Tag: Chris Adams

DragonKingKarl: July 28, 1986 Wrestling Observer Newsletter review

Posted on by Karl Stern

On a new DragonKingKarl Show, Karl Stern continues to look back at 1986 and 1987 in pro wrestling history with the recent release of his new book, DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus.

This week, he goes into the July 28, 1986 issue of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter which featured such stories as a disputed AWA World Tag Team title change between The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) and Buddy Rose & Doug Somers, the status of Roddy Piper, the arrest of Chris Adams for assaulting an airline pilot, plus the NWA Great American Bash and more!

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Fight Game: AEW Dynasty preview

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

We kicked things off with our discussion on this week’s Dark Side of the Ring episode on Chris Adams, looking at a major unanswered question as well as going through some of the finer details of Adams’ death through Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter bio from 2001.

We then got to the rest of our topics which included:

  • How WWE handled Rhea Ripley’s injury
  • Cody Rhodes’ first WWE title defense
  • Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable in Montreal
  • Trick vs. Melo II
  • AEW Dynasty preview

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