When It Was Cool Wrestling and Retro Pop Culture by DragonKingKarl

Karl Stern takes a look back at the career of one of the 201 Greatest Pro Wrestlers of All Time - Stone Cold Steve Austin. Steve Austin started as a student of Chris Adams in the late 1980s and by the late 1990s was the biggest pro wrestling star in the world. His feud with Vince McMahon was one of the best feuds in pro wrestling history.

This is a free look back at Karl Stern's biography podcast special on the career of Hulk Hogan for our 201 Greatest Pro Wrestlers of All Time List. Hulk Hogan became the world's biggest wrestling star with huge stints in the AWA, New Japan, WWF, and WCW. Join Karl Stern as he takes a look back at one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling history.

Karl Stern (DragonKingKarl) has dozens of pro wrestling biographies he has recorded over the years for Wrestling Observer's Classic Wrestling Podcast. With the release of the 201 Greatest Pro Wrestlers of All Time list at WhenItWasCool.com we will be re-releasing those biographies for free on this feed along with any new ones. Today we look at number one on the list: Ric Flair.

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The list of the 201 Greatest Pro Wrestlers of All Time is now posted at WhenItWasCool.com so the debates can begin and spoilers can roam free! On this episode I discuss the top several names on the list then dive deeper in to talk about the names that surprised me most, some overrated, some underrated, and why I think that is. Let's discuss the greatest pro wrestlers of all time- spread the word about WhenItWasCool.com!

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 surprising lack of coverage the match got. Plus, Frank Gotch loses again at the Garden and much more!

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 only? Plus safeguards to insure this list encapsulates the most informed opinions about who are the greatest pro wrestlers of all time.

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 used and how was the ranking system developed to make it as accurate as possible and why you should trust this list.

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, Canada, and Japan, Killer Kowalski was one of the best known big men in pro wrestling history and a very interesting out of the ring character in a way different than many other pro wrestlers.

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 of the Valiants... so what happened? This is the story of The Destruction Crew AKA: The Beverly Brothers, a DragonKingKarl Biography Podcast Special!

Episode 80 of the Long Form History of Wrestling podcast with Karl Stern is a news packed edition. Matt Borne is busted in Ohio for sexual assault of a minor and that isn't even close to the biggest news. Nancy Argentino is killed, allegedly by Jimmy Snuka in a hotel room the same night that Eddie Gilbert breaks his neck in a car crash. Plus all the regular goings on with Ric Flair, Mr. Olympia, Nick Bockwinkel, and more making the news. A packed month as 1983 ramps up.