Tag: Jim Londos

DragonKingKarl: February question & answer show

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You have the questions and Karl Stern hopefully has the answers on a new DragonKingKarl Show and no matter what era of pro wrestling history, from the pioneer era to the 2000s, nothing is off limits.

Today’s show takes a number of questions and topic suggestions including the recent retirements of John Cena and Hiroshi Tanahashi and opponents they had in common, Jim Londos’ place in wrestling history (pictured above), theme music, Bubba Ray Dudley, and a few retro pop culture questions as well.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: June Q&A edition

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It is time for one of my favorite DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Shows: our monthly question and answer show where you ask any pro wrestling history related question or topic.

On the June edition, I field questions about historical brass knux championships, the history of world championships splitting off from the NWA World title, legacy wrestling characters, Jim Londos, the big blue WWF steel cage, and more!

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: ‘Bullet’ Bob Armstrong’s case for the WON HOF

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On today’s DragonKingKarl, our Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame candidate discussion moves to “Bullet” Bob Armstrong.

Armstrong (and family) was among my favorites growing up, the hometown hero of my regional wrestling promotion, Southeastern Championship Wrestling, and later as “The Bullet” in Continental. Does he belong in the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame?

Plus, I have a discussion of both 1934 at Madison Square Garden where Jim Londos finally got his title back from “Pig Farmer” Jim Browning and more 1990s Tokyo Dome.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: More ‘From Milo to Londos’

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On this episode of my 1000 Hours subseries on the Pioneer Era, I wanted to look at one of the oldest books to talk about that time called From Milo to Londos which gave us a lot of information and also some misinformation.

If you’re here, buy my new DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling on Amazon, clocking in at 700 pages. This book was 25 years in the making with research of around 10,000 newspapers, books, and more. I believe it to be the most detailed look ever at pre-1900 pro wrestling in the United States. A Kindle version will be available soon.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Jim Londos headlines Yankee Stadium in 1931

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On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I continue with my history of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden with a detour to Yankee Stadium in 1931 where Jim Londos teamed up with the William Randolph Hearst empire to — hopefully — draw one of the largest crowds in history up to that date.

Well, they tried anyway.

Then, I transition to talk more about the glory era of wrestling in the southern United States with more discussion of Jerry Jarrett’s Memphis wrestling empire, Ron Fuller’s Continental Wrestling, and more.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: GKT continues, more MSG history

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Welcome to a revamped edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, perhaps version 2.0 or a reboot or whatever you might like to call it.

On this episode, I present the next match in my Greatest Kayfabe Tournament (GKT): Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Austin. The votes are in and we have a winner.

I then take another look back to the history of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden in NYC as the 1930s begin and we find out if Jim Londos was really such a big deal.

You’ll hear all that plus much more classic pro wrestling history. Just click below to listen.

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DragonKingKarl Show: Mail bag! Free! Pioneer era, plus Demolition, WWE HOF

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: FREE EDITION! Tell your friends! Today is a mailbag show with a wide range of questions and topics including:

  • The pioneers of wrestling what referees were in the days of Frank Gotch, Ed “Strangler” Lewis, and Joe Stecher.  The conversation also includes how state atheletic commissions played into things during the pioneer era and how wrestling pioneer William Muldoon figured into things.
  • Why is Demolition not in the WWE Hall of Fame?  Despite being one of the longest reigning tag teams in WWF/WWE history, Demolition has been all but erased from the record books.  They are viritually never mentioned.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  Demoltion Smash (Barry Darsaw) has been brought back for a few projects and even an appearance as the Repo Man so I tell you why that might be and how it probably also includes a member of the Moondogs.
  • There is a great and super informative email about the drawing power of Jim Londos defending him as legitimately one of the biggest draws in wrestling history.  I learned a lot myself from this one.

This is a free show today so tell your friends to give it a listen!  If you would like to order a Super Stern Stick Flashdrive please check out my website http://www.dragonkingkarl.com

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