Tag: karl stern
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DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Abdullah The Butcher vs. Keiji Mutoh
Round two of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show continues with two very different pro wrestlers: the bloodletting Abdullah The Butcher vs. the blood-spilling Keiji “The Great Muta” Mutoh. Will the versatility of Mutoh be able to overcome the girth and brutality of Abdullah? You, the listener, voted, and we have…
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Left My Wallet: Karl Stern on Alabama football, Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame
Left My Wallet is back with our very own DragonKing: Karl Stern! The host of both the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show and DragonKing Dark is here to talk about some Alabama football, wrestling figures, and more. We start by talking about the Crimson Tide, Nick Saban, following the myriad of players to move on to…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The deaths of Plum Mariko & Stan Stasiak
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show, I look at two very different biographies from a classic edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter as Dave Meltzer looks at the in-ring death of Japanese female wrestler Plum Mariko (possibly the first in-ring death ever in Japan) and the death of former WWWF champion Stan Stasiak.
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DragonKing Dark: The fatal Dale Earnhardt crash
On a new DragonKing Dark, I continue our weekly look into the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history. This time, I explore the fatal accident of Dale Earnhardt in Daytona Beach, FL, at 2001’s NASCAR Daytona 500 when 17 million people witnessed the death of the most popular driver in the sport. Some say…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: April 1982 in pro wrestling
We are up to April 1982 on this week’s DragonKingKarl longform history of pro wrestling with tons of interesting stuff happening at that point of time. Jerry Lawler has his famous first match against Andy Kaufman in Memphis; Andre The Giant won what is now called the G1 Climax in New Japan; it was the…
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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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DragonKing Dark: Night of the Bullshido
We continue our countdown to episode 250 of DragonKing Dark where we will be starting a new fresh season of our podcast. This week, we present a special edition called Night of the Bullshido where I take a look into the fictional world of not so effective martial arts. We look at some martial arts “masters”…
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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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DragonKing Dark: Inside one of America’s most haunted places
The old Sloss Furnaces steel mill in Birmingham, AL, was a brutal place to work. While the steel industry built Birmingham, it wasn’t an easy life and many died working in the horrible conditions there. Several TV shows and documentaries have covered their old mill as one of the supposedly most haunted places in America.…
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DragonKing Dark: Classic TV shows Dark Shadows & Bewitched
This week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast, we have two retro TV reviews for you of very differing types. Pulled from our Patreon archives at WhenItWasCool.com, I look at one of my favorite TV shows: the gothic vampire soap opera Dark Shadows. Then, I am joined by Tonya from WIWC to discuss the witch themed sitcom…
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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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DragonKing Dark Podcast: 1971 and the Manson Family trial
I celebrate my birthday all week long with a look back at the year I was born: 1971. On this episode, we look back at the insane circus that was the Charles Manson Family trial. While the killings took place in 1969 and the trial began in 1970, it wasn’t until 1971 that a verdict…
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DragonKing Dark: Roald Dahl’s ‘Tales of the Unexpected’
On this episode of DragonKing Dark, I take a look at an amazing show written by Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected. It’s a wonderful show that ran for nine seasons from 1979-1988 and can be found on Tubi (free) or with an Amazon Prime subscription. (It’s also getting rebooted.) Similar in many ways to The…
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DragonKing Dark: Avenging Angels
We continue our look at supernatural aspects as presented in comic book stories and this week, I investigate the theme of avenging angels, angelic beings sent by a high power to right wrongs and serve justice. Obviously, they are vastly powerful and are based on archetype biblical angels. The Spectre, Angela, and other powerful beings…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Spring 1981 in pro wrestling
The spring of 1981 saw Harley Race continue his run as NWA World champion, Ron Fuller losing his smile and going home, Junkyard Dog cranking it up in Louisiana, Hulk Hogan battling Jerry Lawler in Memphis, a big name wrestler appearing on a game show, Sgt. Slaughter becoming a force in WWF, Don Muraco heading to WWF, and…
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DragonKing Dark: Smithsonian Channel ‘Sphinx’ documentary review
This week on DragonKing Dark, I review the 2013 documentary from the Smithsonian Channel called Secrets: The Sphinx. Of all the ancient monuments in Giza complex in Egypt, one stands out as different from the others ss the great Sphinx seems out of place, out of scale, and older than the rest. The official archaeological…