Author: Karl Stern

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on today’s show include the ECW crowd, Honky Tonk Man, Heart Punch, state athletic commissions, Jerry Lawler DVD and World Class Wrestling, how to order the Super Stern Stick from http://www.dragonkingkarl.com , and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Q&A Mailbag this week with lots of classic wrestling topics including wrestler personalities, several Andre the Giant questions, in ring wrestling deaths, Hell in a Cell matches, and more plus everything you need to know about the Super Stern Stick (All 5 Stern Sticks now on one 16GB flash drive…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Lots of great stuff this week including a ton on tag team wrestling, origins and best region for tag team wrestling, injured necks, plus off-topics with Avengers Age of Ultron thoughts and information on the Super Stern Stick! Website to order the Super Stern Stick- http://www.dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show Special:  The life and death of wrestling legend Verne Gagne.  On this special edition of the show I talk about the incredible legacy of legendary AWA wrestler and promoter Verne Gagne who died April 27, 2015 at the age of 89.  Verne Gagne was an incredible athelete winning NCAA and…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: On today’s show lots of questions from the mail bag including wrestling unions, AWA, minority leagues in wrestling history, movie characters in wrestling (LORD HUMONGOUS TALK!), plus off topic segment on music, monsters, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Back today with lots of mailbag and several follow ups to recent topics including lifetime babyfaces and heels, heel Sgt. Slaughter, old newsletters and hotlines and people who did them, and off topic on ROCK AND ROLL!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: A little bit of WrestleMania and Raw talk (not much), lots of old school wrestling questions and topics including Ricky Steamboat, Wresting Review magazine, territories, old wrestling hotlines, and BAR-BEE-QUE!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Lots of topics this show including great years for various wrestlers, NWA vs WWF fandom, The Roadwarriors, Adrian Street, Big Daddy question, and our off topic this show involves CRIME and JUSTICE!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Lots of mailbag questions on this show with topics including Mil Mascaras, the horror of iTunes, 1989 Ric Flair, body types in wrestling, and the great FOZZY debate!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Thoughts on Bill DeMott and training techniques and more, more NWA World championship challenger thoughts and lots more!

Great talk this week about NWA World title challengers who never won the belt. Nick Bockwinkel as a face, and lots more classic, old school, pro wrestling talk.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Another show where we hit lots of questions and topics from the mailbag. Topics include brother verses brother matches, booing the faces historically, more World War II talk, The Roadwarriors, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Let’s hit the mailbag hard on this show!  Questions and topics include current WWE, Lucha Underground, TNA, and ROH talk, most matches revisited, never heels/never faces, CALIFORNIA WRESTLING TALK from someone who actually knows it, plus some off topics and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Big mailbag show talking such topics as Primo Carnera, Antonio Inoki, Hulk Hogan, Detroit wrestling and The Sheik, Shawn Michaels, Bruno Sammartino, wrestling on the west coast, a little comic book talk, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: I’m back for my first full show since cancer surgery. What better way to celebrate than to talk about old school classic pro wrestling? Topics include Hulk Hogan, tallest champion, NWA champions, Jim Londos, Lou Thesz, and much more! Plus on the last segment my WIFE~! joins me on air…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  PART 2:  No Time Limit!  2 shows for the price of one with lots of mailbag questions on old school wrestling covering everything from WWE Network to the Duesk Family Riot Squad and beyond!  Two full shows of old school pro wrestling talk!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  PART 1:  No Time Limit!  2 shows for the price of one with lots of mailbag questions on old school wrestling covering everything from WWE Network to the Duesk Family Riot Squad and beyond!  Two full shows of old school pro wrestling talk!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Slammy’s, Slammie’s? Whatever, it was last night.  Where’s the good wrestling at?  I know and I’ll tell you plus, of course, tons of classic wrestling mailbag questions and a GREAT Brad Armstrong and Bullet Bob idea, and today’s a big day concerning my CANCER ™ so give the show a…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Lots of Q&A today including legit military service in wrestling, Crockett Cups, Bob Backlund era, NJPW network, health update, and much more! DragonKingKarl on Twitter, dragonkingkarl.com, and karl@dragonkingkarl.com email.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  HOF AT LAST! The Rock and Roll Express are in! Other topics and questions include: Who’s this other guy in the HOF? Nick Gulas territory, ECW thoughts, health update, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this show include the WWE Network, the upcoming WON Hall of Fame, Eddie Guerrero, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On today’s show topics and questions include the WWE Network and why the numbers are bad and how classic wrestling fans are being left out in the cold, Andy Kaufman, prequels, King Kong Bundy, and the reality of the Attitude era.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  A big show today with topics and questions including great commentary teams and formulas, Heenan & Monsoon, wrestler/managers like Gilbert and Sullivan, Sting’s dumb character and babyfaces in general, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Lots of classic talk on this show including why wrestling was so hot in the 1980’s, an interesting look at what 3 pop culture genres share in common, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  We hit the mailbag hard including some meaty questions about the U.S. verses the NWA, origins of AWA, world champion who wasn’t, and so much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Today’s show we are taking questions on Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Rich, and Austin Idol.  Three great bleach blonde great promos.  Plus we’ll do a little off topics including a wacky KISS segment and a health update.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Another rapid fire mail bag show with lots of topics including BIG GOLD follow up, should-have-been world champions, best of the Von Erichs, Freebirds, Mick Foley promos, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Rapid fire questions this week with topics including long title reigns, Roddy Piper, HOF, feuds, and much more.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Part 2 of the WON Hall of Fame ballot including the much maligned Non-Wrestler catagory.  Also off topic talk at the end about comics, podcasting, and more!  YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!  Listen and see.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  It’s that time of year again!  The Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame!  I have a ballot and I’m talking about it on this show PLUS an extra segment talking Guardians of the Galaxy starring Dave Batista.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On today’s show questions and topics include invasions and outlaws, all time greatest tag teams and where modern teams fit, Hogan-Austin-Rock-Cena, Shawn Michaels’ money, Australia, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this show include greatest junior heavyweights, Buddy Rose, The Grappler book, Superstar Graham, Vince Russo vs. Jim Cornette, current events, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Back for a new show with topics on the WWE Network, The Nasty Boys, WCW vs. WWF Attitude, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Cast thine ears upon the end of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon.  An Andre the Giant sized show clocking in at over 100 minutes!  Behold- mailbag questions!  Behold- Bryan Alvarez as a guest (complete with Antediluvian Biblical references)!  Behold- the long lost first half of the Comic Conversations show (Crisis…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 30!  Today is a quick dip into the mailbag as the marathon winds down.  Topics include Vince McMahon, great matches with bad build ups, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 29!  Mailbag show today with topics including Southern Pro Wrasslin fans (groan), OMG OUTRAGE about pro wrestling angles, was Rocky III impact over blown?  Much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 28!  Rip Rogers is our guest today.  One of the top stars of MANY territories in the 1980’s.  Hustler Rip Rogers was a star in Southeastern Wrestling.   Rip’s email for donations is sciarrapmm1@sbcglobal.net

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 27! Masks, Mexico and Japan in the 1980’s, reality and controversial angles in wrestling double standard, King Kong Bundy, who wrestled each other the most times? It think I have an answer.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 26!  Mail bag day again with topics including Jim Crockett Promotions, more guitar player talk, Stampede, Mr. Wrestling II, the Valentines, Lex Luger, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 25!  The Comic Conversations gang joins me to look back at 1982’s G.I. Joe #1 from Marvel Comics.  Luro, Fettman, and Marvell2k from Comic Conversations bring their great review style to the front page! Here is their website for more podcast greatness:  http://www.comicconversations.com/

