Tag: Dragon King

Annual examination of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. Who am I looking at voting for this year? The dreaded annual “What about Big Daddy?” question. Plus Brock Lesnar, Sting, AJ Styles, and many more to consider.

Annual examination of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. Who am I looking at voting for this year? The dreaded annual “What about Big Daddy?” question. Plus Brock Lesnar, Sting, AJ Styles, and many more to consider.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Storytelling Series 1: The Bullet & The Stud. The first storytelling series takes a look back to a storyline that ran from 1982-1984 involving the original Tennessee Stud Ron Fuller and his feud both as a babyface and a heel against Bullet Bob Armstrong. Also involved are Jerry Stubbs, Arn…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Biography Special: Ken Patera. The powerhouse Olympic weightlifter turned pro wrestler.  A champion in virtually every region he wrestled in and a top heel opponent for most of that era’s WWF champions.  Today’s show spotlights one of the more under rated stars of the 1970’s and 80’s.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Follow up questions and comments on the July marathon including a great set of notes on El Santo, Bob Backlund, and others. Plus conversation about changes to the show, who is the next biography special, and much more!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Epilogue… and so today on this bonus show we tie it all together.  After 31 days of biographies we talk about the past, present, and future of wrestling.  

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: The Rock. One of the biggest wrestling stars in history and probably the biggest mainstream personality ever to come from pro wrestling. Today we are talking about Dwayne The Rock Johnson. From a pro wrestling family to the most hated babyface in wrestling to the biggest star…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Steve Austin. It’s Stone Cold day! An era defining mega-star who may have lead the most financially successful era in wrestling history. Wrestling has never been as popular as it was at the peak of today and tomorrow’s subjects. Please consider purchasing a Super Stern Stick flash…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Bill Goldberg.  Who’s Next? It’s Bill Goldberg! A huge star during the Monday Night War era he is the flip side of Steve Austin in WWE. A man with such momentum and so hot that only WCW could screw it up… and they did.  Today’s show looks…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Triple H. It’s all about the game (AND how you play it).  Today’s show is on the life, career, and legacy of one Mr. Hunter Hearst Helmsley better known as Triple H and one of the big powerplayers behind the scenes in wrestling Paul Levesque.  

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Shawn Michaels. You know he’s cute, you know he’s sexy, you know that’s a terrible song right? Shawn Michaels may be one of the greatest in ring performers in history. He was also quite the train wreck during his peak. Today’s show takes a look at the…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Bret Hart. Today’s person has been covered in an excellent book, multiple documentaries, and interviews but you absolutely can’t tell the history of wrestling (especially in this series over the next three days) without taking a detailed look at the life and career of The Hitman. Join…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: The Undertaker. Today we look at the life and career of one Mr. Mark Calloway AKA: the dead man, AKA: the Master of Pain, AKA: The Punisher, AKA: THE UNDERTAKER! One of the greatest and longest lasting gimmick characters and one not yet covered to death (pun)…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Ultimate Warrior!  He’s not just any Warrior! He’s not the Average Warrior or the Pretty Great Warrior- he’s the ULTIMATE Warrior! From his days as a bodybuilder to Bladerunner Rock to the DINGO Warrior to the WWF champion. Today’s show covers the strange life and surreal death…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Big Van Vader! You know what time it is! One of the best big men in the business. Yes, we could have talked about Brody (and do on this episode), we could have talked about Bam Bam (Bigelow or Gordy) but I chose Vader because he was…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Four Horsemen. Our first stable of the series featuring Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, James J. Dillon, Ole Anderson, Lex Luger, Barry Windham, Sting, PAUL ROMA, Dean Malenko, HE WHO SHALT’N BE NAMED, and many more. It’s the stable of stables. Let the Horsemen ride! Please consider purchasing…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: The Road Warriors! NOTE: THERE IS A PRODUCTION MISTAKE ON THIS SHOW- IT IS MIXED BACKWARDS. THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW PLAYS BEFORE THE FIRST. No additional charge for that. Besides it the Legion of Doom, it’s gonna be awesome no matter what. Hawk and Animal…

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: The Von Erich family. A tragic tale of the self destruction of an entire family and territory of superstars. Fritz, Waldo, Kevin, Kerry, Mike, Chris, Lance- all of them, real or imagined Adkisson family members, are covered.  

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: July Wrestling Marathon: Hulk Hogan. Don’t skip this show thinking you know all there is to know about Hulk Hogan. This is not a straight up biography.  This show focuses on the early days of his career and the reality of when he started and how and against who. This…