Tag: Mitsuhara Misawa

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: History of insider wrestling terminology, GKT finals

Posted on by Karl Stern

I have a great DragonKingKarl podcast for you today with a variety of pro wrestling history topics.

  • The finals of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament (GKT) are here and you, the listener, have voted. So who won between Antonio Inoki vs. Mitsuharu Misawa? How did we end up with an all-Japanese final? Get all that and more in this episode.
  • Plus, I talk more history from the 1930s at Madison Square Garden and the later days of Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ time as champion in New York.
  • Finally, wrestling lingo is in the news so I take a look at the history of insider wrestling terminology. It is older than most people think.

So, Hippodromers, join me for a great show packed with pro wrestling history!

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Misawa vs. Funk, ‘Six Pack’ review, final SCW shows

Posted on by Karl Stern

I have a packed DragonKingKarl for you today discussing the final shows of Southeastern Championship Wrestling before it became Continental with Bob Armstrong, Lord Humongous, Ron Fuller, Boomer Lynch, and more.

I also have some more from 1932 wrestling in Madison Square Garden, a review of the great new book The Six Pack and my thoughts on Tito Santana, and the last entrant into the final four of my Greatest Kayfabe Tournament — Terry Funk vs. Mitsuharu Misawa — is decided by you, the listener.

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Misawa vs. Lesnar GKT & the classic wrestling fan problem

Posted on by Karl Stern

On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I take a look at the results of the latest match in the final eight of my GKT (the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament) pitting Brock Lesnar against Mitsuharu Misawa.

These two would have had an incredible match in their primes and I discuss that along with your voting results.

However, the bulk of the show is spent discussing 1980s-90s wrestling, how the lapsed wrestling fan is a real thing, and how the problem is only increasing including all the dynamics of why there really is a new generation of pro wrestling fan.

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