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Marathon Day 24!  This show is all about STRONGMEN with Phil from London!  He knows his stuff!  Ted Arcidi, Bill Kazmire, Steve Williams, Ken Patera, and many others discussed!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 23!  The first guest!  Lewis Feinman and I discuss DC Comics Crisis on Infinite Earth’s Crossover from the mid-1980’s.  Plus other comic stuff.  No wrestling on this one folks, enjoy the variety.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 22!  Topics include Chernobyl disaster, Hulk Hogan as WWWF champion, MSG shows (yes I got it wrong), Todd Morton, spike to the eye angle.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Wrestling Marathon Day 21! Topics on today’s show include 1st Crisis talk, action figures, British Bulldog, blood in wrestling, Fabulous Moolah, The Steiners, Andre the Giant, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 20!  Topics on this show include singles vs. albums, If not Hogan then who?, 80’s arcade games, the Hulk name, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 19!  Topics include Chuck Weptner, Mr. T., David Shultz and the 20/20 incident, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 18!  Topics on this show include British wrestling, DIO, fat guys, where was Ric Flair when Brody was killed, newscasts in the 80’s, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  JULY CLASSIC WRESTLING MARATHON DAY 17!  Iceman Parsons, Rock and Roll Express teams, hard rock and heavy metal, babyface vs. heel champions.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 16!  On this show topics include the old DragonKing Newsletter, Verne Gagne and the AWA, Lord Humongous, Robocop, Carl Styles, Harley Race, wrestling venues.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 15! LJN WWF, 1989, 1984 Mid-Atlantic, Jimmy Valiant, Lex Luger, Indiana Jones movies, Back to the Future movies, scripted promos pros and cons.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 14!  1987, finishing holds and moves, song writing differences, ring size, arenas, and more territory talk.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 13!  Topics include 1988, Big non-PPV shows of the 1980s from Continental, St. Louis, Houston, and Jim Crockett Promotions.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 12!  On this show topics include 1986 (YES I KNOW IT’S THE SAME POP-CULTURE SEGMENT AS YESTERDAY, SORRY!) and non-PPV major shows for Georgia and Mid-South/UWF.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 11!  On this show topics and questions include 1986, Non-PPV supercards of the AWA and Florida.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 10!  On this show 1985, Bill Watts, from top of the card to bottom acts, big WWF non-pay per views of the 1980’s, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 9!  Topics include 1984, Cactus Jack, Star Wars, Toys of the 1980’s, Thundercats, G.I. Joe, WWF LJN, AWA Remco, Ghostbusters, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 8.  Topics include DUSTY RHODES TURNS TO DEVIL WORSHIP… sort of.  Wrestlers of today in the 1980s instead.  Moondog gone wild.  Much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 7 topics include Saturday morning cartoons, Crisis on Infinite Earths, forgotten territories of the 1980’s, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 6! Topics on today’s show include Terry Funk, The Nightmares, Jeff Jarrett, Nasty Boys, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  It’s day 5 of the classic wrestling marathon.  Topics on today’s show include reality of wrestling everyday in the 1980’s, Paul Orndorff, pricey wrestling figures, Apter mags, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show:  July classic wrestling marathon continues.  On today’s Independence Day show topics include THE CURSE OF THE 4th OF JULY!  Shipwrecks, face smashing, car crashes, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  July Classic Wrestling Marathon Day 3.  Today topics include Ron Fuller, Continental wrestling, Paul Heyman, Magnum TA, Dusty Rhodes angle, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  JULY CLASSIC WRESTLING MARATHON!  It’s day 2 of the marathon and topics today include music in the 1980’s and how it complimented pro wrestling. Plus Dick Murdoch, Jack Victory, PNW wrestling, Eddie Gilbert, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Let loose the dogs of war!  It’s JULY CLASSIC WRESTLING MARATHON MONTH!  A show every single day in the month of July!  On today’s show topics and questions include wrestling pre-MMA days, wrestling and music in the 80’s, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Questions and topics on this show include Ron Garvin, Tony Garea, calling matches, wrestling rituals, Jim Cornette, non-title matches, Stan Stasiak and transitional champions, Cactus Jack, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show topics and questions include Hulk Hogan’s 1984 WWF title reign and the lead up to it in-depth, biggest falls from main eventers, Mick Foley star maker.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Big announcement for next month!  Topics and questions include Stan Hansen, Rick Martel, Al Madril, World Class, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show topics and questions include Batman movies, Jimmy Snuka, Don Muraco, NWA champions, Dory Funk Jr, ECW, Memphis wrestling tapes, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show topics and questions include THE STEEL CAGE, wrestling in studios, Ray Traylor and his gimmicks, Jake Roberts, WORLD in world titles, and a historic card in history.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show topics and questions include WWE Network programming, Ultimate Warrior, 1969 WWWF, wrestlers reactions to Warriors death and if they are being hypocrites or not.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Bob Sweetan, Managers and masks, 1988 WWF, dual world titles, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The life of the Ultimate Warrior.  From his debut with Powerteam USA to his induction into the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame this audio show takes a look back at one of the most memorable, charismatic, and unique entertainers in the modern history of pro wrestling. 

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: What if Dynamite Kid had not been injured, 1988 WWF TV taping, KISS in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Today’s shows topics and questions include the evolution of wrestling from the 1980’s until today, the WWF/WWE championship belt, 1985 Memphis, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Q&A for this show includes how some old school psychology doesn’t work now, AWA, booking for the network, Hogan joining the NWO, wrestlers with infamous other careers, old school WWF TV taping, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this episode include more on Tully Blanchard, a recent death, jobbers and enhancement workers, Midnight Express(s), Stan Hansen, 1983 WWF, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  More WWE Network talk, updates on classic action figures and men in masks, and a look back to 1983 Jim Crockett Promotions.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Everything you want to know about the WWE Network.  What to expect with sign up, what’s what on different devices, what’s on the network, what’s coming up, and more.  If you don’t normally listen to this show I suggest you listen to the first half even if you aren’t interested…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: WWE Developmental, transition from Vince to HunterSteph, wrestling in places of the world we never hear about, Bart Gunn, Mike Tyson, Ronnie Garvin, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Return with us now to those thrilling days of yester-year with topics including Dynamite Kid documentary, Jimmy Snuka, Sgt. Slaughter, wrestlers on a tv show, pioneer era talk, AWA tag title change, Demolition and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  A look at the WWE Network and some network related questions, the stigma of being a wrestling fan historically, AWA belt, undercard shoot, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  I hit the mailbag hard this show with lots of Q&A with topics including Bugsy McGraw, NWO, Mattel and WWE, Ric Flair, Plan B’s in wrestling, Japanese wrestling culture, Attitudes and Tweeners, heel vs. heel, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Lots of discussion and question on this episode involving the WWE Network, what classic wrestling do we know about, what is yet to be talked about, and what format?  Plus lots of other Q&A on old school pro wrestling!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Lots of discussion and question on this episode involving the WWE Network, what classic wrestling do we know about, what is yet to be talked about, and what format?  Plus lots of other Q&A on old school pro wrestling!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Questions and topics include origin of managers, Ric Flair opponents, greatness of Jerry Lawler, ECW, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Enjoy some old school classic pro wrestling talk while enjoying your holiday activities!  On this show Q&A includes title changes that weren’t, 10 pounds vs. Big Gold, world title unification’s, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show talk about PODCASTS & EZINES!  Wrestlers in comics, more future of wrestling talk, WWE Network on the web, evolution of MOVES~!  Thunderbolt Patterson, The Bullet and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show discussion and Q&A include the WWE Network, Steve Strong, Al Madril, Dennis Condrey and the Midnight Express, and deer… yes deer.  Your Observer website destination for audio talk on old school classic pro wrestling!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show more Q&A including The Snowman, how can a wrestler get over now, scripted vs. on the fly, Dave on Steve Austin’s show, and final chance to get the Stern Stick 4 with free Stern Stick 1 download! Email and PayPal address karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show more talk about what wrestling’s future holds including alternative viewpoints, rebooking the death of WCW, and much more!  Including information on how to order the Stern Stick 4.  Email and PayPal address is karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show I hit the mail bag with more WCW near the end ideas, Sgt. Slaughter, really old school pioneers, Demolition, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Back to mail mag for this packed edition.  The Gold Dust Trio and how they effected wrestling over the years, booking the end times in WCW, Justified, masked men and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  This is a spoiler episode with results and discussion on the official Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2013 Hall of Fame!  Who made it in and who didn’t.  Why I am infuriated by the voting and why.  Also some mailbag questions and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show the first half is all about tag teams!  The second half is mail bag with a variety of topics including USWA knock-offs, Steve Austin, All-Japan in America and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show questions and topics include WrestleManias 11-25 thoughts, a surprising stand out on those shows, richest wrestling person historically, cryptozoology, workman of wrestling, and more.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this show include:  Modern day NWA thoughts, THE SHOCKMASTER, Andre as a legit tough guy, differences in eras, the most important wrestler of all time- the answer might surprise you.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  After all the HOF talk it’s back to the mailbag for a hodge-podge of old school wrestling questions including talk about the Legends of Mid-South DVD set including what worked and what didn’t and what was left off.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The final of our Hall of Fame ballot shows where our final ballot is sent in.  Did Ken Patera make it?  Did Big Daddy get the boot?  Did Edge make it over the… um… edge?

