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When It Was Cool Wrestling (DragonKingKarl)

Mar 18, 2021

This is a collection of DragonKingKarl Stern's Long Form History of Pro Wrestling podcast series collecting episodes 11-15 which covers pro wrestling from 1900 until 1917. This is the Frank Gotch era. Covered are his battles with George Hackenschmidt, Farmer Burns, Tom Jenkins, and others. His many retirements, the...


Mar 16, 2021

Karl Stern continues the long form history of pro wrestling podcast series and we up to March 1982. Bob Backlund remains champion of WWF feuding with both Jesse Ventura and Adrian Adonis. Ric Flair faces many different opponents including a memorable series with Butch Reed. Nick Bockwinkel reigns as champion over...


Mar 15, 2021

DragonKingKarl is beginning to release stand-alone biography podcast specials again and we are going to pick back up with WWE and Wrestling Observer Hall of Famer Sting. Sting is topical again as he recently wrestled his first match in years with AEW. Karl saw his career literally from his very first match through his...


Mar 9, 2021

This edition of the GKT features two of the best workers in modern history: Ricky Steamboat vs Kurt Angle. Between the two they have a library of some of the best matches of the last 40 years. What happens when the two of them collide? You the listener voted and we have a winner. Now let's talk about the careers of...


Mar 2, 2021

We revolve back around to the Spotlight on Southern Wrestling series as we review a rather unremarkable episode of Georgia Championship Wrestling from 1984 taking place just weeks before the infamous Black Saturday WWF take-over. What was happening just before the stock owners turned on each other? We talk about...