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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The pioneer era erupts

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The pioneer era erupts

Karl Stern by Karl Stern
June 22, 2025
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This is hour 74 of my DragonKingKarl 1000 Hours subseries looking back at the pre-Frank Gotch era of pro wrestling in the United States called the pioneer era.

This podcast is packed with big happenings taken from the pages of my latest book, DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling Omnibus, available from Amazon.

The late 1870s saw the peak of the first Greco-Roman era of wrestling while collar and elbow was struggling. John McMahon and Col. James H. McLaughlin, the two biggest names of the time, had their three-match series. William Muldoon was on the rise and then, there’s the wild story of the fake Andre Christol.

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