Tag: Clarence Whistler

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Podcast: Muldoon & Whistler get into a fist fight

Posted on by Karl Stern

1000 Hours is my series on the pioneer era of pro wrestling history and is taken from my latest book DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus available from Amazon.

On this episode, hour 79, we take a look back at the very successful exhibition tour put on by World Greco-Roman champion William Muldoon along with his troupe of wrestlers including Clarence Whistler. Clarence, however, kept beating up poor Andre Christol and finally William Muldoon had to step in which led to a public brawl between the two.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The historical importance of 1886

Posted on by Karl Stern

My pioneer era focus on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show returns this week with a look back at 1886 — a year of change in professional wrestling.

Clarence Whistler had been one of the top stars of the last few years, but died while on tour of Australia in late-1885. Col. James H. McLaughlin had returned after multiple retirements, and a young and dangerous wrestler named Evan Lewis (seen above) was earning his nickname of “The Strangler” — poised to become a major star.

If you like this topic, be sure to pick up my new 700-page monster research project on the pioneer era of United States wrestling: the DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The pioneer era in Australia

Posted on by Karl Stern
The latest entry into my 1000 Hours series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show looks at the pioneer era of wrestling in Australia of all places.

Believe it or not, there was pro wrestling there in the 1800s, and one of America’s top stars actually died there.

The incredible story of the death of Clarence Whistler has been often told but the details are a bit incorrect. On this episode, we will look at what is really known about how and why Whistler died while wrestling in Australia. I also talk about his last match there and why he was even in Australia to begin with.

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