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When It Was Cool Wrestling (DragonKingKarl)

Dec 20, 2022

This episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show continues our series of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden in New York City and features George Hackenschmidt defeating the American champion Tom Jenkins to become recognized as the first true pro wrestling world heavyweight champion and the...


Dec 19, 2022

This is the final podcast before the list of the 201 Greatest Pro Wrestlers of All Time List is released on January 1, 2023 (the day before to our Patreon supporters). This episode addresses any questions listeners to our shows have about the list and the process. How did we deal with tag teams? Why is the list male...


Dec 12, 2022

This is the first in an on-going series looking at the 201 Greatest Pro Wrestlers of All Time List. The list will be dropping as an article on http://www.whenitwascool.com on January 1, 2023 (1 day earlier on Patreon). How is this listed expected to be the most legitimate ranking of pro wrestlers ever? What sources were...


Dec 6, 2022

We return to the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter this week to take a look back at Dave Meltzer's very detailed career and life history of the man who trained Triple H (Paul Levesque) and held multiple major titles during his career - Walter 'Killer' Kowalski. A big drawing card all over the United States,...


Dec 6, 2022

Whatever happened to Beau and Blake? They were, very famously, the first tag team to ever win the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year award. They were the most promising thing the AWA had to offer in its dying days (with the exception of, perhaps Del Wilkes) and Vince McMahon wanted them as the new era version...