Southern pro wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer “Bullet” Bob Armstrong has died at the age of 80 following a battle with bone cancer. Bullet Bob is a man I met many, many times, worked around at many shows, and grew up
Today on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, host Karl Stern dives back into the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter for Dave Meltzer’s biographies on Boris Malenko (the father of wrestler and future agent Dean Malenko) and Art Barr. The death of
Round one of the GKT: Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues as we ask the question: if pro wrestling were real (not a shoot but the characters as presented real) who would win? On this episode. The Rock vs. Dick the Bruiser! You have voted and I
This week, Karl Stern brings you a new Old Tyme Wrestling Hour Podcast. On this episode: the pioneer era of wrestling in Mexico isn’t what I expected. In fact, it appears Asian in origin with links to jiu-jitsu and American frontier wrestling combined into
We continue to celebrate my birthday all week long at When It Was Cool by looking back at the year 1971. Today on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I look back at a match that is still remembered 49 years later for the reaction it
On today’s show, we pick up our longform history of pro wrestling series in the late summer of 1981 and cover August and September. Bob Backlund’s reign as WWF Champion continues, Nick Bockwinkel has a largely forgettable feud with Sheik Adnan, and Dusty Rhodes
The battle for Texas rages in the latest installment of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament, a podcast series at WIWC and Wrestling Observer asking the question: If pro wrestling were real (not a shoot, but the characters as presented were real) who would win?
It’s a new Old Time Wrestling Hour podcast. We have the difficult task of trying to keep things positive on this show and I try my best! I am joined by Matt “Kid Zombie” Mann of Alternative Wrestling Radio and we talk tape
We have a retro PPV review of WCW WrestleWar 1992 on this week’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. I recently reviewed the go-home show for this PPV and it was pretty terrible. Well, WCW over delivered with a PPV that was pretty
On this episode of the DragonKingKarl longform history of pro wrestling series we dive deep into June and July of 1981. The Moondogs get a shakeup in WWF when one can’t leave home, Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Terry Taylor
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