On this show we put together our preliminary Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot.  Cases are presented for Sting, A.J. Styles, The Assassins, and others.  Some Big Daddy talk and at the end of the show our preliminary ballot is read and you now have until Sunday to make your final cases.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  This is the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame voting special part 2.  On this show we discuss candidates from Japan, Mexico, UK, and other international regions plus non-wrestlers.  Yes, this is the show where we talk Big Daddy and Bill Apter plus the first batch of feedback and the case…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot part 1! This show discusses the first half the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot for this year and lets YOU have a say!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions include Bruiser Brody, injuries, Raven, Bill Apter, tv ratings, masked wrestlers, art vs. popularity.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions this episode include concussions follow up, Dusty Rhodes, the magazines, the Memphis show, serial killers, super hero movies, and much more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions on this show include head injuries, Billy Robinson, Ric Flair, BBQ, Action Force, SATANISM, and journalists in the Hall of Fame (or lack there-of).

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show questions and topics include:  Lack of Lucha, WHEEL OF TORTURE, Terry Funk, comic book movies, Apple TV, NWO Sting, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions this show include: Paul Heyman, TNA, Superclash III, Lone Ranger, Black Sabbath, The Road Warriors, and the origins of heels and faces.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show a variety of questions and topics on old school pro wrestling plus a short discussion about modern wrestling and a recent episode of WWE Raw.  We finally find out what a “ditty” bag is and much more.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show questions and topics include the summer of Gilbert in Continental, Missy Hyatt in WWE, politics (!), comics, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show! It’s our big August return. Topics and questions on this show include Sgt. Slaughter, Tiger Mask, Bruiser Brody, tech questions, Koko B. Ware, and more! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

Victory!  Day 31 of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Over an hour today talking about a variety of subjects including the death of Cory Maclin, history of Ohio wrestling, five star match follow ups, and so much more!

DAY 30 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  Topics and questions on this show include Rick Martel, G.I. Joe, various off topics, invasion, and more! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s DAY 29 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  Andre’s real height, the domed globe and look-a-likes, Global Wrestling, Chicago wrestling history. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s DAY 28 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! This is a special edition where I tackle EVERY FIVE STAR MATCH EVER RATED BY DAVE MELTZER! Yes, every five star match is listed and discussed (at least the ones I’ve seen) and it’s an open discussion so please write in. There were some surprises in…

It’s DAY 27 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  The best wrestling family, cut off television, the greatest attraction ever, wrestling cameos, Eddie Gilbert and his place in history. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DAY 26 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! FULL LENGTH SHOW! Topics and questions on this show include: masks and no masks, why Japanese workers have done poorly in WWE, finishers, Superman vs. Green Lantern, Mattel figures, Ken Lucas, and more! Email for show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s DAY 25 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon. On this show topics and questions include MR. OLYMPIA JERRY STUBBS, KISS and the Demon, squashes, and much more! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

On this 24th show this month- Arn Anderson, Eric Bischoff, how wrestlers need a different skillset now than in the past and the true zany origin of the DragonKing name. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com 

It’s DAY 23 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  On today’s show topics and questions include Les Thornton, non-NWA territories, wrestling weddings, more on ring construction, and more Superman feedback. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s DAY 22 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  Topics and questions for this show include:  Entrance music follow up, The Wyatt Family (a dissenting opinion), The Undertaker, territories with no territory. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s DAY 21 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  On today’s show the topics and questions include Austin Idol, Ready to Rumble, drug culture, and more. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s DAY 20 (!) of the July Classic Wrestling marathon.  On today’s FULL LENGTH show the topics and questions include strange gimmick matches, the Georgia Wrestling time slot, Tom Prichard, Four Horsemen, ROBOCOP, evolution of shoot to work. Email for the show/PayPal/etc- karl@dragonkingkarl.com

¡Señoras y señores! It’s day 19 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  Classic wrestling discussion all month long- every day!  On today’s edition it’s all about LUCHA LIBRE!  Yes, I basically just talk about Mexican pro wrestling on my drive home.  Hope you enjoy this free-form change of pace show! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 18 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! On today’s show the classic wrestling talk includes Freddie Blassie, Bruiser Brody, Samoa Joe, ROH, and more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

The July Classic Wrestling marathon rolls on for day 17!  On this show topics and questions include under 40 wrestler deaths, the loss of superstardom in the new tech era, and the NWA World junior title. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 16 of the July Classic Wrestling marathon!  Topics and questions on today’s show include Abdullah the Butcher, face paint, The Nightmares, finishers, and more! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

The second show of the day for the July Classic Wrestling marathon (that gets us caught up to date).  Topics and questions include Lex Luger career history and also… yes… Virgil. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

The July Classic Wrestling Marathon continues!  This show was supposed to upload yesterday but due to circumstances beyond my control I couldn’t.  So there will be this show and another later today to catch up.  Topics on this show include Sgt. Slaughter,  Davey Meltzer and not the one you think, War Games, and much more!…

It’s day 13 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  On today’s half show the topics and questions include The Roadwarriors, a giant boxing match that never happened, big wrestling bloopers, Bret vs. Davey Boy, and over achievers vs. under achievers! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 12 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  It’s a half show today with such topics and questions as Jimmy Valiant and his war with Paul Jones Army, Test, the old way verses the new way, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show! The July Classic Wrestling Marathon continues with day 11. This is a full length show with topics and suggestions including hitting old questions left over from the board. Wrestling going national to regional to global. Bruiser Brody, Jim Crockett goes belly up, GLOW, and generational racism and how it became…

It’s day 10 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  It’s a half show!  Topics and questions today include World Class angles, “Bullet” Bob Armstrong, and my review of WrestleMania’s 1-13. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 9 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! On this half show topics and questions include: The Hennigs- all of them, Mean Gene all flustered, Jim Wilson-Jim Barnett and Chokehold. Show email:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

Day 8 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! On this FULL LENGTH show topics and questions include: WCW pay, Andre the Giant, impostor wrestlers, lost matches on film, Jimmy Snuka and the death of Nancy Argentina, and much more! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 7 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon!  On this half show talk and questions include shocking moments in wrestling, Cincinnati wrestling follow up, and Ron Simmons or Lex Luger? Email for show questions karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 6 of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! This is a half show with questions and topics including The Assassin Joe Hamilton, the toughness of Meng/Haku, ring music, and more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s day 5 of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show marathon. Today’s show is a full length one featuring topics and questions including 1986 Memphis angles and talk, Bill Watts era WCW, Harlem Heat’s infamous WCW debut, logic in angles, and much more. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

Happy Independence Day 2013!  It’s day 4 of our July marathon and this full length show includes talk about UNCENSORED (actually censored), gimmick matches, death of WCW, jobbers, Danny Spivey, death of NWA, Shawn Michaels, evolution of wrestling styles, and more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

3rd show for July! On this full length show topics and questions include: Monday Night War ratings, wrestlers vs. boxers, wrestling in studios, superhero babyfaces, Slayer vs. Metallica!, and more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

