Join Karl Stern on this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Podcast for a look back at one of the most significant and impactful years in pro wrestling history: 1996. WCW was exploding in popularity with the formation of the NWO, the heel turn of
1000 Hours is my series on the pioneer era of pro wrestling history and is taken from my latest book DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus available from Amazon. On this episode, hour 79, we take a look back at the very successful
Welcome to a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern. This week, Karl looks at 1992 when Ron Simmons defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW World championship in an angle that also involved Sting. Plus, we dive into a corresponding issue
On the new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, Karl Stern continues his long form history series with a look back at September 1985. While the WWF continued to grow and take over more territory in the United States, the AWA remained strong for the
On this edition of the 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, Karl Stern talks all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling, This week, he takes a look back at 1881 in pro wrestling history including the evolution of William
Karl Stern returns this week with a new podcast looking back at the 1990s. Recently, he took a look at the first pro wrestling newsletters of that era to get a feeling for where it began which was in a very low place.
Today is my birthday! And what better way to celebrate than with a packed mailbag and this month is probably our best yet with questions ranging from the pioneer era up to the 1990s! We have a few new great pioneer era finds
Karl Stern returns with a 1000 Hours podcast subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, answering a sponsor’s question: why should we study the pioneer era of pro wrestling and what relevance does it have to the modern era? Well, I am glad
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern, he takes a look at the first issues of pro wrestling newsletters of the 1990s. What did the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s look like in pro wrestling?
Join pro wrestling historian and author Karl Stern on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show as he talks about the complicated history and legacy of pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan who passed away Thursday at his Florida home. Hogan, who began his pro wrestling
