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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The pioneer era ramps up

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The pioneer era ramps up

Karl Stern by Karl Stern
January 13, 2025
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As I continue to work through my latest book, DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Wrestling, on my podcast, we arrive at the point right before the Detroit International Tournament which would largely set the rules for the coming first era of pro wrestling in America.

Just before the Detroit tournament, the American championship was born around New York with names you might not yet know but that would prove to be instrumental in the foundation of pro wrestling in the U.S.: Harry Hill, Uzile Prickett, Homer Lane, and others.

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