Show number 2 for July!  Lex Luger, Joel Deaton & Billy Black, championship belts, Dr. D., different wrestlers using the same nicknames, and at last my review of MAN OF STEEL Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

It’s a big month for the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Lots of shows this month and we’re kicking it off with this mini-show taking questions on championship belts, the Von Erichs, and more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: On this show the topics and questions include: Buddy Rogers, DuMont Network, ECW, Shane Douglas, early 1990’s WCW, Vince Russo’s place in history. Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Questions and Topics on this show include: Ric Flair documentary, WCW Invasion, the heel authority figure, how independent wrestling died in the south, Kenta Kobashi in the WWF, Evolution, and garbage wrestling. Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.comMy website: http://www.dragonkingkarl.comTwitter: @dragonkingkarl

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and Questions include: MMA and Wrestling historically and in the future, Carlos Colon, early Starrcades and WrestleManias, The Ortons, more on Invasions, John Cena as a heel, New Japan, and much more! Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions this show include: Abrams UWF, Pez Whatley, interesting question about pre-WWF characters and gimmicks, Ric Flair, Barry Windham, and much more! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Questions and topics on this show include: WCW, FIRE PRO WRESTLING, Missy Hyatt, wrestlers and their animals, VAN VAN Horne, WWF 1980’s jobbers, and much more! Email for the show karl@dragonkingkarl.comThe S.E./Continental documentary is available at http://www.dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Butch Reed, Superstar Graham, my dog, Nick Bockwinkel, AWA, Joey Styles, Mr. Wrestling II impostors, M.U.S.C.L.E. part II, Randy Savage, and much more. Email for the show karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions include:  Sheepherders/Bushwhackers, Dick the Bruiser, The Mountie goes south, AWA jobbers, Tony Schiavone, HTM, Kevin Sullivan and the devil gimmick, WCW, Eddie Gilbert, and much more! Email for questions and topic suggestions for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions include: More on the ladder match and coffin match, WrestleMania 8, Ron West, Scott Steiner does something unexpected. Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

Back after a break this show topics and questions include: Terry Funk, world champions that weren’t, ladder match history, and my trip to Mexico and talking lucha with the locals. email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  This is the last show before I head out of the country for about a week to ten days so get your old school fix now.  The DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show is a question and answer show and discusses topics and suggestions about old school pro wrestling submitted by…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Next to last before vacation edition.  Questions and topics include:  Sheepherders, Hogan’s colors, Detroit and a ridiculous show, Elvis, deadly wrestling dentist, and the Wheel of Off Topics spins and finds… Chicago (not the town) Submit questions and topics to the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: QandA and topics on this show include: commentators, origins of no DQ title changes, long hair, Hacksaw Duggan, Ken Shamrock, is there room for an edgy product today, and the Wheel of Off Topic spins and finds… Retaliation! Email for questions and topics for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions for this show include:  Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee, things that are better now, Herb’s UWF, Chris Jericho, WrestleMania 1 questions, the fake Razor and Diesel, and the wheel of off topic spins and finds… Caves and Aliens! Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.comTwitter: @dragonkingkarl

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and Questions this show include:  Ali vs. Inoki, crime in wrestling, what event in wrestling was a game changer, more lights out talk, babyface comebacks, Skandar Akbar, and FOOD! Email for the show karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this show include:  Bob Backlund, Shamus and Randy Orton, the original original Montreal screwjob (the one with the bitin!), how booking the world champion worked, soccer/football, and the wheel of off topic spins and finds… Las Vegas. Email to send questions and topic suggestions to the…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions this episode include:  Flair on TV, dark angles and gimmicks of the 90’s, wrestling books, Ricky Steamboat, The Rock as a heel, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… TV tech! sends questions and topics for the show to karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and Questions this episode includes:  Plane ride from hell, Stan Lane as an announcer, pro wrestling in Sports Illustrated, Bob Costas wrestling special, Vince Russo, wrestling in South America, Kerry Von Erich, SHOGUN WARRIORS, and an audio extra (which is NOT the one I promo in the show itself,…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions this episode include:  WWF/E belts, David Shultz, Ted DiBiase, HTM, Hawkeye, Bronko Lubich, and the wheel of off topics finds a banned topic.  And an audio extra on an extraordinary pioneer- Fred Beell. Email for the show:  karl@dragonkingkarl.com

I saw G.I. Joe: Retaliation Thursday night in 3D featuring Dewayne “The Rock” Johnson.  Of course, for those of you who are regular listeners to my Classic Wrestling Audio Show here at Observer also know I am a big G.I. Joe fan and collector.  Here is my audio review of the film!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions today include: lights out match, Lawrence Taylor,  controversial storylines, and the pioneer era American heavyweight title. email address for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and suggestions on this show include: championship contracts, TNA compared to WCW, other NWA World tag champions, Terry Funk rants, Ron Wright, announcers, face paint, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds 1980’s music. Email for the show: karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions include: card structure, NWA title belts, AWA angles, WrestleMania X, WWF scandals in the early 1990’s, comics, Dusty Rhodes and his finish, Demolition, blood, Buddy Rogers, and the Wheel of Off-Topics Spins and finds a concert! email address for the show is karl@dragonkingkarl.com

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and Questions on this show include: Fozzy, NWA World title qualifications, entrance music, Pro Wrestling USA, surprising early cage diver, Dutch Mantel, and the Wheel of Off Topics spins and finds… Grunt.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions include WrestleMania II, who was Lenny Montana, early Randy Savage, origins of top rope dives, Superstar Graham, Jerry Lawler talks to Austin Idol, ring entrances, UWF on TV, great Hogan matches, Godzilla!, and the Wheel of Off-Topics spins and ends up in the Marvel Universe.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Conversation this show includes:  Observer Hall of Fame talk, NWA in WWF, early MSG shows, WWE compared to other TV shows, Chris Benoit, and the Wheel of Off-Topics Spins and finds trouble.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions on this show include: Pinfall counts, do I watch current wrestling, wrestling coming out of the dark ages, Kerry Von Erich, Midnight Express and Fabulous Ones, Unified World title, Americans in Japan, Buddy and Bruno, and the Wheel of Off-Topics spins up… Star Wars!

This is a special edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show about the life and career of Paul Bearer / Percy Pringle.  The second half of the show is the last interview I did with him a few years ago.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Paul Bearer breaking update, Chris Adams, early 90’s WWF troubles, Piper vs. Valentine, Battman (yes), Raven, Dr. D, comics, Bruiser Brody, UK Geography lesson, NWO, and the wheel of off topic spins and finds… 1970’s toys!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions include:  King’s English vs. U.S. English, more manager types including Percy Pringle III, Billy Robinson, Apartment wrestling, ROH, Jim Cornette,  my trip to Texas and nearly dying, Les Thatcher, and the wheel of off topics spins and find… METEORS!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions include: The Invasion, managers and their gimmicks, Roddy Piper, African-American wrestlers historically, Terry Funk, lucha libre, comic books, Rick Martel, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… fatness.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show the questions and topics include:  Goodness greatness great balls of fire, how did WrestleMania 1 really get financed, Ricky Romero, odd gimmick for the Powers of Pain, Billy Joe Travis, Jimmy Snuka, Mr. Wrestling II as a heel, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Conversation in this episode includes: long reigning champions, Eric Embry, Dirty White Boy, Backlund title change, Ric Flair, Mr. Olympia, wrestling surprises, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… Music!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The conversation includes:  Jake Roberts and Randy Savage, Sherri Martel, WCW Nitro, Royal Rumble, monsters, Boris Zukoff, Billy Joel, Andre’s legit height, NERF!, and the wheel of off-topics spins and infringes on Mike Coughlin’s gimmick.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The conversation this episode includes:  babyface vs heel role, Scott Norton, TV matches, King Kong Bundy, Hulk Hogan before wrestling, Scott Steiner rap, realistic indy level, Star Trek vs Star Wars, Brawl for All, and the Wheel of Off-Topics spins and finds… Bruce Willis?

