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DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Bruiser Brody vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Bruiser Brody vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

January 24, 2024

AEW In my rotation of classic pro wrestling topics here on the DragonKingKarl Show, we are back to my Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. In this round, we have two very different pro wrestlers from two different eras, but both are legends in Japan: Bruiser

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: G.W. Flagg & John McMahon

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: G.W. Flagg & John McMahon

January 21, 2024

On another DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I return to further discuss the pioneer era of pro wrestling in my 1000 Hours subseries which focuses on pro wrestling pre-1900 or before the era of Frank Gotch. This week, I look back at the career

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The life & times of Nick Bockwinkel

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The life & times of Nick Bockwinkel

January 17, 2024

WWE On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, we return to the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter to look at Dave Meltzer’s biography on the legendary AWA World heavyweight champion Nick Bockwinkel. Bockwinkel was the glue that held the AWA

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Greek George and the Champion of the South

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Greek George and the Champion of the South

January 14, 2024

My pioneer era of pro wrestling discussion continues with hour 32 of the 1000 Hours focus series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. On this episode, the eventual manager of Evan “Strangler” Lewis, Greek George, is promoting wrestling in Pensacola, FL, where we

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Double Action Wrestling magazine review

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Double Action Wrestling magazine review

January 9, 2024

Here’s a fun review of an off-brand pro wrestling magazine from back in October 1986. Neither Apter nor Napolitano magazine, this is issue one of Double Action Wrestling which featured terrible blurry and outdated photos, stories on Hulk Hogan and The Funks, and

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Of Bauer and bears

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Of Bauer and bears

January 7, 2024

My 1000 Hours podcast series explores the pioneer era of professional wrestling, namely pro wrestling before 1900 or the era of Frank Gotch.  Gotch didn’t appear out of a vacuum as a history of over fifty years of pro wrestling had already been

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: February 1984 & the death of David Von Erich

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: February 1984 & the death of David Von Erich

January 3, 2024

On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I present the 99th installment of my long-form history. I am now up to February 1984 — a month that was infamous due to the shocking and unforeseen death of David Von Erich just before he

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The end of Madison Square Garden II

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The end of Madison Square Garden II

December 20, 2023

All good things must end and in this edition of the my history of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden series, the second version of MSG meets its fate and pro wrestling almost does as well. The battle between Jack Curley and Tex

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: From William Muldoon to Roman Reigns

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: From William Muldoon to Roman Reigns

December 10, 2023

On this hour of my 1000 Hours focus on the pioneer era of pro wrestling, I think it is important to step back for a moment and ask the very legitimate question: what does the pioneer era really have to do with pro

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: A boxer & a wrestler walk into a bar

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: A boxer & a wrestler walk into a bar

December 5, 2023

My latest look back at the pioneer era of pro wrestling takes a look at John McMahon, whom we have previously discussed — a man who apparently liked his drinks. According to newspapers at the time, one of the first boxer vs. wrestler

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