Legendary Hall of Fame wrestling announcer “Mean” Gene Okerlund has passed away at the age of 76. Karl Stern from Wrestling Observer and When It Was Cool takes a look back at Okerlund’s life and career in this brand new biography breaking news special. Okerlund
The Longform History of Pro Wrestling Series continues with a look at the year of 1972 in pro wrestling. On this episode, we talk about Ray Stevens, Nick Bockwinkel, Pat Patterson, Roberto and Manuel Soto, Sonny King, Giant Baba, Antonio Inoki, Gorilla Monsoon,
Wrestling historian Karl Stern takes a look at 1971 in this continuing chronological look at the history of pro wrestling Ivan Koloff shocks the world by beating Bruno Sammartino, El Mongol in Georgia, Pedro Morales becomes WWWF Champion, the Funks are tearing up
It is time for match seven in round one of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament from the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show. This match pits the legendary Eighth Wonder of the World Andre the Giant against WWA World Champion The Destroyer (Dick Beyer). The votes are
The DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show Longform History of Wrestling series returns this week as we head into the 1970s. On this edition, we talk about stars like Andre the Giant, The Missouri Mauler, and The Assassins, along with Verne Gagne carrying the AWA World title to Japan,
This is our second discussion of the 2018 Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. On this edition, host and wrestling historian Karl Stern discusses the Japanese ballot, the UK and other areas ballot, revisits the Mexico ballot, and talks in detail about the
It’s time once again for our annual examination of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. This year, I split the discussion into two shows so we don’t have to rush things. Part two will be next Tuesday. On this episode, we look at
On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show host, Karl Stern presents episode 40 in the longform history of pro wrestling series as we look at the end of the 1960s. We refer to a couple of old pro wrestling magazines to fill
1963 was a hugely eventful year in pro wrestling, especially in Japan and in the life (and death) of Rikidozan. But there was a lot happening in the United States, too. Verne Gagne and the AWA title, Lou Thesz vs. Buddy Rogers for
On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. we continue the history of pro wrestling series and cover up to 1963. We also have another wrestling magazine from this year that fills in some blanks for us. Among the people discussed include