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The conversation in this episode includes: Rule changes in wrestling, WCW Comic book, boxing and wrestling, Shane Douglas, Vince McMahon and Ric Flair, blood, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… a real American hero.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: In this episode the conversation includes: Magnum T.A., The Machines, The Spoiler, Steel Cage dives, Ron Fuller, laugh tracks, pioneers of wrestling, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… a JOB! Email for show topics and questions: karl@dragonkingkarl.comFollow me on Twitter @ dragonkingkarl

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: On this episode topics and questions include: 1991 Survivor Series, The Patriot, putting matches together now vs. then, WCW Nitro at it’s peak, Tommy Rich and Austin Idol famous angle, when and why styles changed, Mick Foley, Greg Gagne, NASA!, and the wheel of off topic spins and finds… A…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and Questions on this show include: Rick Rude vs. Mark Starr, more about masked men, famous wrestling venues, title changes, Mongolian Stomper, TV titles, Undertaker, and the wheel of off topic spins and finds… music!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this episode topics and questions include: longest reigning champions, long lasting character wrestlers, NJPW, Mid-South, Buddy Rogers, AWA battle royal, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… smoke… on the water.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show! On this episode topics and questions include: Big Gold Belt, Danny Hodge, legit wrestlers and today’s wrestling, Ric Flair, logic in wrestling and continuity, racism in wrestling, Rick Rude, and we spin the wheel of off topics and find… back yard wrestling.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this episode topics include:  Stables with beginnings but not endings, Larry Zbyszko, Jerry Lawler, Paul Heyman, enhancement talent, Chris Adams, T-Shirts, and the wheel of off topics spins and finds… The Law.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: On this episode topics and questions include:  Giants, the confusing NWA/WCW world title and how many times was Flair champion, television show lengths historically, short time NWA champs, favorite turns, over and under rated, and the wheel of off topic discussion spins and finds… After Dark!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this show include:  man on woman violence in wrestling and general offensiveness on tv and in wrestling, more strongman stuff, Royal Rumble booking, NWA World tag team titles, masked men, The Flame threatens to shoot Bullet Bob, what Frank Gotch said, Jerry Lawler, and the wheel…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and Questions include: WTF was apartment wrestling, Superstar Billy Graham, The Brood, Terry Funk, when did you tune out wrestling, TNA, research work for pioneer era, blood-born disease and wrestling, and the wheel of off topic discussions spins and finds… murder.

The first DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio show of 2013!  Topics include:  The Crusher and The Bruiser, other traveling world champs besides the NWA, the best meal ever, more ECW thoughts, more on strong men, and introducing “The Wheel of Off-Topic Discussions”  Enjoy and Happy New Year!

DragonKingKarl Last show of 2012!  Topics and questions include:  A brief history of DragonKing, wrestling ratings and are they really that bad? Rating the lowest rated champions in order, angles that waited too long, Ron West, the Dundees, military and law enforcement gimmicks, the strongest of all time, gimmick bench presses, Sons of Anarchy follow…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions include:  1982 Memphis book, Undertaker, Bruiser Brody death, brushes out of the ring with wrestlers, African-Americans in the civil rights era of wrestling, Black Scorpion angle, ring entrance music, and more!  Check out my website dragonkingkarl.com!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Q&A with topics including:  Bruisers Brody and Dick, how my top ten favorites have changed over the years, I offend everyone from Louisiana, Hulk Hogan during the Hulk-a-mania era, the Ric Flair plane crash, works turned shoots, and more!

Giant DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Almost an hour and a half!  Half the show doesn’t even involve wrestling!  On the first half of the show it’s old school talk with topics like The Spoiler, Orville Brown, Roku, The Funks in WWF, and New Japan.  The second half of the show is about Rush getting…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Second show of the week!  If you missed the last one make sure you go back and get it too! Q&A with lots of new contributors!  Topics and questions include changing from regional to national promotions, crazy Memphis stipulations, Sabu, NWA traveling champions how’s and why’s, Ken Shamrock, TIVO vs…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Q&A with a variety of topics as usual.  The email address for the show is karl@dragonkingkarl.com.  Topics this show include:  Title belt design discussion, Hell in the Cell, ECW and it’s place in history, origins of “smart fans” and places with them, the end days of WCW, and RIC FLAIR!…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  On this episode topics and questions include:  Women’s wrestling, JBL as a bully, police related question, Larry Hennig, more hall of fame comments from listeners, LORD HUMONGOUS, origins of the chokeslam and powerbomb, and Sgt. Slaughter’s heel gimmick.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Topics and questions are all over the place again including ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRO WRESTLER (Vampire hunter), NWO and where it went right and wrong, Diamond Dallas Page, more on Ric Flair vs. Ted DiBiase match, Arn Anderson & Jerry Stubbs as a tag team, and Otto Wanz.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  PPV changes over the years, jobbers and squashes, THE GARVIN STOMP, Hulk Hogan in WCW, favorite angles, Galoob action figure question, promoters in the hall of fame, the history of the wrestling ring.  Check out my YouTube channel- DragonKingKarl!  And my Twitter feed:  DragonKingKarl

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  This episode is all over the place.  Not only do I answer some listener emails about old school pro wrestling but I also talk STAR WARS~! Plus more action figure talk and stuff too.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  A TON of Q&A today including:  Randy Savage vs. Jerry Lawler feud and all the drama with ICW and Memphis, Andy Kaufman, Dusty Rhodes and WWF, what video libraries WWE owns and does NOT own, and how Ron Starr turned on pro wrestling and why and the lawsuit he filed.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Q&A edition.  The questions are all over the place on this episode so I’m not even going to try and break it down.  They range from AWA, WCW, to WWE.  Of course we also talk wrestling action figures, international wrestling, and much more!  It’s the show you create!  Send in…

On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  More Q&A! Shawn Michaels Texas wrestling promotion, old internet wrestling people, all the product on tv today, Masters of the Universe, Bobby Jaggers, Tommy Rich and the NWA World title, and a word association game.  

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Here’s some new classic wrestling talk for the weekend:  Gorilla Monsoon and my final thoughts on this years WON HOF, John Cena, interesting history lesson on Australian wrestling, Bearcat Wright, Rock and Roll Express, great 1983 Honky Tonk Man promo, old wrestling video games, blood in wrestling, and pay per…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Q AND A!  Differences between territories, Andre the Giant’s losses, various territories versions of the Rock and Roll Express, NWA tag titles, Terry Funk raps, theoretical Hall of Fame scenarios, Armstrong Brothers, Paul Jones, and action figure questions.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Numerous listener questions on this show with a variety of topics including Jerry Lawler health talk and my experiences with him, complete Hall of Fame candidates list, Memphis tape library, Eric Embry, did kayfabe kill pro wrestling, and more action figure talk including LJN and Remco!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  This edition talks about One Man Gang/Akeem, why I hate baseball, Mr. Wrestling II as a heel, more Pro Wrestling Illustrated talk, and a whole half of the show dedicated to the history of wrestling action figures from the Remco AWA to the fat useless LJN WWF figures to modern…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show! We’re back to listener questions and topics on this show including police work (groan), Sting vs. Flair and how WCW and NWA came to merge, the divorce, then merge, etc., VHS tapes and old wrestling, and the Junkyard Dog and Mid-South. 

