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It’s the Wednesday DragonKingKarl Show and the May edition of the mailback.
Karl Stern answers some great classic pro wrestling questions on Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan, the psychological understanding of working matches, pro wrestling title histories, and much more.
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Welcome to the latest DragonKingKarl Show as Karl Stern continues his long form history of pro wrestling series, taken from the pages of the DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus.
Business is starting to slump temporarily in the wake of all the big shows in the spring of 1986. Stan Hansen has the AWA World heavyweight title stripped from him, Antonio Inoki is having big matches in Japan, and World Class continues to have various Von Erich problems.
But 1987 is coming and the first few chess pieces for that record-shattering year are starting to fall into place.
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On today’s DragonKingKarl Show, Karl Stern takes a detailed look back at February 1986 from his upcoming DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus, set to be released in March.
This month was a very historic one in pro wrestling history.
It featured the tragic death of World Class wrestler Gino Hernandez (pictured above) which shocked the pro wrestling world.
Plus, NWA Superstars was on the Superstation, The Bullet battled Mr. Olympia over their masks, the Honky Tonk Man gimmick was born, a famous tag team wrestler was arrested for a fatal car accident, the first pro wrestling video game came out, and huge, tall tales were spun by the Von Erich family.
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Karl Stern’s ongoing series on the history of pro wrestling on the DragonKingKarl Show has now reached the end of 1985.
The information for this episode is taken from his book DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. 1985 was a hugely impactful year in wrestling history and in December, the AWA crowned a new World Champion when Stan Hansen defeated Rick Martel. Plus, a major talent situation unfolded in Japan.
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Welcome to a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show with Karl Stern.
This week, Karl looks at 1992 when Ron Simmons defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW World championship in an angle that also involved Sting.
Plus, we dive into a corresponding issue of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter for a breakdown of the latest scandal and revelations concerning the then-WWF.
This is a packed episode with tons of insider information about a very volatile time in wrestling history.
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Karl Stern returns with the latest entry into his long form history of wrestling series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show.
July 1985 was a big month in wrestling history featuring the first ever WWF King of the Ring Tournament and a red-hot NWA Great American Bash. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express began their reign as NWA World Tag Team champions plus we got a new WWF Intercontinental champion in Tito Santana.
The information in this episode comes from the DragonKingKarl 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus, available now on Amazon.
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I begin my methodical look back at pro wrestling in 1985, kicking off with January and using all the info from my DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus.
As you might remember or might be learning, Hulk Hogan was entering his first full year as WWF World champion and also was a huge star in Japan, Ric Flair was the NWA World champion and looking forward to a big year and Rick Martel was the AWA World champion and feuding with Jimmy Garvin.
Plus, I talk about the Road Warriors, Antonio Inoki, and much more.
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On today’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I dive back into my long-form, month-by-month history of pro wrestling series.
Currently, we are up to July 1984 (which I cover in my DragonKingKarl Stern 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book) where one of the major events in the rise of WWF/WWE takes place: Black Saturday when Championship Wrestling from Georgia went off the air replaced by WWF programming.
It did not go well.
Plus, the month saw Rick Martel as AWA World Champion, NJPW news, Mid-South having a huge show, and much more.
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