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When It Was Cool Wrestling (DragonKingKarl)

Aug 31, 2022

I will be looking back at the territorial era monster One Man Gang who later had his gimmick changed to the regrettable Akeem. Starting out with the outlaw promotions then Poffo's ICW, he ended up getting huge pushes in Florida, World Class, Mid-South UWF, and ultimately WWF where he had a run against Hulk Hogan...


O - One Man Gang

Aug 31, 2022

I will be looking back at the territorial era monster One Man Gang who later had his gimmick changed to the regrettable Akeem. Starting out with the outlaw promotions then Poffo's ICW, he ended up getting huge pushes in Florida, World Class, Mid-South UWF, and ultimately WWF where he had a run against Hulk Hogan...


Aug 24, 2022

Today I take a look back at a classic tag team of the territorial era - The Nightmares. The Nightmares (Ken Wayne and Danny Davis) were never a big nationally known team. They never worked WWF, worked only briefly for the NWA and, even then, under a different name, but fans of Memphis and Continental saw them a lot as...


Aug 22, 2022

On this DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Biography podcast, host Karl Stern takes a look at the career of one of the most famous lucha libre stars in history- Mil Mascaras. Mil Mascaras was a huge star, not only in Mexico, but the United States and Japan as well. In addition to that, he was one of the major lucha libre...


Aug 17, 2022

The pro wrestling career and life of Lex Luger is very complicated. He was a major star right out of the starting gate, pushed to the top of Championship Wrestling from Florida from his very first match. He was quickly seen as the next Hulk Hogan. He was a member of the 4 Horsemen, all within months of his debut. But he...