Karl Stern returns with his ongoing look at the history of pro wrestling in the Pioneer era, examining the post-Civil War era, and specifically Theobaud Bauer and the original masked wrestler gimmick. The “Dragon King” also answers a few emails from his ever-flowing mailbag: Early examples of ring entrance
Image: Karl Stern In this continuing audio series on the history of pro wrestling, the first half of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show examines the recently found “Last Battle of Atlanta” match between Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer inside an enclosed steel cage
Karl Stern begins an open-ended series about the history of professional wrestling, starting with the time before the pioneers of wrestling era even began. What exactly is pro wrestling and how did it come to be? Karl will be taking a deep look
Host Karl Stern continues to sort through the emails generated during the July marathon of biographies. Topics on this show include follow up on Norvell Austin, plus conversation about the WrestleMania VIII main event that should have been Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan, and
Karl Stern returns to the regular format of questions and answers and begins catching up on questions generated during the July marathon. Questions, corrections, and conversations include: When Tommy Rogers isn’t Tommy Rogers The wonderfully horrible job Sports Illustrated did with their ranking of
The final day of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon is finally here. And for the last show, host Karl Stern takes a listener request deep cut looking at the lesser successful member of the Hart Foundation, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart. Neidhart did have a wrestling career
Host Karl Stern again takes a look at another iconic enhancement wrestler from the 1980s in second-generation wrestling star Iron Mike Sharpe. If you were a fan of WWF Superstars or WWF Wrestling Challenge in the 1980s, you likely saw many matches with the
WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels had an incredible career — easily one of the top ten of all history in pro wrestling — but what about the other half of the Midnight Rockers? Early on, many thought Marty Jannetty might be the standout of the duo
On today’s July Classic Wrestling Marathon show, host Karl Stern takes a look at the greatest pro wrestling manager of all time, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. Heenan had a quick wit and was a tremendous bump taker. He knew his role better than anyone, and
On the latest edition of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon, Karl Stern takes a look at one of the greatest announcers of all time: legendary Memphis wrestling announcer Lance Russell. Russell was more than just a play-by-play announcer, and was every bit as important a character to
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