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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Adrian Adonis biography review

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Adrian Adonis biography review

Karl Stern by Karl Stern
August 8, 2023
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On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, we’re heading to the library to talk the fantastic new “Flowers for Adrian: The Life and Death of Adrian Adonis” book by John Ellul looking at the life and career of the pro wrestling star.

This book is tremendously well-written and researched and is probably my favorite pro wrestling biography written in years.

The life of Adonis (Keith Franke) was rough, confounding, and interesting. His gimmick in WWF/WWE was infuriating and embarrassing but the performer behind the gimmick was one of the best of his era. His tragic death in 1988 was overshadowed by a bigger and more scandalous murder a few days later but, finally, Adonis gets the proper attention paid to his life in this great book.

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