Sep 22, 2020
It's time for historically our most popular show of the year. Karl Stern (DragonKingKarl) has been a voter in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame for over a decade and every year discusses the ballot on his podcast. If you've ever wondered about the wording, criteria, and structure of the ballot then all...
Sep 5, 2020
You may have heard rave reviews about the time Eddie Gilbert and Paul Heyman came to book the newly purchased Continental Wrestling Federation. David Woods bought the company from Ron Fuller and turned over the creative reigns to hot young creative minds Gilbert and Heyman. The newsletters gushed over the creative...
Sep 5, 2020
Nobody thought it would ever happen but it did. Ric Flair reaches an stalemate with WCW and signs with WWF while still NWA and WCW World heavyweight champion. He shows up on WWE (WWF) TV with the Big Gold belt and the lawsuits begin to fly. Historian Karl Stern discusses everything that lead up to the break with...
Sep 5, 2020
The story of David Von Erich is a powerful story. He was young and destined for greatness. Perhaps he was even the heir apparent to the NWA World heavyweight championship. But then an ill fated trip to Japan for a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling ended his story. We will examine in detail the last few months of the...
Sep 5, 2020
Did Hulk Hogan really win the AWA World heavyweight title from Nick Bockwinkel and was it erased from history? It's very complicated. There were actually two controversial AWA World title wins by Hulk Hogan and the stories are very confusing. With conflicts arising with New Japan Pro Wrestling, merchandising with Verne...