Karl Stern Show

It is the official book launch of my new 700-page monster research project on the pioneer era of United States pro wrestling. The DragonKingKarl's Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer era of Pro Wrestling is now available as a print book and on Kindle! I am joined by my wife Tonya from the When It Was Cool website who sits down with me to discuss the pioneer

This is my 1000 Hours Podcast series which focuses on the pioneer era of pro wrestling, or pre-1900 wrestling. My new book, DragonKingKarl's Pioneer Era Wrestling Omnibus is coming out this next week and, on this episode, hour 59 of 1000 Hours, I want to look at one of the oldest books to talk about the pioneer era. A book called From Milo to Londos. From Milo to Londos gave us a l

I have a great pro wrestling history podcast for you today. Recently, I have been looking back in history at shows from New York's Madison Square Garden and now, also, the Tokyo Dome in Japan and we continue that on this week's show. Plus, I have my thoughts on the Netflix Vince McMahon documentary. From Jim Londos to Akira Maeda to Vince McMahon, this week's podcast has a range of

It's time to celebrate Halloween and pro wrestling is a great place to do that. Pro wrestling has long had its share of monsters and supernatural creatures. This week, I want to pull one out of the archives where I just talk about the monsters and menaces of wrestling for a while. If you've heard this show before, I hope you will listen to it again with a new appreciation of the gr

The 1000 Hours Podcast from Karl 'DragonKingKarl' Stern is all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling. The era before Frank Gotch. Frank Gotch did not just appear out of a void and create pro wrestling for the masses in the early 1900s. Frank Gotch built on over 50 years of a thriving and, at times, hugely popular pro wrestling business. Much of what we, as historians, had to learn

The second of our two annual Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballot shows with more discussion on the historical, era, modern era, Japan, Mexico, and the Non-wrestler ballot. This year's ballot has a lot to consider. We discuss Junkyard Dog, Bill Goldberg, the Von Erichs, The Steiners, and many more. This is usually our most downloaded show every year. Give me your thoug

It's that time of year again, Dave Meltzer has sent out the 2024 ballots for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. This is my most popular show of the year (two parts with part 2 airing next week) and we have a lot to discuss this year. Will the multitude of tag teams introduced over the last few years get in? What about the Young Bucks? Who is in danger of dropping off t

On hour 57 of 1000 Hours, the podcast series about the pioneer era of pro wrestling, historian and author Karl Stern has new information about the original Terrible Turk provided by an expert on the matter, Phil Lions. Phil has given us some great details not previously published about pro wrestling's first major special attraction. Then, we look more at William Muldoon and his arc

This is the 96th installment of the Long Form History of Wrestling series and today we look back at September 1984 in pro wrestling from the pages of my book DragonKingKarl's 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. WWF is taking over the wrestling world and getting regional territories kicked off their home TV stations. Several promotions including Jerry Jarrett's Memphis CWA and Verne Ga

On today's DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show (now ONLY for Patreon supporters and those at Wrestling Observer) I discuss the question: Am I really a court certified expert on pro wrestling? Yes, I am, and I tell you how it came about, who was involved, and more. Plus, more 1933 Madison Square Garden History, and this episode we begin a look at the history of pro wrestling