On this edition of the 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, Karl Stern talks all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling, This week, he takes a look back at 1881 in pro wrestling history including the evolution of William
Karl Stern returns this week with a new podcast looking back at the 1990s. Recently, he took a look at the first pro wrestling newsletters of that era to get a feeling for where it began which was in a very low place.
Today is my birthday! And what better way to celebrate than with a packed mailbag and this month is probably our best yet with questions ranging from the pioneer era up to the 1990s! We have a few new great pioneer era finds
Karl Stern returns with a 1000 Hours podcast subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, answering a sponsor’s question: why should we study the pioneer era of pro wrestling and what relevance does it have to the modern era? Well, I am glad
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern, he takes a look at the first issues of pro wrestling newsletters of the 1990s. What did the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s look like in pro wrestling?
Join pro wrestling historian and author Karl Stern on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show as he talks about the complicated history and legacy of pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan who passed away Thursday at his Florida home. Hogan, who began his pro wrestling
As Karl Stern continues his look back at the 1990s in pro wrestling, he makes a stop in one of the strangest eras of pro wrestling history: 1992. At that point, the pro wrestling business had cratered. Ticket sales were terrible, PPV was
This is hour 76 our podcast series looking back at the pioneer era of pro wrestling. We pick up in 1880. H.M. Dufur has recently defeated James Owens as American heavyweight champion and on this episode, we cover most of his first reign
I am back with the latest long form history of pro wrestling series from my book DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book taking a detailed look at August of 1985. On this show we discuss the continued growth of the WWF, Jim Crockett
On this week’s DragonKingKarl with Karl Stern, you have the questions and I have the answers. We have several great topics and questions to discuss this week including the Roddy Piper movies Hell Comes to Frogtown and Body Slam, masked wrestlers of the
