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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The (mostly) truth about William Muldoon

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The (mostly) truth about William Muldoon

Karl Stern by Karl Stern
September 1, 2024
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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 of the 1870s: Col. James H. McLaughlin?

Muldoon started out as a policeman in New York, but ran afoul of the police chief and commissioners because he wrestled for money in the Greco-Roman style which had a terrible reputation at the time.

So just how did William Muldoon become the most popular star in the country and the most recognizable name of the pioneer era and was he on the level?

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