Today is part two with Kris Zellner of the Between the Sheets and Exile on Badstreet podcasts. We discuss a variety of topics, including more on Georgia Championship Wrestling, Continental Wrestling, and the giant television block of wrestling that aired on Atlanta TV back
Today and tomorrow, host Karl Stern is joined by a guest, Kris Zellner of the Between the Sheets and Exile on Badstreet podcasts. Karl and Kris discuss growing up in the south and watching pro wrestling and how it was part of the
Remember when a pro wrestler being in a movie was a big deal? Well, the days of Jesse Ventura, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, and Roddy Piper are behind us and wrestlers frequently appear in films now, including Batista in one of the biggest
Image: Karl Stern Have you ever wondered about the origins of pro wrestling audio? On today’s show, host Karl Stern takes you on an off-beat adventure into the pre-internet days of pro wrestling radio and into the internet era where Karl was one
Image: Karl Stern This is part two of the interview WITH Karl Stern conducted by Tonya from When It Was Cool. This episode covers in detail the lawsuit Karl was involved in against WCW and Turner Sports back in the early 2000s that
Image: DragonKingKarl.com We are at the halfway point of the July marathon, and for the next two days the tables are turned on Karl as he is the one interviewed. Tonya from When It Was Cool asks a series of classic pro wrestling
Image: DragonKingKarl.com If you put together a list of the 100 greatest pro wrestlers in history how would you do it? What criteria would you use? Drawing power? Then prepare to add people like Hulk Hogan to the top of your list. In-ring
Image: DragonKingKarl.com On today’s show, host Karl Stern talks about covering the early UFC shows as a press reporter, along with his experiences with people like Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn, Gary Goodrich, and taking a famous photo of one of the few known
Today’s show has more of a modern slant to it. Is host Karl Stern one of those old codgers who hates today’s flip, flopping, and flying style of pro wrestling? Does he back Jim Cornette’s arguments against modern-style pro wrestling? Did pro wrestling
Host Karl Stern is back today with a solo show discussing one of the worst pay-per-views ever — WCW Uncensored 1995. Karl recently re-watched this show and the terrors of it were brought back to him. There wasn’t a single good match, people were
On today’s episode of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon, Host Karl Stern continues to pick Eric Darsie’s brain about an era he has largely forgotten — the post-Attitude era. They also converse about other past stars like Yokozuna and why Eric liked him so
On this episode of the July Classic Wrestling marathon, host Karl Stern is joined by Eric Darsie of the Wrestling With The Dawg podcast to discuss a later era of wrestling than Karl normally covers. Eric grew up a generation later than Karl
Karl Stern goes solo for today’s show and talks the history of the AWA World Heavyweight title. Karl has done a couple of series on the history of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the past, but, for the first time, he is tackling
This show wraps up my conversation with author, wrestler, promoter, and historian “King of Kingsport” Beau James. We continue our look at Continental Championship Wrestling, southern pro wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and East Tennessee wrestling. Beau recently appeared on the HBO Vice News show after
This episode continues my discussion with Tennessee wrestling expert Beau James. On this show we talk our favorite pro wrestling company — Continental Championship Wrestling. Beau knows everything there is to know about the Knoxville involvement in Continental and we talk the prime
On this episode, we begin a series of conversations with a southern wrestler, promoter, and author. He and one of his wrestlers also went viral recently in a national news story about Appalachian wrestling and politics. He will be featured in an upcoming HBO
Happy Independence Day! Today’s episode is a solo show where host Karl Stern talks about the interesting quandary of the Midnight Express in the Hall of Fame. Most people know that Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, and Stan Lane are in the Hall of Fame as
This is the third and final segment of my conversation with Mike Sempervive. In this portion of our conversation we discuss the current state of pro wrestling and why we actually think wrestling is in a new golden age of sorts. How is modern
This is the second part of my conversation with the Wrestling Observer’s Mike Sempervive where we get into 1980s territorial wrestling, more tag team talk, Tommy Rich, enhancement wrestlers who became name stars, and much more! Among the topics that are discussed: Continuing
The mid-1920s were a wild and crazy time filled with gimmicks, elaborate storylines, and even a few shoots and double crosses. On this edition of the longform history of pro wrestling series, host Karl Stern takes a look at the rivalry between Ed
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