DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Marathon: Ric Flair.  Today’s show is so good I had to do it twice! Actually, a software malfunction erased the first take but hey, IT’S RIC FLAIR! Any show about Ric Flair is worth doing right!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon:  Harley Race.  Harley Race was the toughest son of a gun I watched as a kid. At 30 years old the guy looked like he was 50 and just walked out of a bar fight.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Dusty Rhodes. Yes, there has been a lot of Dusty tributes lately and I even did one next month but this show promises something different as it interweaves Dusty’s narrative into that of the other

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon:  Bob Backlund.  I both dreaded and looked forward to this show. I personally have no idea what the appeal of Bob Backlund was so I set out to find it and actually learned a

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon:  Superstar Billy Graham.  The man of the hour, the man with the power, to sweet to be sour is the topic of today’s marathon biography.  The charismatic Billy Graham has a heck of a

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Terry Funk! Yes! Yes! Yes! Terry Funk! I ain’t gonna lie, Terry is one of my favorite wrestlers of all time. I loved doing this show and the promos are gonna blow you away

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Andre the Giant! Today’s show is on one of the largest (figuratively and literally) attractions in wrestling history. A man who crossed over into popular culture, became a near mythical figure in and out

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Señores y señoras! Today’s show is on the Mexican national legend El Santo! Told in exciting technicolor for the first time to audenices en los Estados Unidos is the tale of El enmascarado de

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon:  Buddy Rogers. A nice companion show to the Lou Thesz, Gorgeous George, and upcoming Bruno Sammartino show.  Find out all about the controversial original Nature Boy. Former NWA and first WWF (WWWF) champion.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Gorgeous George. Gorgeous George was a super famous wrestler and pop culture icon.  Everyone knows the name Gorgeous George but… what do you really know about his career?  Me? I really knew next to

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Jim Londos.  Today’s show is about one of the most popular wrestlers in history… but almost no one knows about him today. I really enjoyed researching this show and I hope you enjoy it.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Lou Thesz.  Bridging the gap from Strangler Lewis to modern wrestling is the legendary Lou Thesz. You can’t tell the history of wrestling without Thesz who is one of the biggest pieces of the

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Ed “Strangler” Lewis. The man who defined an era, the man who inspired Lou Thesz in his career. Today we’re going to talk about the life, career, and influence of Ed “Strangler” Lewis.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon: Frank Gotch.  Is he the greatest wrestler in history?  Maybe.  I’ll let you be the judge.  He is the undefeated undisputed world heavyweight champion and defined an era.  

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 2:  Col. James H. McLaughlin. Perhaps you’ve never heard of McLaughlin but you should. He was one of the most dangerous, feared, and highest earning wrestlers ever. He wrestled from the time of

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon! Day 1- William Muldoon.  William Muldoon could be called the Grandfather of American pro wrestling. He was a wrestler with a career rival, a promoter with ideas to make wrestling more exciting, and the

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The final show before the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! This is a mailbag show with such topics as CM Punk and Chris Jericho, Gene Okerlund, Houston Wrestling, Bob Backlund, Ricky Steamboat, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Special edition: Tribute to the late great “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel.  After a few minute introduction I wanted to play an interview I did with Buddy a few years ago.  As he always was when I talked to

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  How could this show be about anything other than the American Dream Dusty Rhodes? The man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour! Dusty’s career plus lots of Dusty related questions.  It’s