  • Step into the smoke-filled arenas of wrestling’s gritty golden age, where Ox Baker—the 6’6”, 300-pound terror with a heart punch that “killed” men—reigned as the industry’s most misunderstood villain. In "Heart-Punch Homicide," filmmaker Mike Messier drags you into the blood-stained boots of a man whose on-screen brutality masked a backstage brotherhood few dared to understand. This isn’t just a documentary—it’s a psychological autopsy of wrestling’s original boogeyman, the gentle giant who carved fear into audiences worldwide… and camaraderie into the souls of his peers.
    From the infamous “kayfabe obituaries” that turned his Heart Punch into urban legend, to the locker room pranks that proved he was “one of the boys,” Messier’s lens uncovers the shocking duality of Baker’s legacy. Hear never-before-told stories from wrestling’s hardest hitters: How Ox’s real-life kindness clashed with his sadistic persona, why his feud with Bobo Brazil sparked racial tensions (and secret respect), and how his apron-skull visage inspired a generation of heels from Jake Roberts to The Undertaker.
    With unearthed footage of Baker’s chilling promos, interviews with widows of his “victims,” and confessions from legends who feared and loved him, this podcast is a time capsule of 70s wrestling’s raw, unvarnished truth. Was Ox Baker a monster? A martyr? Or the mad genius who proved villains could have hearts? Press play and decide—before the bell tolls.
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