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The next match in the GKT (Greatest Kayfabe Tournament) takes place today with two legends — three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes vs. three-time WWF World Champion Mankind (Mick Foley). The King of the Bunkhouse Stampede vs. the Hardcore Legend. Who will win? You the listeners voted and we have a winner, so let’s talk about the career of two icons of pro wrestling.
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The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues this week with one of our most interesting matches ever. John Cena vs Sting.
From two different eras but two wrestlers very similar in many ways. Both were, at times, the franchise players for their promotions. Neither were technical masters but both were exceptionally popular with fans. You the listener voted and we have a winner. Let’s talk about the careers of Cena and Sting.
Match number 27 in the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament takes place this week and pits two contemporaries against each other: NWA World champion Dory Funk Jr. vs. AWA World champion Mad Dog Vachon.
The two actually met several times in real life and — surprisingly — it appears one is undefeated against the other. Let’s talk about Dory Funk Jr. and Mad Dog Vachon.
The battle for Texas rages in the latest installment of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament, a podcast series at WIWC and Wrestling Observer asking the question: If pro wrestling were real (not a shoot, but the characters as presented were real) who would win?
This episode features two of my favorites: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Stan “The Lariat” Hansen! Will it be the Stone Cold Stunner or the Lariat? Plus, the careers of these two hall of famers discussed.
It’s time for match 23 of round one of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament — and this matchup would be an all-time headliner in Mexico: El Santo vs. Eddie Guerrero.
Guerrero’s father’s career was intertwined with that of El Santo, so there is familiarity there. You the listeners have voted and we have a winner! Obviously, this is a fun excuse to talk about the lives and careers of two of the greatest names ever associated with Mexico and lucha libre. I am a huge El Santo fan, so, win or lose, this was a fun one to talk about!
Match 21 in the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament sees two of the greatest wrestlers from different eras face off. From the 1920s-1930s, Joe Stecher takes on the man many say is the greatest pro wrestler of the modern era — NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada.
Of course, the GKT is just a fun way of doing two biographies. You, the listener, have voted — and we have a winner! Join wrestling historian Karl Stern as he takes a look at these two wrestling legends.
The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament round one, match 20 pits two people from the same era against each other. In fact, these men wrestled many times and one of those occasional unrecognized NWA World Heavyweight title changes happened once when Bobo Brazil beat Buddy Rogers for the title but returned it to him.
How did the voters in the GKT Tournament see it? Today, wrestling historian Karl Stern talks about the careers and lives of Buddy Rogers and Bobo Brazil!
The Ace of WWWF in the late 1970s into the early 1980s vs. the Ace of New Japan. It’s a clash of styles to be sure and a clash of charismas as well.
As the GKT continues, Karl Stern of WhenItWasCool.com and F4WOnline.com takes a look at the careers of Bob Backlund and Hiroshi Tanahashi and asks the question — If pro wrestling were real (not a shoot but the characters as presented were real) who would win? You voted, now let’s talk about it!
It’s time for one of the hardest hitting and interesting matches so far in round one!
Two big monsters battle it out on this edition of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. The wildman Bruiser Brody takes on the WCW World Champion and undefeated Bill Goldberg. We discuss the legend of Brody and just how massive a star Goldberg was. We ask the question: If wrestling were real (not a shoot but the characters were real as presented on television), who would win? You voted and we have a winner!
The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues as this matchup pits one of the most legendary in-ring wrestlers of all time (Lou Thesz) against one of the most influential wrestlers of all time (Ray Stevens).
Who will win? You the listener voted and we have the winner. We also discuss the careers of both Thesz and Stevens, plus the announcement of our next match will blow your mind!
The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues (not ironically while in the middle of the real-world G1 tournament). But what if the G1 featured literally the greatest wrestlers in all of history?
That’s kind of the idea behind the GKT. We are up to match 16 of round one — and it is a clash of eras. You the listeners have voted. Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Bret “Hitman” Hart! Who won and how, plus a look at their careers.
The GKT — Greatest Kayfabe Tournament — continues, and we have a bizarre matchup this time. It’s a real clash of styles and eras as All Japan king Giant Baba faces off against the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels!
This match would have been a train wreck in real life, but what did our voters say? Join host Karl Stern as he talks the lives and careers of Giant Baba and Shawn Michaels and what might happen in a match between the two.
One of the most interesting matches in round one of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament takes place today and you, the listeners, voted and picked a winner.
On a new DragonKingKarl podcast, I discuss the careers and history of former NWA and ECW World Champion Terry Funk and his opponent, modern era star, one of the greatest mat wrestlers in history, and multi-time WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan.
Two of the greatest from two different eras collide today in this look at Funk and Bryan.
The 12th match in round one of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament takes place today — and you the listener have voted for the winner!
This matchup takes two very different wrestlers from two different eras. Randy Orton pits the RKO against the moonsault and shining wizard of the Great Muta/Keiji Muto! You have picked the winner, now let’s talk about the careers, biographies, and history of these two wrestling stars as they face off in this edition of the GKT!
In the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament, we ask the totally geek question — If pro wrestling were real (not a shoot but real as presented on TV), who would win? Fans vote on the @wiwcool Twitter account and we discuss the match. Of course, this is just a fun way to have two biographies on a show and have a little fun too.
The fans have voted on today’s matchup and we have a winner, so join us as we discuss Canada’s Greatest Athlete vs. The Madman from the Sudan!