DragonKingKarl Show:  How did wrestling run towns weekly back in the day?  Streaming devices update, Red Bastein, World Class Wrestling, and a review of several wrestling books and the good and bad about them.  An oversized show!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  This is a special edition of the show where I take a break from listener questions on this episode and instead talk about great fun wrestling angles and matches that weren’t necessarily considered technically good.  This episode is fun stuff like Hulk Hogan vs. Andre, the Ultimate Warrior, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Lot’s of great classic wrestling questions and topics in this edition including a bunch of new listeners with new types of questions.  If you’ve never tried the Karl Stern Show before- give it a try!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show with lots of great questions and topics this week including J.J. Dillon, wrestlers whose careers never quite peaked due to out of the ring tragedies, Bruiser Brody, and a big AWA discussion.  Please visit dragonkingkarl.com and get a Stern Stick while they last 🙂 (yes I put a smiley face…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Some great old school wrestling questions this week including topics like Dusty Rhodes in Florida, Crockett, and WWF, the new Clash of Champions DVD and observations about WCW, different body types in the territorial days, plus Terry Funk promos.  If you have questions for the show send them to karl@dragonkingkarl.com!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: More Apter Mag talk, wrestling changes over the years, continuity in wrestling, changes in technology and what it has to do with wrestling, Bill Watts in WCW, and more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show.  Topics and questions this week include:  Jerry Stubbs appreciation, my experience with Jim Wilson and chokehold, face paint, WWWF to WWE, Bob Backlund, and more!  Add me on Facebook as Karl Stern for lots of classic wrestling goodness!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show!  Topics and questions include:  Wrestling Weddings, Playboy Buddy Rose, The Dudley Boys and their place in history, shoots and double crosses and one I saw first hand, world title tournaments, who is a draw in wrestling, UFC and pop culture, steroids before the steroid era, and much more!

A new DragonKingKarl show:  Q and A finally from the Board.  Topics and questions includes Boris Zukoff, 900 numbers, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Apter Magazines, Mil Mascaras, Bullet Bob, Buck Robley, Dick Murdoch, and more!

On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show topics and questions include:  Jerry Lawler, USWA, pro wrestling horribleness in the early 1990’s, Bullet Bob, Fanny Mae Tutweiler (yes), men in boxes, Mongolian Stomper, my buddy- that one Russian with the big head, and Terry Funk.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show with listener questions including John Cena’s place historically, faces who weren’t over historically and what they did to correct it, plus a special look at the lineage of the Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt World Championship.  What really happened to that lineage?

Special Edition DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  A look back at WrestleMania.  The history of WrestleMania from 1985 until today.  The biggest matches, the cards that were awesome and the ones that weren’t.  Mr. T., Paul Orndorff, Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, The Rock, John Cena, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, and…

DragonKingKarl’s Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  On this edition questions and topics include Road Dogg and Billy Gunn in DX, Andre the Giant and his post WrestleMania III-IV time in WWF, late 1990’s WWF gimmicks like Head Bangers and Rodney Mack, Jerry “Crusher” Blackwell, George “Superman” Reeve’s and pro wrestling, and more!

Karl Stern DragonKing Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Topics and questions on this show include Dirty White Boy and Tom Pritchard domestic violence angle, battle royals and their controversial and shocking origins, Jerry Lawler and Kerry Von Erich opponents including Ric Flair.

A new edition of the Karl Stern DragonKing Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Finally back in the studio again with actual sound quality!  On this show discussion and questions include Hulk Hogan, Jeff Jarrett, Vince Russo era WCW, the evolution of the steel cage match, Hell in a Cell and such, and the death of former…

A new edition of the Karl Stern DragonKing Classic Wrestling Audio Show.  This show is another question and answer edition featuring talk on Muhammad Ali, Ron Fuller, the Dirty White Boy, The Grapplers, Col. DeBeers, Jimmy Hart and Memphis managers, and much more.

Karl Stern DragonKing Classic Wrestling Audio Show.  This is another Q&A show with some interesting questions including Wrestlemania 8, Lex Luger, Hulk Hogan, Sid Vicious, Ultimate Warrior, Demolition, Hall of Fame, and much more.

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show.  This is a question and answer show with topics this week including Hulk vs. Andre at Wrestlemania III, a forgotten 1930’s major draw with the same name as a minor league 1980’s wrestler, and Farmer Burns’ 1912 course in Physical Culture and Wrestling.  Send…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Marathon Show 6!  I go back to the mailbag for this show and take questions on Samoa Joe, Tommy Rich, and more!  If you have questions or topics you’d like to hear discussed send them to karl@karlstern.com and check out karlstern.com for information on the Stern Stick Flash Drives…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Marathon Week Show 5!  This is a review show looking at the syndicated WWF Wrestling Challenge show days before WrestleMania 1.  Thoughts on King Kong Bundy, Andre the Giant, Don Muraco, Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo, Junkyard Dog, Vince McMahon as an announcer, and the cultural importance of Mr.…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Marathon Week Show 4!  This is a transitional show where I talk suggestions on a new format and get listener input.  Classic wrestling discussion centers around what has stood the test of time and what hasn’t.  Particularly ECW.

A new Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show.  This is the third show of our marathon week.  This show wraps up the old Q&A format.  The next few shows will be transitional shows until I settle on the new style.  There’s a thread on The Board for site members who can discuss new show ideas.…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show Marathon Show 2.  The Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show focuses on old school pro wrestling from the days of the territories through the Monday Night Wars era.  Wrestling historian Karl Stern takes questions and topic suggestions from listeners and addresses them on this show.  If you have a question…

This is the first of three shows this week for a Karl Stern Marathon!  This one is free but you must be a member of Wrestling Observer/F4W to get the other two.  On the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show we discuss, well, classic old school pro wrestling.  Pretty simple really.  NWA, AWA, WWF, ECW, WCW,…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  On this show I answer listener questions and address topics including a look at 1980’s Mid-South/UWF, the greatness of Mr. Olympia/Jerry Stubbs, and more.

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show for December 4, 2011.  I’m taking a break from the history of wrestling series to review some wrestling products including The Last Outlaw by Stan Hansen and the new Stone Cold Steve Austin DVD from WWE.

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  History of Wrestling Part 7.  On this show we cover the period of the split of the WWWF and AWA from the National Wrestling Alliance up to the Hulk-a-mania era (circa 1984).  Covering the era of such stars as Lou Thesz, The Funks, Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Buddy Rogers,…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  Part 6 of the history of pro wrestling audio series.  This is a FREE SHOW (join now and get the others covering the Civil War era through 1930!) covering the dark age of wrestling from 1930 until the formation of the NWA.  Covering people like Lou Thesz, Bronko Nagurski,…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show presents part 5 of the History of Wrestling Series.  On this episode we look at the 1920 Joe Stecher vs. Earl Caddock match and the aftermath.  The rise of Ed “Strangler” Lewis.  The rise of the Goldust Trio.  Plus:  Why you never hear about John Pesek or Nat Pendelton…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Part 4.  This show covers the Manhattan Opera House International tournament in 1915-1916 with Strangler Lewis, Wladek Zbyszko, Alex Aberg, hypnotists, Opera singers, and The Masked Marvel!  Plus the lead up to the Earl Caddock vs. Joe Stecher world title match from 1920 (check it out on YouTube)

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The History of Wrestling Part 3- Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt I and II!  The story behind both matches.  Real or worked?  Where’s the film?  Who hooked Hack?  Plus Gotch retires a million times and takes wrestling down with him.  The rise of the Zbyszko brothers, Joe Stecher, and…

Part 2 of the History of Wrestling Series with Karl Stern.  On this show we cover the end of the pioneer era and the beginnings of the Gotch-Hackenschmidt era. People and topics on this show include the later days of Col. McLaughlin and William Muldoon, the early career of Frank Gotch and his time in…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Special Series:  The history of pro wrestling in America Part 1!  This is the first of a multi-part show covering how wrestling evolved from various combat styles into the pure entertainment form it is today.  On this show we examine the early days of the pioneer era and talk…

On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show the first half of the show was taped on the road while waiting out a thunderstorm so I ramble about my journey as a fan of classic pro wrestling.  The second half of the show is the standard questions and topics from listeners which…

July 7, 2011 edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Q&A and topics for this edition include lots more discussion on career heels and babyfaces, Rick Rude, pioneer era talk, jobbers, and much more.  Due to circumstances beyond my control this show is in old school mono!  Sorry ’bout that.  It will be…

June 13 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show!  Karl is back with another Q&A Show (send questions or topics to karl@karlstern.com).  Topics and questions this show include:  Gary Hart, the Jarrett family, AWA, Randy Savage, Missy Hyatt, more career heels, and much more!

