Welcome to a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern. This week, Karl looks at 1992 when Ron Simmons defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW World championship in an angle that also involved Sting. Plus, we dive into a corresponding issue
Karl Stern returns this week with a new podcast looking back at the 1990s. Recently, he took a look at the first pro wrestling newsletters of that era to get a feeling for where it began which was in a very low place.
I am back with the latest long form history of pro wrestling series from my book DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book taking a detailed look at August of 1985. On this show we discuss the continued growth of the WWF, Jim Crockett
Today on a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern, he wants to look back at the late 1990s in pro wrestling history. The decade was a wild time with the latter part seeing the rise of the NWO, WCW passing WWE
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, you and I are heading back to the early 1990s to discuss the state of pro wrestling at the time. While business was just about as bad as it could get, there were still plenty of
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,
On a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, it’s time for Karl Stern’s latest installment in his History of Pro Wrestling podcast subseries. Note this episode is taken from his DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book looking at the pro wrestling world in May
I return to my longform history of pro wrestling series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show, looking back at April 1985 from my book DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. The first WWF WrestleMania has ended, Hulk Hogan graces the cover of Sports Illustrated,
It’s time for some long form history as this week’s DKK Classic Wrestling Show features a deep dive into November 1984. The month featured multiple Thanksgiving shows including the second-ever Starrcade from the NWA. Plus, there was lots happening in both NJPW and
Image: Rasslin’ History I take the wrestling time machine back to October 1984 on today’s DragonKingKarl Show. Here’s a look at just a few things that happened: WWF continued to grow and invade territories Hulk Hogan was running a program against “Big” John
