This week on my podcast I mention the passing of one of my favorites, Sid Vicious. Plus we look at more history from Madison Square Garden as Ed Strangler Lewis returns, the finals of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament are set as Sting takes on Antonio Inoki, plus we dive into a 1984 pro wrestling magazine for a look at the Von Erichs, Ted DiBiase, and many more. Join me for a deep dive into pro wrestling history.
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Who Killed WCW?
Today I turn my show over to Eric Darsie, Eric Allen and Joe Drilling to review the four-part Vice series entitled “Who Killed WCW?”
They talk why was WCW was popular back in the day, the Jerry Springer show, Hulk Hogan and his creative control, the bad management skills of Eric Bischoff, how WCW dropped the ball on Goldberg, Vince Russo’s writing style, and so much more!
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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.
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 Dusty Rhodes and Andre the Giant forming a impressive tag team.
In this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I look at all that and more that was happening in the pro wrestling scene in 1981 as the scene was heating up.