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I turned 13 on this date. Kevin Sullivan was running around Florida in the midst of all his devilish madness, Blackjack Mulligan was there to save us all. A mysterious man in the most ridiculous wrestling outfit ever was trying not to get it dirty while Dory Funk Jr. cracked whip (literally).

Florida in the summer of 1984 was a very strange place, so let’s have some fun and look back at it. Oh, yeah, Ric Flair does a clean job to Scott McGhee. Plus, Hector Guerrero, this one dude from Southeastern wrestling, Barry Windham, and more.

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It was a dream match of the 1980s. The monster squashin’ Incredible Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher. While Abdullah the Butcher never ended up as a Hulk Hogan opponent in the WWF, the two did face off three times. Yes, Hulk Hogan and Abdullah the Butcher were in the ring together just three times during their long careers — and all three times were during the course of one week in 1982. This is that story.

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After a massive June 1982 (see last episode), the train keeps rolling this month.

The Fabulous Freebirds win the NWA National Tag Team titles in Georgia, NWA World Champion Ric Flair faces WWF Champion Bob Backlund at the Omni in Atlanta, The Midnight Express are in Memphis, another big Superdome show with Junkyard Dog and Mr. Olympia, an AWA World title match between Nick Bockwinkel and Bret Hart (yes, THAT Bret Hart), plus the death of Kasavubu (Jimmy Banks). Check out the timeline here

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On this episode, we take a look back at one of Dave Meltzer’s most famous obituaries: a piece about his friend Brian Pillman. An amazing and in-depth piece from someone who knew Pillman personally and watched his spiral out of control, not only as we fans did, but from the inside.

Brian Pillman was an exceptional wrestler and personality whose insane lifestyle drove him to a death at the age of 35.

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This week’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show is a fun-filled review of a very 1986 WWF Wrestling Challenge program hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan.

Today’s show features: YOUTUBE COMMENTS, The Dream Team showing personality for once, creepy Lanny Poffo, Billy Jack Haynes, Randy Savage, The Hart Foundation, Tito Santana, Pedro Morales, and much more! A really fun show.

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Matt Borne was well known in the pro wrestling business to have legal issues. He was arrested multiple times for a variety of crimes. WWE even once sued him to stop him from promoting himself as Doink on indie shows due to his string of arrests.

Borne had serious heat with Jim Duggan over an issue that happened in Mid-South where Duggan alleged Borne was beating a woman. And what is the truth behind the molestation allegation that led to his firing from Georgia Championship Wrestling which led directly to the formation of The Road Warriors?

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June of 1982 is a massively important month in the history of pro wrestling.

The WWF as we know it is born as Vince McMahon buys Capitol Sports from his father. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka leaps from the top of the steel cage. And Rocky 3 is released in theaters, which is pivotal in the pop culture rise of Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.

This show is packed — and the history of pro wrestling changes forever as the course for the next two decades is set.

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The latest DragonKingKarl Ultimate History of Pro Wrestling podcast looks at the Wrestling Observer’s obituary for Fritz Von Erich, the patriarch of the Von Erich family.

This biography not only covers Fritz Von Erich and his career and death, but it covers the entire saga of the Von Erich family and is one of the most famous pieces written by Dave Meltzer.

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Today on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show, we hop in our time machine and travel back to the June 9, 1984 edition of Southeastern Championship Wrestling out of the Dothan, Alabama TV studio.

We see the original RAT Patrol (Scott Armstrong & Johnny Rich & Tonga Kid), plus Arn Anderson & Jerry Stubbs as a tag team, Rick McGraw, Boris Zurkoff, Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Golden, Jacques Rougeau, Rip Rogers, Bob Armstrong, Ron Fuller, and more!

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Today’s show is a new DragonKingKarl Ultimate History of Pro Wrestling special — The Saga of Manny Fernandez.

Manny is an old-school wrestler who has told a lot of tales. He has the reputation of being — how can I put this, a perpetual liar. I am going to examine three of the most often repeated tales of Manny: that he was a Navy SEAL in Vietnam, that he played pro football, and that he shot on Invader 3 in revenge for the killing of Bruiser Brody. You’ll be surprised by both the fantasy and the truth!

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It’s time to have some fun again — this time I hop in the time machine and travel back to February 22, 1992 for WCW WorldWide Wrestling.

HOLY CRAP THEY’VE MADE P.N. NEWS & EL GIGANTE A TAG TEAM. If you think it can’t get any better than that well, yo baby yo baby you are wrong! Rick Rude half-asses it in WCW as usual. Ricky Steamboat and Cactus Jack have a fine little match. BUT the main event pits Firebreaker Chip, War Person Dale Champion & Heavy Metal Dollar Value Sid Vicious against the Midnight Horsemen & Larry Zbyszko. You asked for it and here it is. Pro wrestling fun.

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