On this week’s DragonKingKarl, I continue to examine the cases for those who have not yet been elected into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. This week, I look at one of the most contentious contenders: the Junkyard Dog. Yearly, I get
Image: WWE On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I have more thoughts on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in terms of future potential inductees. Recently, a tracking spreadsheet for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame was created by a website
The pioneer era of pro wrestling is the origin and development of wrestling in the United States which ended in 1900 or pre-Frank Gotch. That’s why I wanted to begin a walk-through of my new book — DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era of Wrestling Omnibus
Image: WWE On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I look at the 2024 class of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Among the new members are Roman Reigns and the Young Bucks and we will discuss them as well as the
This week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show looks back to the 1930s and all the drama surrounding Madison Square Garden. Then, we travel back in time to one of my favorite Tokyo Dome shows — the night Stan Hansen knocked one of Big Van
My pioneer era focus on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show returns this week with a look back at 1886 — a year of change in professional wrestling. Clarence Whistler had been one of the top stars of the last few years, but died
Image: Rasslin’ History I take the wrestling time machine back to October 1984 on today’s DragonKingKarl Show. Here’s a look at just a few things that happened: WWF continued to grow and invade territories Hulk Hogan was running a program against “Big” John
This week marks the official launch of my new 700-page monster research project on the pioneer era of United States wrestling: the DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling. The book is available now in
Image: WWE On this episode of my 1000 Hours subseries on the Pioneer Era, I wanted to look at one of the oldest books to talk about that time called From Milo to Londos which gave us a lot of information and also
I have a great listen for you on today’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. Recently, I have been looking back in history at shows from Madison Square Garden and the Tokyo Dome in Japan which continues this week. Plus, I have some thoughts on
It’s time to celebrate Halloween and pro wrestling is a great place to do that. It has long had its share of monsters and supernatural creatures. On this week’s DragongKingKarl Show, I pulled an old show out of the archives where I just
My 1000 Hours sub-series is all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling — the era before Frank Gotch. Gotch did not just appear out of a void and create pro wrestling for the masses in the early 1900s as he built on
It’s time for the second of our two annual Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballot shows with more discussion on the historical era, modern era, Japan, Mexico, and the non-wrestler ballot. This year’s ballot has a lot to consider. We discuss Junkyard
It’s that time of year again, Dave Meltzer has sent out the 2024 ballots for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. This is my most popular show of the year (two parts with part 2 airing next week) and we have a
On hour 57 of my 1000 Hours subseries focusing on the pioneer era of wrestling, I have new information about the original Terrible Turk provided by an expert on the matter, Phil Lions. Phil has given us some great details not previously published
On today’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I present the 96th installment in my long form history of wrestling series as we look back at September 1984 from the pages of my DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. Some of the highlights and lowlights: WWF
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, I answer the question of whether I really am a court certified expert on pro wrestling. Yes, I am! I tell you how it came about, who was involved, and more. On this week’s show,
I have a tremendous show for you today on our 1000 Hours series, which is all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling (pre-1900). For some time, we have been focusing on the era of Col. James H. McLaughlin, John McMahon and his
I have a great DragonKingKarl podcast for you today with a variety of pro wrestling history topics. The finals of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament (GKT) are here and you, the listener, have voted. So who won between Antonio Inoki vs. Mitsuharu Misawa? How
On the DragonKingKarl Show this week, you and I need to talk shop for a bit. The wrestling landscape is changing and has especially changed drastically over the last five years. Along with that, the wrestling fan has also changed considerably. When I
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