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February 25 2009 Karl Stern Show

More classic wrestling goodness. On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show I am GIVING AWAY GIFTS! DVD’s, in fact. Questions and topics for this show include Russian wrestlers, origins of the three count, Harley Race, Hector Guerrero, Brad Armstrong, the

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February 20 2009 Karl Stern Show

A big time free edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. Why is it free? Because I have a big announcement that even BRYAN doesn’t know about! Topics include Lex Luger, Ric Flair, William Muldoon, more on multi-hour matches, Kevin Von

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February 2 2009 Karl Stern Show

New Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. I’m cleaning out the mail bag with this one. Questions and topics include the WWE Oversight Committee depositions, Who’s on first?, The Wrestler, Viro Small: Slave wrestler, Alabama wrestling, Chokehold, Memphis wrestling, and what’s the difference

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January 27 2009 Karl Stern Show

A giant sized edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. More old school than you can shake a stick at. In this episode topics include The Wrestler, the new Starrcade Essentials DVD, when wrestling became worked, Rick Stewart, Ric Flair, William

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January 9 2009 Karl Stern Show

A giant sized edition of the Karl Stern show. In this episode I answer more listener email with questions on submission wrestling and topics including Frank Gotch, Farmer Burns, Big Van Vader, Sting, review of Larry Zbyszko’s new book, and the debut of

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December 23 2008 Karl Stern Show

A new episode of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling podcast and boy is this CLASSIC- pioneers of wrestling! This is one of my personal favorite podcasts I’ve ever put together. The life and times of William Muldoon with conversation about such legendary characters

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December 18 2008 Karl Stern Show

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show! On this edition I talk about whether I would ever write a wrestling book, the best book on pioneer era wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, tag teams who could have been singles champs,

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December 15 2008 Karl Stern Show

Yet another NEW edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. Today’s show clocks in at just over half an hour with talk on The Sheik, Andre the Giant, and OLD SCHOOL: Richard K. Fox, William Muldoon, The National Police Gazette~!, Farmer

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December 10 2008 Karl Stern Show

Karl’s back with a new and improved Classic Wrestling Audio Show. An hour and a half of old school fun. Listener emails and more. This edition explores such topics as British pro wrestling, submission holds, early 1990’s WCW, who saved their money, plus

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November 24 2008 Karl Stern Show

Don’t make me angry… you won’t like me when I’m angry. So, most of you won’t like me tonight. I am angry, I hate crack heads, computers, and ebay. But I loves me some classic pro wrestling and after a temper tantrum I

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November 16 2008 Karl Stern Show

It’s the Ric and Steve… er Karl Reunion show part 1. Ric Gillespie of CanvasChronicle.com joins Karl to talk about pro wrestling past, present, and future. What happened to our (and many others) passion for wrestling? What about MMA? Besides our pondering how

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November 3 2008 Karl Stern Show

The final of a best of five series featuring the old Ric and Steve… er Karl Show. This show was recorded back in April 2006. This week Ric and I will be reuniting for a special show where we will answer email and

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October 30 2008 Karl Stern Show

This show is the fourth in a five part Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week series. This show is from March 2006. We talk about whatever seemed important back then plus a heavy dose of old school wrestling talk. Ric Gillespie of

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October 29 2008 Karl Stern Show

Episode 3 in Ric and Steve… er Karl Appreciation week at the F to the W to the 4 online. This show is from June 5, 2006. It is now official- Ric and Steve… er Karl will reunite next week. It’s old school

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October 28 2008 Karl Stern Show

Show number two in the Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week leading to our big reunion show next week. This show is from May 2006 and we talk about whatever seemed important back then. The man with the voice like Michael Hayes

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October 27 2008 Karl Stern Show

I proclaim this Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week here at the Empire~! In honor of our long defunct radio show I am uploading five classic Ric and Steve… er Karl shows this week all FREE. This jewel is one of our

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October 19 2008 Karl Stern Show

Another blast from the past. On this weeks show I answer b0aRd~! questions concerning Robert Fuller, Bruno Sammartino, Larry Zbyszko, Gillberg, The Masked Marvel (seriously), Terry Funk, Tojo Yamamoto and some chick. Then I call Jack “The Bomber” Lord to talk about the

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October 12 2008 Karl Stern Show

A mix of the old and the new. Half the show answers email questions. Topics include Bruno Sammartino, southern wrestling, scaffold matches, and more. The second half of the show is an interview with the editor of Wrestling Perspective and a great historian

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October 4 2008 Karl Stern Show

Karl returns with another old school wrestling show featuring news on Steve Travis, Guido Falcone, Vito Mussalini, and Jack Brisco. Plus talk and questions on this show about Sherri Martel, Mighty John Quinn, Big Daddy Crabtree, Rick McGraw, NWA rules, Bronko Nagurski, the

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September 25 2008 Karl Stern Show

A rare free edition of first run Karl Stern programming! On this show I cover such topics as: more on the Nick Gulas and Jerry Jarrett split including an incredible fact about the popularity of pro wrestling in Memphis, Sid Vicious and Arn

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