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
The 1000 Hours subseries on Karl Stern’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show focus exclusively on the pioneer era of pro wrestling or the era before Frank Gotch. This episode of the show is sponsored by Andy C. with information taken from my Pioneer Era
Today on a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern, he wants to look back at the late 1990s in pro wrestling history. The decade was a wild time with the latter part seeing the rise of the NWO, WCW passing WWE
Image: WWE Karl Stern returns with the latest entry into his long form history of wrestling series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. July 1985 was a big month in wrestling history featuring the first ever WWF King of the Ring Tournament and
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,
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, you and I are heading back to the early 1990s to discuss the state of pro wrestling at the time. While business was just about as bad as it could get, there were still plenty of
Image: WWE It is time for one of my favorite DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Shows: our monthly question and answer show where you ask any pro wrestling history related question or topic. On the June edition, I field questions about historical brass knux championships,
1000 Hour is my continuing podcast series about the pioneer era of pro wrestling. The pioneer era is the time before Frank Gotch, roughly 1850 to 1900. It was an era of wild showmen and tough real wrestlers. This episode continues our chronological
My podcast today takes a detailed look back at June 1985 in pro wrestling history. The text is taken from my book DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. In June 1985 pro wrestling’s first action figures become available, a set of AWA action figures
It is a regular gravy edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show as I dive deeper into those on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballot who have not yet been voted in. The very famous tag team of Black Gordman and
Image: Texarkana Gazette On today’s 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I discuss the invasion of bears into 1870’s pro wrestling. Yes, you read that right: bears. Many may think that wrestling with bears was a curiosity of the 1940s
Karl Stern returns with another Q&A edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show featuring several questions from our listeners that cover a huge chunk of pro wrestling history. The history of New Japan Pro Wrestling has been a complicated one, so I try
On a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, it’s time for Karl Stern’s latest installment in his History of Pro Wrestling podcast subseries. Note this episode is taken from his DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book looking at the pro wrestling world in May
This week’s edition of my 1000 Hours subseries focusing on the pioneer era of pro wrestling (taken from my latest book DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus) finds us in 1878, and things continue to take an entertaining turn. The collar and elbow
Join Karl Stern today for a look at another Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame nominee: The Mongolian Stomper. I grew up watching the Stomper on Southeastern Wrestling, but he worked a different sort of character in Stampede. I’ll discuss if any of
This was a really fun question and answer edition of the DragonKingKarl Show as I had numerous questions and topic suggestions submitted. I have several follow-ups on Ric Flair in the WWF, winning the Royal Rumble, and his later return to WCW. Also,
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