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It’s a new Old Time Wrestling Hour podcast. We have the difficult task of trying to keep things positive on this show and I try my best! I am joined by Matt “Kid Zombie” Mann of Alternative Wrestling Radio and we talk tape trading in the old days, San Francisco wrestling, why he is done…

We have a retro PPV review of WCW WrestleWar 1992 on this week’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. I recently reviewed the go-home show for this PPV and it was pretty terrible. Well, WCW over delivered with a PPV that was pretty decent from top to bottom with a home run WarGames main event…

On this episode of the DragonKingKarl longform history of pro wrestling series we dive deep into June and July of 1981. The Moondogs get a shakeup in WWF when one can’t leave home, Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Terry Taylor becomes World Junior Champion, plus Ted DiBiase, Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura, Sgt.…

On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, Karl Stern reviews WCW Saturday Night from May 16, 1992. This is the week that Turner finally put Jim Herd on the chopping block and the company was about to hire Bill Watts. We get Hercules Hernandez with red pantyhose over his head, the Z-Man, an insufferable…

Today we take a look back at another bright idea Vince McMahon had. In an era where the federal government was trying to put him in prison for dealing steroids and the WWF public imagine was at an all time low, Vince decided to promote his own bodybuilding federation full of jacked up dudes. Go…

The DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show continues to add additional content during this era when many people are confined to their homes. Today, I want to give you something from my WhenItWasCool.com archive — a biography on Mr. T! Mr. T was very important to the national expansion of WWF, appeared in the main event…

On this episode of the longform history of pro wrestling series, Karl covers April and May 1981. The months include the quick switch in Georgia of the NWA World title between Tommy Rich and Harley Race. More on the filming of Rocky III, the origins of the IWGP title, Sgt. Slaughter in the WWF, the debut of…

This is a massive show with tons of stuff — including a lot of things you might not know. Karl Stern covers the entire story of Ric Flair quitting WCW to jump to WWF in 1991 while still WCW/NWA World Champion. Karl discusses what the NWA was during that time. Could Flair have jumped as…

On the new DragonKingKarl Old Tyme Wrestling Hour podcast, host Karl Stern talks about pandemics both now and in the early 1900s and how they affected the pro wrestling business, or alternately titled, Mine Constitution is Superior to Thine. Plus, Karl answers some listener emails and covers a ton of pro wrestling history.

We combine both the wrestling ring and a sitcom with a special retro TV review today. This is a review of the 1988 sitcom Learning the Ropes starring NFL star Lyle Alzado and the crew of Jim Crockett Promotions, including Steve Williams, Jimmy Garvin, The Road Warriors, Ric Flair, and many others. While the show…

We enter 1981 by looking at the Omni in Atlanta, Andre the Giant, Barry Windham, All Japan Pro Wrestling, the Sgt. Slaughter and Bob Backlund feud, AWA, Jerry Lawler back on top in Memphis, Harley Race battles Ric Flair in the Mid-Atlantic area, Los Angeles is on its last leg, the original Midnight Express win…

It’s time again for a look back at some obituaries and biographies from the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter by Dave Meltzer. On this episode, host and wrestling historian Karl Stern takes a look back at the deaths of top junior heavyweight Danny McShain, one half of the Kangaroos tag team Roy Heffernan, and…

The last two months of 1980 are discussed as Karl Stern’s longform history of pro wrestling series continues.  Memphis is struggling with near all-time low attendance. Where is Jerry Lawler? Ron Fuller buys north Alabama and starts the classic era of Southeastern Championship Wrestling which will include Birmingham. The original Midnight Express start to come together.…

This month’s installment of “From the Pages of the Observer” takes a look back at Dave Meltzer’s obituaries of three wrestling names from the past. Karl Stern looks at the strange and controversial death of Buzz Sawyer, along with the deaths of promoter Fred Ward and Southern Wrestling legend Tojo Yamamoto. 

May 22, 1993 might not be a landmark day in pro wrestling history — but on this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, Karl is going to review WCW Saturday Night featuring Kevin Nash as Vinnie Vegas, Rob Van Dam as Robbie V, Sting, Harley Race, Al Green and the Laurinaitis brother you know the…

The longform history of pro wrestling series continues into 1980. Harley Race, Bob Backlund, Verne Gagne, Giant Baba, Ricky Steamboat, and Ric Flair are having great years. Jerry Lawler, not so much. He has broken his leg and business in Memphis is horrible. We discuss all of this and much more as our look at…

In our latest installment of From the Pages of the Wrestling Observer, we take a look back at three biographies/obituaries from Dave Meltzer covering the deaths of Dick the Bruiser, Wilbur Snyder, and Ripper Collins. Dick the Bruiser was one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling history, Snyder was a very successful wrestling star who…