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It’s the final day of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon! I had tried all month to schedule Dave Meltzer for an interview, but there was just too much happening and Dave and I could never make the connection. But I promised you Dave Meltzer and I give you Dave Meltzer! Only the twist is this interview is 12 years old and predates me coming to the Observer website. Thank goodness classic wrestling is evergreen.

If you enjoyed this month’s Classic Wrestling Marathon, then take a look at the digital downloads I offer at my website, DragonKingKarl.com for more.

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Here’s a flashback for you. The very first July Classic Wrestling Marathon show took place on July 1st, 2013, and here it is again. This show was a mailbag episode talking a number of topics including Kerry Von Erich.  

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As the July Classic Wrestling Marathon enters its final days, Karl Stern takes a look at wrestling merchandise and talks wrestling video games, action figures, and much more on today’s show. Karl gives a little history and an update on pro wrestling action figures and the modern Mattel era of figures, plus Karl asks questions about the return of a cult favorite game — Fire Pro Wrestling!

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On today’s episode, host Karl Stern presents an episode of his Old Time Wrestling Hour Show where he takes mailbag questions. One of the questions asked is a great one about Adrian Street and the later years of his career.

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On today’s show, host Karl Stern takes a look back at the history of a championship that he often heard about but didn’t get to see a lot of back in the day — the NWA National Heavyweight title. The belt was one of the top titles for Georgia Championship Wrestling during the TBS era and many big stars and up and comers held it.

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Good grief, how did anyone ever think this was good? Well, host Karl Stern explains that context is everything. Make no mistake about it, this show does not hold up well and there are many reasons why.

Karl takes you back to the time period and what was going on in the world of wrestling when a company could put on an event this terrible and have everyone talking about it. On this episode, Karl revisits the original ECW and Hardcore Heaven 1995.

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On today’s show, host Karl Stern is joined by pro wrestling historian Seth Hanson. If you are on Twitter or Facebook then it is likely you have seen Seth posting some of his wrestling clipping collection. Karl talks to him about how he got interested in pro wrestling and what some of his favorite areas and personalities to read about and collect information on are.

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Eric Darsie from the Wrestling with the Dawg podcast returns one final time to talk 1990s-2000 era pro wrestling, including stars like Mankind, Steve Austin, The Rock, Chris Jericho, and Shawn Michaels.

Eric grew up in a different time period than host Karl Stern. While Karl’s formative years as a wrestling fan were in the early 1980s, Eric’s came during the Attitude Era. They discuss the differences between the eras that made their fandom and how they see things today.

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Today is part two with Kris Zellner of the Between the Sheets and Exile on Badstreet podcasts. We discuss a variety of topics, including more on Georgia Championship Wrestling, Continental Wrestling, and the giant television block of wrestling that aired on Atlanta TV back during the 1980s with Joe Pedicino.

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Today and tomorrow, host Karl Stern is joined by a guest, Kris Zellner of the Between the Sheets and Exile on Badstreet podcasts. Karl and Kris discuss growing up in the south and watching pro wrestling and how it was part of the culture.

Kris gives Karl a great history lesson on the boom period of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Mr. Wrestling II, and much more!

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Remember when a pro wrestler being in a movie was a big deal? Well, the days of Jesse Ventura, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, and Roddy Piper are behind us and wrestlers frequently appear in films now, including Batista in one of the biggest movie franchises of the last decade!

Join host Karl Stern as he discusses pro wrestlers in the movies.

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