Pro Wrestling historian Karl Stern continues his look at the history of professional wrestling in a rotating series of classic pro wrestling podcasts. Today’s theme returns to the history of wrestling at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, one of the
On this edition of the 1000 Hours Podcast, the show all about the pioneer (pre-1900) era of pro wrestling, historian Karl Stern digs even deeper to look at the era before the Civil War. Was there organized professional wrestling in the years leading
Here’s a fun review of an off-brand pro wrestling magazine from back in October 1986. Neither Apter nor Napolitano magazine, this is issue one of Double Action Wrestling which featured terrible blurry and outdated photos, stories on Hulk Hogan and The Funks, and
The following is a free show. Just click below to listen. The second installment in the three-part Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online top 50 podcast moments from 2023 series has arrived thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez. Hear some of the best clips from the
WWE On our rotation of classic pro wrestling themes we are back around to “From the Pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter” — a show where we look back at some of Dave Meltzer’s biographies and history pieces in historic Observers. Today we
WWE Today, pro wrestling historian Karl Stern begins looking back at the year 1984 in pro wrestling. January 1984 was a huge and historically important month as Hulk Hogan wins the WWF Heavyweight title from Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden in New
WWE In our rotation of classic pro wrestling shows we are back around to the GKT: The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. We ask the question: If pro wrestling were real (not a shoot but the characters as presented on TV were real) who would
This week from When It Was Cool Wrestling, host Karl Stern visits the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter to look at the life and career of AWA owner and multi-time World Champion Verne Gagne. Gagne was a contemporary of Lou Thesz and
The 1000 Hours Podcast is all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling. Pre-1900 pro wrestling. In this episode, sponsor Eric D. wanted to know about the pioneer era of wrestling in the state of Minnesota. While Minnesota would become a hotbed of
WWE On this edition of the Long-Form History of Pro Wrestling series, host Karl Stern wraps up 1983 by looking at December. Ric Flair has newly regained the NWA World Heavyweight title — but the big news is the end of the long
For several years now, you may have been periodically reading headlines like “Harvard Professor Believes Object Traveling Through Solar System is Alien Spacecraft” or recently, “Harvard Professor Discovers Remains of Alien Technology on Earth.” So who is this Harvard professor? He is Avi
In this 14th installment of my history of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden series, I look at one of the toughest and scariest shooters ever in wrestling history who you seldom hear about but should: John Pesek. I discuss how a pioneer
Matsuda Sorakichi was the first Japanese star in America. He faced all the top names of his era including Evan “Strangler” Lewis, Duncan C. Ross, Edwin Bibby, Tom Cannon, and others. Though on the small side, he gave the top wrestlers of the
We need to be able to trust the gatekeepers of science. Science and scientific ideals are at the center of modern political warfare and science should be held to the course of political winds. We need science to be firm and accountable. But
It’s time for another entry into the 1000 Hours series which looks at the pioneer era which describes wrestling prior to the Frank Gotch era around the year 1900. This series looks to uncover the lost origins and evolution of modern entertainment style
DragonKing Dark continues to explore the greatest mysteries of the universe (and, perhaps, beyond). This week, I take a look at Satan or, the Devil. It’s almost irrelevant if you believe in the Devil or not because billions of others do and those
On this week’s DragonKing Karl Classic Wrestling Show, I introduce my 1000 Hours series which looks at the pioneer era which describes wrestling prior to the Frank Gotch era around the year 1900. This series looks to uncover the lost origins and evolution of
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, let’s take a look back at a retro Apter mag: the April 1988 issue of Inside Wrestling. This issue features a look at the storyline run-up to the Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant feud where
How did life begin? The prevailing scientific consensus presents us with a primordial soup a few billion years ago which coalesced into life. But wait: the science is not as settled as you might believe. There are problems with that model and some
A very interesting era greets us on this edition of my history of wrestling at MSG series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. We are moving away from Earl Caddock into the Ed “Strangler” Lewis era and there are those out there who
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