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,
Thank you for joining me for my DKK podcast subseries all about the pre-1900 era of pro wrestling aka the era before Frank Gotch. We are presently going through the pages of my DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the
I return to my longform history of pro wrestling series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show, looking back at April 1985 from my book DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. The first WWF WrestleMania has ended, Hulk Hogan graces the cover of Sports Illustrated,
On today’s DragonKingKarl, I continue my look at acts which have not yet been voted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame with a focus on the Hart Foundation. While Bret Hart is already in, his team with Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart
After many years, the mailbag show has returned to the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show! We have a great set of questions and topics including Ric Flair jumping from WCW to WWE, Bill Mercer and other territorial era announcers, Bob Backlund (seen above), Eric
My 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show covers the pioneer era of pro wrestling with my DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus as our guide. Col. James H. McLaughlin rules the American wrestling landscape, John McMahon and Homer Lane are
Image: NBC Today, the DKK Classic Wrestling Show returns to one of the most epic months in pro wrestling history: March 1985. WWF WrestleMania took place at the end of the month but in the first weeks, “Dr. D.” David Schultz got fired
On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I take a look at the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame case for former WWF World Champion and one of the craziest characters in pro wrestling history: the Iron Sheik. I look at
My 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKing Karl Show takes a look back at the pioneer era of pro wrestling with information pulled from my latest book, DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Wrestling. On hour
On a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I continue my detailed look at the history of pro wrestling from the pages of my book: DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. On this show, I examine February 1985 and look at the buildup to the
On today’s DragonKingKarl, our Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame candidate discussion moves to “Bullet” Bob Armstrong. Armstrong (and family) was among my favorites growing up, the hometown hero of my regional wrestling promotion, Southeastern Championship Wrestling, and later as “The Bullet” in
Hour 67 of the my 1000 Hours subseries focusing on the pioneer era on the DragonKingKarl Show takes a look back at the very first ‘undisputed’ champion in pro wrestling. As I continue a study through my latest book — DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Show, I discuss the life and mysterious death of Jay Youngblood and whether he and Ricky Steamboat as a tag team should be in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Also, I talk about the entire Mid-Atlantic area
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Show, I will again be going through a booklet of old DragonKing Newsletters I recently discovered. I continue with a look back at the early days of the Midnight Express and look back at the era when it was
My 1000 Hours subseries on the Classic Wrestling Show discusses the pioneer (pre-1900) era of professional wrestling which I wrote about in my latest book, the DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era of Wrestling Omnibus. On today’s podcast, we cover the most monumental moment of the
And now for something different on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I have recently found a booklet in my possession I had forgotten about. After closing down the original DragonKing Press Newsletter, I briefly (for ten issues) launched a volume two which I
I begin my methodical look back at pro wrestling in 1985, kicking off with January and using all the info from my DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. As you might remember or might be learning, Hulk Hogan was entering his first full year
On this week’s DKK Classic Wrestling show, I look at the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame case for “Wild” Bull Curry, a name in pro wrestling before I was a fan. Also on this show, we return to Madison Square Garden in
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