As I continue to work through my latest book, DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Wrestling, on my podcast, we arrive at the point right before the Detroit International Tournament which would largely set the
The 1000 Hours subseries of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show is all about the pioneer era of wrestling with myself, author of the DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus, as the host. We continue to work our way through the book and are
On a new DKK Classic Wrestling Show, I continue with my 1000 Hours podcast subseries which covers pre-1900 pro wrestling. Now that my new book is out, we are working our way through it with my additional commentary and thoughts. Today, we return
The pioneer era of pro wrestling is the origin and development of wrestling in the United States which ended in 1900 or pre-Frank Gotch. That’s why I wanted to begin a walk-through of my new book — DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era of Wrestling Omnibus
My pioneer era focus on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show returns this week with a look back at 1886 — a year of change in professional wrestling. Clarence Whistler had been one of the top stars of the last few years, but died
This week marks the official launch of my new 700-page monster research project on the pioneer era of United States wrestling: the DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling. The book is available now in
Image: WWE On this episode of my 1000 Hours subseries on the Pioneer Era, I wanted to look at one of the oldest books to talk about that time called From Milo to Londos which gave us a lot of information and also
My 1000 Hours sub-series is all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling — the era before Frank Gotch. Gotch did not just appear out of a void and create pro wrestling for the masses in the early 1900s as he built on
On hour 57 of my 1000 Hours subseries focusing on the pioneer era of wrestling, I have new information about the original Terrible Turk provided by an expert on the matter, Phil Lions. Phil has given us some great details not previously published
As my research into the pioneer era of pro wrestling continues, I am now into the 1880s which was dominated by “The Solid Man” William Muldoon. But was the reality of Muldoon? Should he be held in higher esteem than the dominant wrestler
