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
As my research into the pioneer era of pro wrestling continues, I am now into the 1880s which was dominated by “The Solid Man” William Muldoon. But was the reality of Muldoon? Should he be held in higher esteem than the dominant wrestler
This week on my podcast I mention the passing of one of my favorites, Sid Vicious. Plus we look at more history from Madison Square Garden as Ed Strangler Lewis returns, the finals of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament are set as Sting takes
I am back with another DragonKingKarl podcast with my continuing long-form history of wrestling and on this episode, I cover August 1984. Hulk Hogan and the WWF continue to steamroll over everybody and essentially steal California from the AWA by buying their TV
As part of the DragonKingKarl Class Wrestling Show, my 1000 Hours sub-series is all about the pioneer era of wrestling which is pre-1900 or the era before Frank Gotch. On this episode, I have a wild, entertaining & hilarious set of stories about
I am back with a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling podcast today and I talk about the upcoming finals to the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament, including why it is so Japanese heavy and the quality difference between Japanese and US wrestling. Is there really a
I am back with what is essentially a part two of last week’s 1000 Hours podcast focused on the pioneer era as I look more at the original first family of wrestling: John McMahon, James Owens, Peter Owens, and Ed Cox. Plus, the
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