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
Image: WWE It is time for one of my favorite DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Shows: our monthly question and answer show where you ask any pro wrestling history related question or topic. On the June edition, I field questions about historical brass knux championships,
Mercedes Mone JJ Williams It’s a brand-new Wrestling Weekly. In addition to looking at the debut of Mercedes Mone this past Wednesday in AEW, Les Thatcher and I are joined by special guest and pro wrestler Matt Sigmon who stops by to talk
Celebrating the release of my new book, DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus, this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show looks back at these two massively important years in pro wrestling history. Some highlights: Hulk Hogan wins the WWF World title, the WWF national expansion
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW Dynamite from Wednesday, all the matches and angles, a look at all the line-ups for this coming weekend, MJF vs. Omega teased for TV, NXT
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Showtime dropping MMA and boxing and what it means for the future, Sting retiring, NWA getting TV, ratings, AEW and NXT TV reports plus Rampage spoilers
The story of David Von Erich is a powerful one. He was young and destined for greatness, perhaps even the heir apparent to the NWA World title. But then an ill-fated trip to Japan for a tour with All-Japan Pro Wrestling ended his
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the latest on CM Punk and AEW, Dynamite ratings, and more, then Aron Stevens joins us to talk NWA and more! A fun show as always
Karl Stern’s longform history of pro wrestling continues. On the latest DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, my longform series on the history of pro wrestling is up next in the rotation. We are up to August 1983 where we discuss Ken Patera in Memphis,
Corgan joined the guys on his birthday to talk all about the NWA. Andrew and Rich are back for a very special episode of Mat Men where they are joined by Billy Corgan, owner of the NWA and lead singer of the Smashing
