On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I cover August 1982 and one of the strangest World title changes in history — Otto Wanz winning the AWA World Championship from Nick Bockwinkel. Plus, Jerry Lawler feuds with Kamala, Bob Backlund feuds with Bob
Round two of our GKT Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues, pitting Chris Jericho against Jushin Thunder Liger. Though these two are contemporaries, they have actually wrestled far fewer times than you might imagine and only once in a singles match. Liger has been a
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this year’s ballot on this massive show. Who is new? Let’s talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate, and Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus, Big Daddy,
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this year’s ballot on this massive show. Who is new? Let’s talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate, and Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus, Big Daddy,
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this year’s ballot in this massive show. Who is new? Let’s talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate, and Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus, Big Daddy,
On this week’s installment of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, we go back into the pages of the Observer and look at two obituaries written by Dave Meltzer: long-time AWA president Stanley Blackburn and the cultural icon from England — Big Daddy. Big
I turned 13 on this date. Kevin Sullivan was running around Florida in the midst of all his devilish madness, Blackjack Mulligan was there to save us all. A mysterious man in the most ridiculous wrestling outfit ever was trying not to get
I didn’t start doing these pro wrestling true crime podcasts to be funny but then, there’s Jeff Gaylord: pro wrestling star and bungling bank robber. I had always heard that Gaylord was a little, well, not so bright. As it turns out, that
It was a dream match of the 1980s. The monster squashin’ Incredible Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher. While Abdullah the Butcher never ended up as a Hulk Hogan opponent in the WWF, the two did face off three times. Yes, Hulk Hogan
After a massive June 1982 (see last episode), the train keeps rolling this month. The Fabulous Freebirds win the NWA National Tag Team titles in Georgia, NWA World Champion Ric Flair faces WWF Champion Bob Backlund at the Omni in Atlanta, The Midnight Express
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