Tag: 1990s

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The first newsletters of the 1990s

Posted on by Karl Stern

On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern, he takes a look at the first issues of pro wrestling newsletters of the 1990s.

What did the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s look like in pro wrestling? What did it look like in real time through the lenses of the wrestling newsletters? There was a real business and fan shift going from 1989 into 1990, pro wrestling was getting smaller, scandal ridden, and less popular but how did the media cover it at the time?

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The early 1990s

Posted on by Karl Stern

On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, you and I are heading back to the early 1990s to discuss the state of pro wrestling at the time.

While business was just about as bad as it could get, there were still plenty of great storylines and personalities. Hulk Hogan was gone from WWF, but we saw the rise of Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and others. WCW was a complete corporate mess but there was still great wrestling with Sting, Big Van Vader, Ron Simmons, Cactus Jack, and others.

I also look at the PWI 500 during the early 1990s from both the top and bottom of the rankings.

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