Tag: hulk hogan
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Wrestling Observer Live: Why saying ‘WHAT?’ has gotten old
It’s Saturday and that means Wrestling Observer Live. As much as they tried, fans on this week’s WWE SmackDown and AEW Dynamite couldn’t shake either Piper Niven and Rush with their stupid “WHAT?” chants. Can we stop with that already, please? Hulk Hogan cut a promo for DDT Pro Wrestling. No, really. We’ll play it…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: More thoughts on episode one of ‘Who Killed WCW?’
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over the big stories in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave and I talked about the following: The CMLL/AAA/AEW relationship Eric Bischoff’s performance on episode 1 of Who Killed WCW? Hulk Hogan’s role Whether or not Sting was worried about being screwed…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: March 1984
On a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I present the 100th installment in my long-form history of pro wrestling series. This week, join me in looking back at March 1984 which had the fallout from the shocking death of David Von Erich in February, Ric Flair and Harley Race pulling off a secret NWA World…
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Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Shawn Show: New Japan Tokyo Dome 1994 highlights plus Granny!
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Granny & SHAWN SHOW is back with tons to talk about. Yes, Shawn is finally back in studio after a bout with pneumonia, Granny has the highs and lows of contests and memoirs, the whole nine yards, then the boys review matches from the 1994 Tokyo Dome show!…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: 1984 & 1985
Celebrating the release of my new book, DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus, this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show looks back at these two massively important years in pro wrestling history. Some highlights: Hulk Hogan wins the WWF World title, the WWF national expansion begins in earnest including the takeover of the WTBS time slot, the…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Main Event Wrestling magazine review
As I wrap up work on my upcoming DragonKingKarl Stern’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book, I wanted to review a magazine from that timeframe on this week’s show. So, I struck outside the usual Apter mags and decided to review a George Napolitano offering: Main Event Wrestling from November 1984 featuring Hulk Hogan, Kerry Von…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Bash at the Beach 2000, The Elite re-sign with AEW
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We discussed the following: Saturday’s crazy schedule Dave’s bio on Adrian Street More on The Elite re-signing with AEW SummerSlam and thoughts on the Cody Rhodes documentary The story behind Bash…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Inside Wrestling from April 1988
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, let’s take a look back at a retro Apter mag: the April 1988 issue of Inside Wrestling. This issue features a look at the storyline run-up to the Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant feud where Ted DiBiase tried to buy the WWF World title from Andre. Also…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher ’82
It was a dream match of the 1980s: the monster squashin’ “Incredible” Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher. While Abdullah never ended up as a Hogan opponent in WWE, the two did face off in their long careers but just three times during the course of one week in 1982. This is that story. (sub…
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Wrestling Observer Live: A talk with Roddy Piper’s former assistant
On a special edition of Wrestling Observer Live, I share an exclusive interview with Lewis Rach, Roddy Piper’s former assistant from 2001-2005 which will give you an inside look at one of the most enigmatic figures in wrestling. He was there for the infamous confrontation in a dark bathroom between Piper and Bryan Alvarez. What…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Hulk Hogan & the AWA World title
Join me on this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show as I look in-depth at the history of Hulk Hogan before he became WWF World Champion for the first time in 1984. However, did he hold a World championship before that while he was in the AWA? Well, it’s complicated. What is the real story? Did…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Could Roman Reigns surpass Hulk Hogan’s first WWE title reign?
Jim Valley also talks this week’s WWE Draft. Whatcha gonna do when Roman Reigns is coming for your title reign, brother? It’s time for a Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live. If undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was losing either or both of his titles anytime soon, why would WWE need to create a…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: What’s so special about 1983?
Karl Stern looks at one of the most important years in pro wrestling history. 1983 was one of the most important years in the history of professional wrestling. Here’s some examples: The building of the WWF national expansion The fall of the territories The eventual birth of the major yearly event Hulkamania The fall of…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Wrestling Superstars from fall 1983
Karl Stern returns with another classic magazine review. Just in time for the release of my new book, DragonKingKarl’s 1983 Pro Wrestling Omnibus, let’s review the Fall 1983 issue of the Apter magazines’ quarterly special: Wrestling Superstars. This issue focused heavily on Georgia Championship Wrestling who was going through some things in 1983. Yes, the “Last Battle of…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: July 1983 in pro wrestling
Go back in time with Karl Stern to the summer of ’83 in the world of wrestling. My longform history of pro wrestling series picks back up with a detailed look at every major event and news story from July 1983 including a shadow break-off NWA group threatening to form with Southwestern Wrestling, ICW, Georgia…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Earthquake/John Tenta biography
This is a free show. Just click below to listen. John Tenta (aka WWF’s Earthquake, WCW’s Avalanche and Shark) wrestled at LSU and then became a sumo competitor where he was a standout Westerner. But, he soon became disgruntled and switched to pro wrestling, first in Japan and then in the U.S., becoming a star…
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DragonKing Dark: The death of WCW
Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, I return to the world of sports entertainment (pro wrestling) to find out how one company became the most profitable and successful wrestling company in the world and then sank over half of genre with it. The death of WCW is an amazing account of how…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Early career of Hulk Hogan
What is the reality of the mythology of the early career of Hulk Hogan? Host Karl Stern and a number of pro wrestling researchers once investigated and researched in detail the early years of Hogan’s career. Did he wear a mask? Who was his true first opponent? Did he quit wrestling for a while and work…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling: Karl Stern opens the mailbag
Host Karl Stern continues to sort through the emails generated during the July marathon of biographies. Topics on this show include follow up on Norvell Austin, plus conversation about the WrestleMania VIII main event that should have been Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan, and much more. On the show, Karl talks about: Why the conventional reasons…
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DragonKingKarl Show: 1983 wrestling world, pinfalls, Jesse Ventura, Free show!
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: 1983 was an incredible year in wrestling if you think about it. The wrestling world was about to change forever. The release of the new TEW 2016 got me to thinking back about the year in wrestling in 1983 and I talk about it on this episode. Also I answer…