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  • Dragon King Karl Audio: Lizmark, Star Wars spoilers, a little rock’n’roll

    This week’s show is a change of pace to wrap up 2015 with the only wrestling talk being the death of luchadore Lizmark who was a major career rival of Karl’s mentor in pro wrestling, the late Ken Timbs. Timbs and Lizmark had a big feud in CMLL in the late 1980s over one of the major championships in Mexico.

    After that, it’s all off topic:

    – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been announced for this year and Karl talks about the merits of Chicago, N.W.A., Steve Miller Band, Cheap Trick, and Deep Purple in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Being a big Chicago fan dating back to the 1970s, Karl tells you what makes them great (and what doesn’t). He also talks about why major bands with huge success and staying power have been historically overlooked by the Hall of Fame.  

    – Then, the second half of the show is all Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers. In fact, there’s so many spoilers that Don Jardine would say “Whoa! That’s a lot of Spoilers!”.  Enjoy but do not listen if you don’t want to be spoiled! 

    Sit back and enjoy the final DragonKingKarl Show of 2015 and may the force be with you!

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  • DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Your holiday season wrestling gift buying guide!

    On this special family-friendly edition of the Karl Stern Show, the Dragon King (and his wife!) talk about buying gifts for the wrestling fan in your life this holiday season.

    It can be intimidating for a non-fan to buy gifts for a wrestling fan, so Karl’s wife sits down with him to talk about what she looks for, our thoughts on various wrestling related items available out there, Mattel action figures, wrestling video games, lucha libre masks, and thinking outside the box.

    We review the Mattel Four Horseman Hall of Fame action figure set, a lucha libre mask, talk a little bit about the WWE 2K16 video game, subscription services, plus some outside the box ideas for the wrestling fan and collector.

    It’s a unique show that I hope you and your significant other (or children or parents or whatever) can enjoy. Gather the kids around the speakers and enjoy! 

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  • DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio: Bruiser Brody biography special

    On the latest episode of the DragonKing Classic Wrestling Show, host Karl Stern bring you the latest in a series of wrestler biographies. This week, Karl takes a look at the incredibly popular, mythical, and controversial “Intelligent Monster” Frank “Bruiser Brody” Goodish.

    Brody was a wild bearded powerhouse who ran roughshod through the United States, Japan, and Puerto Rico before his untimely death in 1988 at the hands of Jose “The Invader 1” Gonzalez.  Until his death by stabbing in 1988, he was one of the biggest business stars in the world. In Japan, it was reported that at times he made in excess of $14,000 per week. It is impossible to tell the tale of recent biography focuses like Stan “The Lariat” Hansen and Abdullah the Butcher without also telling the story of Bruiser Brody.

    Attached to this show is a special audio bonus feature! Karl recorded an audio companion for the Super Stern Stick Flash Drive based on issue 35 of the DragonKing Press Newsletter. That issue dealt with the death of Brody as told by some of the people that were there or later talked to Jose Gonzalez including Tony Atlas (the closest thing to an eyewitness), Dutch Mantell, and “Nightmare” Ken Wayne.

    I hope you enjoy this show and a detailed look at the crazy life and untimely death of Bruiser Brody.

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  • DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Biography Special: Abdullah the Butcher

    This show is part two of a series of biographies on some of the wild and craziest wrestlers in history.  Very few were more wild and crazy than the Madman from the Sudan, Abdullah the Butcher.  The WWE Hall-of-Famer’s story is a complicated one.  From his days to team with and battling against The Sheik to his time as a territorial bounty hunter and, of course, his insane brawls with Bruiser Brody and Carlos Colon. We also look at how his career ended in controversy.

    Enjoy today’s biography featuring Abdullah the Butcher.

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  • Karl Stern Show 10/22: Storytelling series on the monsters of pro-wrestling history!

    DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Storytelling Series: The Monsters of Wrestling! Halloween is coming soon and in honor of it I’m looking at some of the best and worst horror and monster themed wrestlers including Mummies, Zombies, Vampires, Frankenstein-esque Monsters, and more! Among those discussed include The Mummy, The Monster, The Zombie, Lord Humongous, Jason the Terrible, Nightmare Freddie, Kane, The Undertaker, and many more!

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  • DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show Biography Series: Huracán Ramírez

    He’s on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot and one of the most popular moves of the high flying era is named after him. He was literally a movie character come to life. On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic show, I take a look at lucha libre legend Huracán Ramírez, who he was, and what impact he had on lucha libre and popular culture in Mexico.

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  • DragonKing Karl Show 9/29: The art of the promo

    On today’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show I’m going to look at the art of the promotional interview. What makes a good promo? Who were some of the great promos and why? We will listen to several promos and pick them apart and see what makes them great (or terrible). We will discuss Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, The Rock, Steve Austin, Austin Idol, Bob Armstrong, Bob Backlund, and more plus I’ll cut a promo you can pick apart yourself. It’s a really fun show today! Storytelling… The Art of the Promo.

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