It’s time for one of the hardest hitting and interesting matches so far in round one! Two big monsters battle it out on this edition of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. The wildman Bruiser Brody takes on the WCW World Champion and undefeated Bill
Karl Stern is back to review Herb Abrams’ horrendous 1994 Blackjack Brawl PPV — where Herb was out of his mind, the card was packed with main event level wrestlers who did not want to be there, and more! Sid Vicious, Steve Williams,
You asked for it. You said, “Hey Karl, we like your new burn it to the ground attitude” and “Hey Karl, more snark please.” So what did I do? I watched what is commonly thought of as the worst pay per view in
It’s our final Halloween Havoc review for this year and we go out with a bang! It’s the infamous Spin the Wheel Make the Deal match between a ragged out Jake Roberts and Sting in an utter anticlimactic Coal Miner’s Glove match. Also
You know you’ve been waiting for this one — the Chamber of Horrors! Thrill as Abdullah the Butcher gets roasted alive, chill as Cactus Jack tries to figure out the on/off switch, be amazed that Razor Ramon is in this match! Plus: Lots of
On my run through various WCW Halloween Havoc pay-per-views throughout the month of October, we hit the 1990 edition of the classic fall tradition. If you missed it, listen to my look at the 1989 HH. This one is packed with hilarity. Various matches,
The first of four WCW Halloween Havoc reviews for the month of October has arrived on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show. 1989 was the first WCW Halloween Havoc featuring the Midnight Express, Tommy Rich, The Freebirds, The Dynamic Dudes, Doom, The Steiner
On this edition of the longform history of pro wrestling series, I continue my deep dive into 1980 including Verne Gagne not being able to give up the AWA world title and putting himself over Nick Bockwinkel, the continued rise of Hulk Hogan, the retirement tour
On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, Karl Stern looks back at three short obituaries pulled from the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Gene Anderson was one half of the famous Minnesota Wrecking Crew with Ole Anderson and a well
It’s time once again for the biggest show Karl Stern does every year — a detailed look and discussion of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. Karl has been a Hall of Fame voter for many years, and this year’s ballot is
The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues as this matchup pits one of the most legendary in-ring wrestlers of all time (Lou Thesz) against one of the most influential wrestlers of all time (Ray Stevens). Who will win? You the listener voted and we have the winner.
This week’s episode takes a look back at the February 20, 1982 edition of Southeastern Championship Wrestling featuring Jacques Rougeau, Jos Leduc, Ric Flair, Ron Fuller, and an absolutely terrible match between Tony Charles and Les Thornton. It’s old school territorial wrestling for you this
On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, host Karl Stern takes a look back at the March 3, 1986 edition of Mid-South Wrestling. This was the next to last show before the changeover to UWF. Dick Slater and Dark Journey throw
We have hit the 1980s and there is so much more information that we can no longer cover an entire year per episode. So, today we take a look at the first few months of 1980 and talk Mr. Wrestling II, Tatsumi Fujinami,
On this week’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, we begin a new series looking back into the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We will be, from time to time, looking back at Dave Meltzer’s obituaries and biographies. On this episode,
The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues (not ironically while in the middle of the real-world G1 tournament). But what if the G1 featured literally the greatest wrestlers in all of history? That’s kind of the idea behind the GKT. We are up to match
Host Karl Stern has a retro wrestling TV review on today’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. From May 1988, we take a look back at the first company that Paul Heyman was hired to turn around. Continental Wrestling was getting long
Why is WWE so terminally un-hip? It wasn’t always this way. In the mid-1980s, the WWF was a pop culture house of fire and everyday people knew who Hulk Hogan was. MTV, Mr. T, Cyndi Lauper, movies — it was a perfect story
On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, pro wrestling historian Karl Stern takes a look back at the year 1979 in pro wrestling. 1979 was a pretty epic year in wrestling, and Karl looks at Dusty Rhodes (who finally wins the
The GKT — Greatest Kayfabe Tournament — continues, and we have a bizarre matchup this time. It’s a real clash of styles and eras as All Japan king Giant Baba faces off against the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels! This match would have been a train
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