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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: WON Hall of Fame ballot discussion show, pt. 1
Our most popular shows of the year are back: the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballot discussion. On this opener, I talk about this year’s rule changes, the many new tag teams, discussion about Sgt. Slaughter and many others. Part one of three has arrived.
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DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Bret Hart vs. Giant Baba
The next match in the GKT (Greatest Kayfabe Tournament) takes place and you the listeners have voted. Who will win when multi-time WWF Champion Bret Hart faces All Japan legend Giant Baba? Plus, a detailed look at the career and legacy of Bret Hart in Japan.
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: AWA Remco 80s figures
On a special DragonKingKarl Show, I look back at the old AWA Remco action figure series from the 1980s: the first mass market pro wrestling action figure series. Next week: I present three shows in three days in a special true crime series.
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The true crime story of Jeff Gaylord
I didn’t start doing these pro wrestling true crime podcasts to be funny but then, there’s Jeff Gaylord: pro wrestling star and bungling bank robber. I had always heard that Gaylord was a little, well, not so bright. As it turns out, that was accurate. I lost count of how many banks he robbed along the…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Florida wrestling in August 1985
On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I put a spotlight on southern wrestling as we visit the Florida wrestling territory as it begins its fall after the death of Eddie Graham. It was still a viable territory at this point with NWA World Champion Ric Flair coming to town to face Wahoo McDaniel…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: March 1982
I continue with my longform history of pro wrestling podcast series with a look at March 1982. Bob Backlund was WWWF champion and feuding with both Jesse Ventura and Adrian Adonis, Ric Flair was facing many different opponents including a memorable series with Butch Reed, and Nick Bockwinkel reigned as champion over the AWA. Plus, I discuss Jerry…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The true crime story of Bob Sweetan
We begin our series on pro wrestling true crime this week by looking at the story of the late “Bruiser” Bob Sweetan. Sweetan was a journeyman wrestler who worked many territories from the the central U.S. to the southwest U.S. He even had national exposure as “Mr. Piledriver” when Southwest Championship Wrestling was on USA…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The F4W diss rap
This week’s DragonKingKarl Show is not family friendly. Sorry, but sometimes I need to say something with an exclamation point. I’ve been around F4W Online before Dave Meltzer even arrived and now, we have a johnny-come-lately who has been passively aggressively messing with me for some time. After his latest little jab, I ain’t taking…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The life of Big John Studd
From the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, I take a look back at the obituaries, biographies, and history pieces written by Dave Meltzer. On this episode, I discuss the life and career of Big John Studd via Dave’s obituary from the March 27, 1995, Observer. He was a memorable TV character from the Hulkamania era…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: January 1982
This week kicks off our discussion of the year 1982 in pro wrestling by taking a look at January when Ric Flair was NWA World Champion, Bob Backlund was WWF World Champion, and Nick Bockwinkel was AWA World Champion. Additionally, 1982 kicks off a really strong couple of years for Southeastern Wrestling, Jerry Lawler was…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Southern wrestling spotlight
Tuesday’s show kicks off a new series as I will be reviewing an episode of a classic southern pro wrestling promotion and what better place to start than with the first episode of Ron Fuller’s full-fledged Southeastern Championship Wrestling. Airing throughout Alabama and in parts of Florida, we get introduced to Fuller, Bob Armstrong, Eddie…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The first WWF Buried Alive match
For your Halloween week enjoyment. let’s talk about a spooky match: the first-ever Buried Alive match at 1996’s WWF In Your House between Undertaker and Mankind. Mankind was being managed by Paul Bearer at the time and both men were exceptionally good…despite the match being ridiculous. The match itself also featured appearances by Hunter Hearst…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Sid Vicious as Lord Humongous
We all know Sid Vicious. He looked like a million bucks, was as champion in both WWF and WCW, and was a major player during the 1990s. However, he began his career as one of the men to play the Lord Humongous character, starting in Memphis then going to the Continental Wrestling Association. On this week’s DragonKingKarl…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Old Tyme Wrestling Hour | 80s angles
On an Old Tyme Wrestling Hour edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I look at the massive decline in WWE’s pop culture popularity and a new documentary that takes a look at the life of former lucha and WCW star Vampiro. Then, Kid Zombie (aka Matt Mann) joins me to discuss some of our…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Minus Five Stars, pt. 1
This week on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I begin our first ‘Minus Five Stars’ reviews of the worst matches in pro wrestling history according to our Dave Meltzer. The first comes from AAA TripleMania 23 in 2015 where the Psycho Circus battled Los Villanos, a match leaturing a dude on a unicycle, latex masks, and a…
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DragonKingKarl Show: The saga of ‘The Bullet’ and ‘The Stud’
Southeastern Championship Wrestling was built around the feud between “The Stud” Ron Fuller and “The Bullet” Bob Armstrong. In late 1982, both men were babyfaces until Armstrong shocked everyone and turned heel, something few thought he could pull off. But, he did and it was incredible. What happened next is wrestling booking at its finest…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: History of the NWA title, pt. 5
In the final installment in my look at the history of the NWA World title, I cover the indie years and the era where the NWA title floated around among small time promoters. Note that this series was completed prior to the Billy Corgan era but covers everything up to that point. Previous editions: Part 1 | Part…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The Lawler-Idol hair vs. hair match
Image: Scott Bowden Straight out of 1986-87, this week’s DragonKing Karl Classic Wrestling Show takes a deep dive into the Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol hair vs hair match that took place in a steel cage. I had such fun putting this show together and I encourage fans of both classic and modern wrestling to…