Tag: classic wrestling
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Scott Steiner
Big Poppa Pump. The Big Bad Booty Daddy. One half of the Steiner Brothers. Scott Steiner started off as a super-athlete working smaller promotions, then came to WCW in the early 1990s where he was paired with his brother Rick in one of the most dominant tag teams of the era. After a run in both WCW…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Power and Paint
Apparently, post-nuclear war, mankind will take off their shirts, dawn old football shoulder pads, and paint their faces. They may or may not have weird haircuts. Hockey masks may or may not be included. We will run around the planet chasing gasoline, but above all, else we will look really, really bad ass. In the early 1980s…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Ken Timbs
Who is “Gentleman” Ken Timbs? Today you will find out. Timbs worked many areas during the 1980s, from Georgia Championship Wrestling to Central States to Southwest to Mexico’s EMLL. He was a tag team partner to Eric Embry and had a great program with Lizmark in Mexico. He was also very important in host Karl Stern’s pro wrestling…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Muhammad Ali
The Greatest. Simply the most appropriate nickname for one of the biggest mega-stars ever. Few people in modern history have reached the level of fame that Muhammad Ali did. Ali was a force beyond stardom in the 1970’s. If you were old enough to be aware of sports then Ali was as big as they came. He fought…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Lex Luger, pt. II
This is the second half of the Lex Luger biography, so be sure to listen to episode one first. This second part focuses on the later part of Luger’s WWF tenure, and his entrance into WCW on the first WCW Monday Nitro. His second WCW run is covered and then the chaotic years after the end of WCW. Luger’s…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Lex Luger pt. 1
Today, host Karl Stern is back with a doubleheader, a two-part Lex Luger biography. Show number one covers his early career coming out of the USFL as a pro football player into Florida wrestling and his training with Hiro Matsuda during his early days there. Luger was pushed to the moon from the start and was a…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Bam Bam Bigelow
Today, Karl Stern looks at the Beast from the East. Bam Bam Bigelow started out his wrestling career as a highly acclaimed student of the Monster Factory. He soon showed up in Memphis with his manager and trainer Larry Sharpe, where he battled Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and all the top stars in Memphis for a short period…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Mil Mascaras
You have probably seen Mil Mascaras before. If not wrestling, then at least on the cover of a magazine or in the WWE Hall of Fame. You have probably read stories about him in your favorite wrestling books, but who is Mil Mascaras really? On today’s episode, Karl Stern takes a look at the career of…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Canek
Today on the July Classic Wrestling Marathon, host Karl Stern heads south of the border to Mexico to look at one of his favorite lucha stars, Canek. Canek seems to be one of those stars of lucha libre who many in the United States have heard of but know very little about. While many fans in…
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DragonKingKarl Classing Wrestling Marathon: Ron Fuller
Many people mistakenly believe that the “Tennessee Stud” was Robert Fuller (AKA: Col. Rob Parker) since Robert and his cousin Jimmy Golden were active during the cable TV era and the end of the territories. Together Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden were known as The Stud’s Stable but the original Stud’s Stable had actually existed…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Jushin Thunder Liger
The timing could not have worked out better for this show as, just the day before, Jushin Liger was announced as participating in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament. The tournament this year looks to be one of the most loaded in history with some incredible matches possible. Karl Stern was a huge…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling July Marathon: The Assassin
Today’s show looks at Joe “Jody” Hamilton, best known in professional wrestling as The Assassin. He and Tom Renesto were THE prototype heel tag team that traveled the country feuding with the Kentuckians, but Karl saw none of that. He saw Hamilton as the masked Flame — a fireball-throwing heel in a bright red and yellow outfit who…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling July Marathon: Arn Anderson
“The Enforcer” Arn Anderson is best known for his years spent as a member of the Four Horsemen in the NWA and WCW. He and Ole Anderson formed the second version of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. He and Tully Blanchard formed one of the best teams of the era. He was best friends with Ric Flair.…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling July Marathon: “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas
“Mr. USA” Tony Atlas was a fixture in the wrestling magazines of Karl Stern’s youth. He was massive, and had a likability that made him an excellent babyface. From Georgia Championship Wrestling to the WWF, Atlas was a big star during the time Karl first became a superfan. His career dropped off quickly in the mid-to-late 1980s due to…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling July Marathon: “Wildfire” Tommy Rich
Tommy “Wildfire” Rich became a near instant star in the early 1980s but almost as quickly as he shot to stardom, he fell from the top going from one of the youngest NWA World Heavyweight champions to a comedy figure in just a few years time. So, what went wrong? Actually, Rich had a better career than most…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling July Marathon: “Bullet” Bob Armstrong
“Bullet” Bob Armstrong was the perfect babyface character for his era. Back in a time when people still believed in babyfaces and hated heels, “Bullet” Bob was a firefighter and former Marine from Marietta, Georgia. He spoke like others spoke, and he acted like you would expect him to act. He had a code of honor.…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling July Marathon: Mr. Olympia Jerry Stubbs
The DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show July 2016 marathon begins today with 32 shows in one month with a theme of “people who made me a fan of pro wrestling”. If you have listened to Karl’s show over the years, you probably already know that this series could only kick off with one man- Mr. Olympia,…
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DragonKingKarl Show: Paul Heyman hypocrisy, mailbag, wrestling history
Photo of Mike Jackson selling his “broken shoulder” by Karl Stern This is the first of two mailbag heavy shows with a broad range of questions and topics. Email your questions for the next mailbag show now! On this show, topics and questions include: – Undisputed world heavyweight champions including champions from the past such as…
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Dragon King Karl Classic Wrestling Audio: WWE Network’s new additions examined
On this week’s show, the conversation is about all the new classic, old-school wrestling shows which have been added lately to the WWE Network. Finally taking advantage of their incredible tape library, WWE has finally added a sizeable amount of classic content to the online network. Included among the newly added material is NWA World Championship…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Your holiday season wrestling gift buying guide!
On this special family-friendly edition of the Karl Stern Show, the Dragon King (and his wife!) talk about buying gifts for the wrestling fan in your life this holiday season. It can be intimidating for a non-fan to buy gifts for a wrestling fan, so Karl’s wife sits down with him to talk about what she looks for,…