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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

100 power packed minutes of exciting old school pro wrestling action. Tune in this week for such stars as Jerry Jarrett, Nick Gulas, Rene Riggins, Gordon Solie, Jimmy Hart, The Moondogs, Grizzy Smith and family, Masahiro Chono, Mike Davis, Mike Rotundo, The Fabulous

Time to clean out the mail bag. In order to catch up I’m doing an marathon 90 minute barn burner. Topics include: Ta Gar Lord of the freakin Volcano, Buddy Fuller and family, territory travels, Ric Flair, British Bulldogs and animal murder, The

A free edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show. This DragonKing Wrestling Flashback show features a 2005 interview with wrestling historian and publisher of Wrestling Then and Now Newsletter- Evan Ginzburg. Evan is a great historian especially for the Northeastern United

I am finally back with a new show. Because of the delay there are a ton of emails and mail bag questions ranging the gambit from the AWA, USWA, WCW, Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey, old school interviews verses today, the Tennessee Stud,

On this ALL NEW edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show I answer a mailbag full of greatness. Topics include The Midnight Express, Ox Baker and his killer heart punch, Lex Luger and the famous Bruiser Brody cage match, Jim Barnett,

Another free DragonKing Flashback show featuring pro wrestling author Scott Williams. Scott was the author of a book on the history of ECW, the Bill Watts biography, and the Terry Funk biography (one of my favorite wrestling books). Scott is also working on

Free DragonKing Flashback Show. One of the wackiest interviews I’ve ever done. Dr. Tom Prichard was a champion everywhere he went- Portland, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, and Smoky Mountain. Though his time as a wrestler was short in WWE he went on to be

Another DragonKing Flashback show. On this episode I speak with Jimmy Powell. Who? Jimmy Powell is the original Dirty White Boy, a gimmick later used by Tony Anthony and Len Denton. Powell worked for Nick Gulas and Georgia Championship Wrestling and Continental wrestling

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling radio returns with another Q and A session. Learn how to win a free WWE Classic Wrestling Arn Anderson figure plus, on this show I talk about apparently nearly dying this week, Mid-South wrestling, Doug Furnas, top All-Japan tag

Karl’s back with a one hour and forty minute dose of old schoolary! On this show topics include The Rougeau Brothers, Rick Martel, gimmick matches, WWE cuts, Ron Starr, Madusa, animals verses men, USWA, Jerry Jarrett, Randy Savage, and my review of THE

A free DragonKing Flashback show. From November 2005 an interview with former UFC champion, UFC Superfight champion, and NWA World champion Dan Severn. Dan talks all about his career in both the cage and the ring.

Another dose of classic pro wrestling. This week, the debate continues- Barry Windham or Ronnie Garvin? The origins of the battle royal, whatever happened to the guy who got his back broken by Vader, Tommy Rich in a fight, and why Richard K.