May 19 2011 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and Q&A include gimmick matches, more on wrestling and modern media, plus reviews of several books including MISSY HYATT~!, Howard Brody, and Chris Benoit. Which are BUY! and which ones aren’t.

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: This show has absolutely zero wrestling content. Be forewarned. It is an update on the tornado devastation here in Alabama. A short show, no wrestling content, but a look inside an unimaginable disaster.

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show! Topics this week include the WCW International World heavyweight championship, Dave Brown, origin of championship belts and pioneer era talk, Col. McLaughlin killing people, RUSH TALK, more career babyface talk, Mid-South, jobbers, early days of newsletters including pre-Observer days and the peak in the early to mid-1990’s.

On this new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show topics and questions include the history of War Games, Roadwarrior Animal’s book, Chris Jericho’s new book, 1982 Memphis Wrestling book, NWA and how it worked, NWA and the dark years, and much more.

A new Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show featuring topics and questions about the NWA World title, A.J. Styles, Bret Hart, The Hart Family vs. The Von Erich family, Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez, Bruno Sammartino and ethnicity in wrestling, WrestleRock, Presidents of the USA, and Georgia Championship Wrestling.

A Continental/Southeastern heavy edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show! Lot’s of questions this week including Bullet Bob Armstrong in the WWE Hall of Fame, Adrian Street, Austin Idol, Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt (yum), Memphis, Ric Flair and the NWA title, AWA, and much more! It’s free so spread the love!

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. A ton of topics this week discussed in more of a rapid fire style. If you have any old school, pioneer era, or territorial era questions for upcoming shows we need some new ones. Send them to karl@karlstern.com or post them on the board…

February 4 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show with tons of old school talk including a bunch of pioneer era talking including great champions among the pioneers, worked vs shoots, Frank Gotch, and modern stuff such as TNA and where all the old school fans have gone. A fun show and a freebie!

January 31 edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. The first half of the show is spent answering questions about old school pro wrestling sent to karl@karlstern.com and the second half of the show begins our coverage of the pioneer era book Fall Guys including how the world REALLY viewed pro wrestling back…

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show! On this episode topics and questions range from Blackjack Mulligan to World Class Championship Wrestling, Bruno Sammartino, Memphis, Continental, police work, and much more! Follow me on Twitter @dragonkingkarl and visit KarlStern.com

December 28 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show- new equipment edition. Yes, as one of the longest continual podcasters on the net I’ve finally upgraded my equipment to pro quality. Topics on this show include TNA currently, WWE currently, Bill Apter, favorite angles of the past, Rick Rude, WWE video collection, wrestling books including Goldust’s,…

New FREE edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show is on the air! Topics and questions this episode include: Rock and Roll Express, Austin Idol, Adrian Street and why nobody but him gets the gimmick right, Bill Watts in WCW, Sportatorium in Dallas, why wrestling can’t be heavy (man), the future of pay…

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show featuring questions and topics on the rock and roll hall of fame, changing the WWE set, Shotgun Saturday Night, Crockett Cup, Pez Whatley, announcers, Jeff Jarrett, 2000 era WWE, more pioneer era talk and history of the world title, Magnum TA, Led Zeppelin, and…

The POST Thanksgiving edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. Only two topics this show- the contrast between pro wrestling and sports entertainment and why one is dead and not coming back. Then a tremendously interesting look at who has actually had the best matches since 1986. Who is really over rated and…

A new day before Thanksgiving free don’t touch my junk edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show featuring talk on THE HALL OF FAME (the rock and roll not wrestling one), language, old interview style vs new, tag team wrestling, Dr. Who, Roku, Verne Gagne, and finally an excellent argument against the Rock…

A new Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show with topics including: Kevin Sullivan, early history of wrestling including DUFUR STYLE, jobber matches, fair use of gimmick names and characters, wrestlers who were better before WWE, stadiums, ECW fans, Muhammad Ali, Kerry Von Erich’s missing foot, iPad’s and Kindle’s, languages, and Jimmy Jack Funk.

The new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show presents topics and Q and A including: Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair as world champions, eye ball popping, Clarence THE KANSAS DEMON Whistler, Rick Rude, Bruiser Brody, football vs. Wrestling in the old days, Miss Elizabeth, wrestlers out of time, hot chick teams, the…

A new Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. On this episode: famous arenas, is Shawn Michaels in the top 5 greatest of all time? Ric Flair and Bret Hart lack of respect toward each other, getting older sucks, King Kong Bundy, Dirty White Boy and Girl, racist angles including Plowboy Frazier angle, meth labs can…

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show. On this show topics and questions include: why do ice people like this show, the differences between promotions in the territorial days, buying and selling world title reigns in the AWA and NWA, Rick Martel, people who should (or should not) have held the world title in the 1970’s…

This is it, the conclusion of the first story arc of WWE Heroes by Titan comics (Issue 6). The exciting and confusing end of the dead Triple H vs. The other monster with appearances this issue by Dan Severn, Roddy Piper, and a bunch of unnamed generic people in spandex. Thank goodness this is also…

You know you’ve been waiting for it. Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Masterpiece Theater! Issue 5 of the worst comic book in the history of comic books WWE Heroes by Titan Comics. How this book ever got approved is beyond me. In this issue: Will we be able to tell Edge, Shawn Michaels, and John Morrison…

The second Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show for the week (so if you missed the last one check it out). On this show Q and A includes: I teach Dixie Carter how to count, did UFC steal fans from pro wrestling? Why I changed my mind about the answer, why were there two Southeastern…

On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Nostalgia show in November in Birmingham, WWF’s horrible Brawl for All, the origins of the smark fan, linear world champion of pro wrestling, ABE LINCOLN, the true lineage of the NWA World title, AWA SuperClash III, Abdullah the Butcher, more Apter Mag talk, Jimmy…

The first of multiple Karl Stern Shows this week. In this show the questions and topics include wrestling robots, Jack Johnson controversial boxing champion, wrestling stables, Mid-South, Magnum T.A. and his auto accident, Stan Lane, jobbers and squash matches, why ratings are stupid, brass knuckles matches, and more!

The second Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show for the week. On this show topics and questions include Gary Hart, more on Austin Idol, yes more DVDR debate, upcoming nostalgia shows with names not heard in a while, and the main event is the discussion of the interesting, amusing, and often inexplicable Dixie Carter YouShoot.

A new Karl Stern Show. The first of two for the week. Terry Funk spells it out for us, Mr. Wrestling II, Amazon Kindle and the iPad, Atsushi Onita, Memphis concession stand brawl, Barry Windham, the fate of wrestling, Dixie Carter, Vince Russo and my head explodes, Tiger Mask and more DVDR conversation, Austin Idol,…

Show two for this week. Thanks for all the kind comments on the last several shows, seems like we’re on a roll. Topics include: UFC in Birmingham, AL and the idiots in Government who almost killed it, why never to trust the news, the best role for legends like Jerry Lawler, Hulk Hogan, and Ric…

Show 1 of the week. On this show topics and questions include: more Adrian Adonis debate, racism in wrestling revisited, my role in a WCW lawsuit and who was involved, did Bobo Brazil hold the NWA World title and why the answer will surprise you, The Sheik, segregation, Sgt. Slaughter, the Observer Hall of Fame,…

Show two for this week. Topics include Chuck Wepner verses Andre the Giant, best matches of the territories poll including some odd results, Brisco’s in WWF, Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis, Terry Gordy, and more!

Show two for this week. Topics include Chuck Wepner verses Andre the Giant, best matches of the territories poll including some odd results, Brisco’s in WWF, Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis, Terry Gordy, and more!

