Tag: Dragon King

On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, it’s another edition of From the Pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter discussing the death of Louie Spicolli. Spicolli wrestled for WWF, WCW, AAA, and ECW, among others. At the time it happened, his death was a major story related to the rampant drug deaths in…

On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I cover August 1982 and one of the strangest World title changes in history — Otto Wanz winning the AWA World Championship from Nick Bockwinkel. Plus, Jerry Lawler feuds with Kamala, Bob Backlund feuds with Bob Orton, Jr., Ric Flair in Memphis, World Class Star Wars, a huge…

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this year’s ballot on this massive show. Who is new? Let’s talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate, and Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus, Big Daddy, a few who have no chance, a breakdown of the Hall of…

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this year’s ballot on this massive show. Who is new? Let’s talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate, and Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus, Big Daddy, a few who have no chance, a breakdown of the Hall of…

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this year’s ballot in this massive show. Who is new? Let’s talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate, and Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus, Big Daddy, a few who have no chance, a breakdown of the Hall of…

On this week’s installment of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, we go back into the pages of the Observer and look at two obituaries written by Dave Meltzer: long-time AWA president Stanley Blackburn and the cultural icon from England — Big Daddy. Big Daddy is one of the most divisive wrestling personalities ever. This is borne…

I turned 13 on this date. Kevin Sullivan was running around Florida in the midst of all his devilish madness, Blackjack Mulligan was there to save us all. A mysterious man in the most ridiculous wrestling outfit ever was trying not to get it dirty while Dory Funk Jr. cracked whip (literally). Florida in the summer…

It was a dream match of the 1980s. The monster squashin’ Incredible Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher. While Abdullah the Butcher never ended up as a Hulk Hogan opponent in the WWF, the two did face off three times. Yes, Hulk Hogan and Abdullah the Butcher were in the ring together just three times…

After a massive June 1982 (see last episode), the train keeps rolling this month. The Fabulous Freebirds win the NWA National Tag Team titles in Georgia, NWA World Champion Ric Flair faces WWF Champion Bob Backlund at the Omni in Atlanta, The Midnight Express are in Memphis, another big Superdome show with Junkyard Dog and Mr. Olympia,…

Image: WWE On this episode, we take a look back at one of Dave Meltzer’s most famous obituaries: a piece about his friend Brian Pillman. An amazing and in-depth piece from someone who knew Pillman personally and watched his spiral out of control, not only as we fans did, but from the inside. Brian Pillman…

This week’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show is a fun-filled review of a very 1986 WWF Wrestling Challenge program hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan. Today’s show features: YOUTUBE COMMENTS, The Dream Team showing personality for once, creepy Lanny Poffo, Billy Jack Haynes, Randy Savage, The Hart Foundation, Tito Santana, Pedro Morales,…

Matt Borne was well known in the pro wrestling business to have legal issues. He was arrested multiple times for a variety of crimes. WWE even once sued him to stop him from promoting himself as Doink on indie shows due to his string of arrests. Borne had serious heat with Jim Duggan over an…

Image: WWE June of 1982 is a massively important month in the history of pro wrestling. The WWF as we know it is born as Vince McMahon buys Capitol Sports from his father. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka leaps from the top of the steel cage. And Rocky 3 is released in theaters, which is pivotal in the…

The latest DragonKingKarl Ultimate History of Pro Wrestling podcast looks at the Wrestling Observer’s obituary for Fritz Von Erich, the patriarch of the Von Erich family. This biography not only covers Fritz Von Erich and his career and death, but it covers the entire saga of the Von Erich family and is one of the most famous…

Today on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show, we hop in our time machine and travel back to the June 9, 1984 edition of Southeastern Championship Wrestling out of the Dothan, Alabama TV studio. We see the original RAT Patrol (Scott Armstrong & Johnny Rich & Tonga Kid), plus Arn Anderson & Jerry Stubbs as a…