Tag: Dragon King

Karl’s back with a new and improved Classic Wrestling Audio Show. An hour and a half of old school fun. Listener emails and more. This edition explores such topics as British pro wrestling, submission holds, early 1990’s WCW, who saved their money, plus a look at Wrestling Observer Newsletter back issues from 1991 including Global…

Don’t make me angry… you won’t like me when I’m angry. So, most of you won’t like me tonight. I am angry, I hate crack heads, computers, and ebay. But I loves me some classic pro wrestling and after a temper tantrum I talk about pro wrestling books including Chris Jericho’s five star classic book,…

It’s the Ric and Steve… er Karl Reunion show part 1. Ric Gillespie of CanvasChronicle.com joins Karl to talk about pro wrestling past, present, and future. What happened to our (and many others) passion for wrestling? What about MMA? Besides our pondering how wrestling has evolved we answer questions from the mailbag over the course…

The final of a best of five series featuring the old Ric and Steve… er Karl Show. This show was recorded back in April 2006. This week Ric and I will be reuniting for a special show where we will answer email and board questions on classic pro wrestling. Be sure to join us next…

This show is the fourth in a five part Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week series. This show is from March 2006. We talk about whatever seemed important back then plus a heavy dose of old school wrestling talk. Ric Gillespie of CanvasChronicle.com will join me in a special reunion show next week to…

Episode 3 in Ric and Steve… er Karl Appreciation week at the F to the W to the 4 online. This show is from June 5, 2006. It is now official- Ric and Steve… er Karl will reunite next week. It’s old school pro wrestling talk with the man whose voice sounds like Randy Savage.

Show number two in the Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week leading to our big reunion show next week. This show is from May 2006 and we talk about whatever seemed important back then. The man with the voice like Michael Hayes joins the man with the voice like Forest Gump. It’s another Ric…

I proclaim this Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week here at the Empire~! In honor of our long defunct radio show I am uploading five classic Ric and Steve… er Karl shows this week all FREE. This jewel is one of our earliest show. From February 20, 2006. Join Ric Gillespie of CanvasChronicle.com and…

Another blast from the past. On this weeks show I answer b0aRd~! questions concerning Robert Fuller, Bruno Sammartino, Larry Zbyszko, Gillberg, The Masked Marvel (seriously), Terry Funk, Tojo Yamamoto and some chick. Then I call Jack “The Bomber” Lord to talk about the Southern Discomfort documentary and Alabama indy wrestling in general plus his thoughts…

A mix of the old and the new. Half the show answers email questions. Topics include Bruno Sammartino, southern wrestling, scaffold matches, and more. The second half of the show is an interview with the editor of Wrestling Perspective and a great historian himself; Paul McAurther. Plus an update on a special show later this…

Karl returns with another old school wrestling show featuring news on Steve Travis, Guido Falcone, Vito Mussalini, and Jack Brisco. Plus talk and questions on this show about Sherri Martel, Mighty John Quinn, Big Daddy Crabtree, Rick McGraw, NWA rules, Bronko Nagurski, the Dream Machine, Bubba Typhoon the Big Steel Shockmaster, the Fabulous Ones, and…

A rare free edition of first run Karl Stern programming! On this show I cover such topics as: more on the Nick Gulas and Jerry Jarrett split including an incredible fact about the popularity of pro wrestling in Memphis, Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson and a pair of scissors, the influence of the Apter magazines,…

100 power packed minutes of exciting old school pro wrestling action. Tune in this week for such stars as Jerry Jarrett, Nick Gulas, Rene Riggins, Gordon Solie, Jimmy Hart, The Moondogs, Grizzy Smith and family, Masahiro Chono, Mike Davis, Mike Rotundo, The Fabulous Freebirds, Bobby Eaton, The Four Horsemen, and much, much more. Don’t you…

Time to clean out the mail bag. In order to catch up I’m doing an marathon 90 minute barn burner. Topics include: Ta Gar Lord of the freakin Volcano, Buddy Fuller and family, territory travels, Ric Flair, British Bulldogs and animal murder, The Patriot, Global wrestling, Mick Foley, plus new feature segments including Old School…

A free edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show. This DragonKing Wrestling Flashback show features a 2005 interview with wrestling historian and publisher of Wrestling Then and Now Newsletter- Evan Ginzburg. Evan is a great historian especially for the Northeastern United States (where I admittedly am much weaker). We talk classic wrestling then…

I am finally back with a new show. Because of the delay there are a ton of emails and mail bag questions ranging the gambit from the AWA, USWA, WCW, Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey, old school interviews verses today, the Tennessee Stud, Rough House Fargo, and much more.

On this ALL NEW edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show I answer a mailbag full of greatness. Topics include The Midnight Express, Ox Baker and his killer heart punch, Lex Luger and the famous Bruiser Brody cage match, Jim Barnett, The Rock, Steve Williams, Rush, and books talk. Also, perhaps my favorite…

Another free DragonKing Flashback show featuring pro wrestling author Scott Williams. Scott was the author of a book on the history of ECW, the Bill Watts biography, and the Terry Funk biography (one of my favorite wrestling books). Scott is also working on a Chris Benoit book, though at the time this interview was conducted…

Free DragonKing Flashback Show. One of the wackiest interviews I’ve ever done. Dr. Tom Prichard was a champion everywhere he went- Portland, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, and Smoky Mountain. Though his time as a wrestler was short in WWE he went on to be a trainer there training some of the best of the era including…

Another DragonKing Flashback show. On this episode I speak with Jimmy Powell. Who? Jimmy Powell is the original Dirty White Boy, a gimmick later used by Tony Anthony and Len Denton. Powell worked for Nick Gulas and Georgia Championship Wrestling and Continental wrestling during the 1980’s. He talks about the Gulas days, including greats that…