The first of TWO shows again this week. Show one is a look at early 1990’s results and Demolition Smash, Ax, and Crush. Final thoughts on LOST, a history changing what if question, why aren’t kids watching wrestling, how technology can positively impact wrestling in the coming years, and why you have to have hope…

The first of TWO shows again this week. Show one is a look at early 1990’s results and Demolition Smash, Ax, and Crush. Final thoughts on LOST, a history changing what if question, why aren’t kids watching wrestling, how technology can positively impact wrestling in the coming years, and why you have to have hope…

The SECOND Karl Stern Show of the week! On this show topics and questions include: The Great American Bash 1989, The Skyscrapers, Ranger Ross, the early career of Earthquake John Tenta, Gino Hernandez and his death, more TEW, studio wrestling, Jerry Lawler, and some fabulous new bumpers from one of the WORST promo guys you’ll…

The SECOND Karl Stern Show of the week! On this show topics and questions include: The Great American Bash 1989, The Skyscrapers, Ranger Ross, the early career of Earthquake John Tenta, Gino Hernandez and his death, more TEW, studio wrestling, Jerry Lawler, and some fabulous new bumpers from one of the WORST promo guys you’ll…

The first of TWO Karl Stern shows this week. On this show I talk Hector and the Guerrero’s, Ken Timbs, Great Kabuki, Great Muta, Kendo Nagasaki, WWA the later years, Deadwood, NWA wrestlers and their inferiority complex, Randy Savage and that thing everybody wonders about, Nikita Koloff, Bob Sweetan, and once again what’s the oldest…

The first of TWO Karl Stern shows this week. On this show I talk Hector and the Guerrero’s, Ken Timbs, Great Kabuki, Great Muta, Kendo Nagasaki, WWA the later years, Deadwood, NWA wrestlers and their inferiority complex, Randy Savage and that thing everybody wonders about, Nikita Koloff, Bob Sweetan, and once again what’s the oldest…

Karl Stern presents the first ever Karl Stern Masterpiece Theater edition of the Classic Wrestling Audio Show. I preform for you issue 4 of WWE Heroes by Titan Comics, perhaps the worst comic series in the history of comics.

Karl Stern presents the first ever Karl Stern Masterpiece Theater edition of the Classic Wrestling Audio Show. I preform for you issue 4 of WWE Heroes by Titan Comics, perhaps the worst comic series in the history of comics.

On this new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio more questions from the email basket with topics including Michael Lee and other white bread babyfaces, more on WWE comics, The Snowman, origins of tag team wrestling, Dick Murdoch, Halls of Fame, and a trip in a time machine… really.

On this new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio more questions from the email basket with topics including Michael Lee and other white bread babyfaces, more on WWE comics, The Snowman, origins of tag team wrestling, Dick Murdoch, Halls of Fame, and a trip in a time machine… really.

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show with talk on 3rd and 4th generation wrestlers, WWE NXT angle, the complicated Samoan family, Blackjack Mulligan and counterfeiting, going from shoot to work or did it?, Ron Bass, a can’t miss Dr. D promo, Chris Jericho, Paul Orndorff, Barry Windham, and dipsticks who…

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show with talk on 3rd and 4th generation wrestlers, WWE NXT angle, the complicated Samoan family, Blackjack Mulligan and counterfeiting, going from shoot to work or did it?, Ron Bass, a can’t miss Dr. D promo, Chris Jericho, Paul Orndorff, Barry Windham, and dipsticks who…

It’s the time of year where we’d usually get to gaze at a beautiful set of brackets with a crown in the middle, but unfortunately WWE aren’t giving us any this year. Never one to sit back and settle for a raw deal, Joe Gagne rounded up the troops to disect every King Of The…

PART 2: The Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show is a double-decker this Memorial Day weekend (U.S.). Topics covered in this two parter (over two hours in all) include my review of the worst comic book series in the history of comics- WWE Heroes which includes terrorism, dead wrestlers, devil worship, random females… now that…

PART 2: The Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show is a double-decker this Memorial Day weekend (U.S.). Topics covered in this two parter (over two hours in all) include my review of the worst comic book series in the history of comics- WWE Heroes which includes terrorism, dead wrestlers, devil worship, random females… now that…

PART 1: The Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show is a double-decker this Memorial Day weekend (U.S.). Topics covered in this two parter (over two hours in all) include my review of the worst comic book series in the history of comics- WWE Heroes which includes terrorism, dead wrestlers, devil worship, random females… now that…

PART 1: The Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show is a double-decker this Memorial Day weekend (U.S.). Topics covered in this two parter (over two hours in all) include my review of the worst comic book series in the history of comics- WWE Heroes which includes terrorism, dead wrestlers, devil worship, random females… now that…

A new discussion of old school wrestling. Topics include Killer Kahn, Memphis wrestling, Jerry Jarret’s eye redux, Strangler Lewis goes blind, early Southeastern Wrestling, Austin Idol, Mongolian Stomper, The Sheik, Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler empty arena match, Bill Eadie as the Masked Superstar and Demolition Ax, Mr. Wrestling II in the WWF, the original…

A new discussion of old school wrestling. Topics include Killer Kahn, Memphis wrestling, Jerry Jarret’s eye redux, Strangler Lewis goes blind, early Southeastern Wrestling, Austin Idol, Mongolian Stomper, The Sheik, Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler empty arena match, Bill Eadie as the Masked Superstar and Demolition Ax, Mr. Wrestling II in the WWF, the original…

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show featuring talk about some pioneering of mixed martial arts including Antonio Inoki and his various “shoots” including one in Pakistan and his infamous one with Muhammad Ali. Also a lengthy discussion about the history of the Clash of Champions.

A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show featuring talk about some pioneering of mixed martial arts including Antonio Inoki and his various “shoots” including one in Pakistan and his infamous one with Muhammad Ali. Also a lengthy discussion about the history of the Clash of Champions.

To make up for the technical glitch in the last show, here is another new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show (which this time actually is a whole show). Topics this episode include the greatest computer game in the history of computer games: Total Extreme Wrestling 2010. Plus: Kendo Nagasaki (the original),…

To make up for the technical glitch in the last show, here is another new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show (which this time actually is a whole show). Topics this episode include the greatest computer game in the history of computer games: Total Extreme Wrestling 2010. Plus: Kendo Nagasaki (the original),…

Good stuff this show: The best pro wrestling movie you will ever see- Night and the City featuring Stanislaus Zbyszko and Mike Mazurki. Who were these men and what did they do in wrestling? The story of Stanislaus shoot with Wayne Munn. The Gold Dust Trio (not Dustin Rhodes with two clones) and the wrestling…

Good stuff this show: The best pro wrestling movie you will ever see- Night and the City featuring Stanislaus Zbyszko and Mike Mazurki. Who were these men and what did they do in wrestling? The story of Stanislaus shoot with Wayne Munn. The Gold Dust Trio (not Dustin Rhodes with two clones) and the wrestling…

The second Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show this week features talk on 1940s wrestling, odd intellectual gimmicks, Rick Martel, ring’s breaking, Bullet Bob & The Flame, more 2nd gen tag teams, good angles gone bad, and more TNA Impact hate.

The second Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show this week features talk on 1940s wrestling, odd intellectual gimmicks, Rick Martel, ring’s breaking, Bullet Bob & The Flame, more 2nd gen tag teams, good angles gone bad, and more TNA Impact hate.

The first of two Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Shows this week. On episode 1 I give my thoughts and the Monday Night Wars version 2 and how TNA are a BUNCH OF FREAKING MORONS. Questions and topics for this show include: Ernie Ladd, the best (and worst) matches I’ve seen live, WWF King of…

The first of two Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Shows this week. On episode 1 I give my thoughts and the Monday Night Wars version 2 and how TNA are a BUNCH OF FREAKING MORONS. Questions and topics for this show include: Ernie Ladd, the best (and worst) matches I’ve seen live, WWF King of…

On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show I talk Saturday Night’s Main Event, wrestling persona’s vs. real life, The Sheepherders, apparently there was wrestling in Montreal that didn’t involve Vince and Bret (who knew?), World’s Strongest Man (not Mark Henry), MCCARTHYISM (not Big John), Chris Colt (NSFW or anywhere else really),…

On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show I talk Saturday Night’s Main Event, wrestling persona’s vs. real life, The Sheepherders, apparently there was wrestling in Montreal that didn’t involve Vince and Bret (who knew?), World’s Strongest Man (not Mark Henry), MCCARTHYISM (not Big John), Chris Colt (NSFW or anywhere else really),…