When It Was Cool Wrestling and Retro Pop Culture by DragonKingKarl

Karl Stern reviews the mess of a wrestling pay per view that was WCW Halloween Havoc 1992 featuring a disaster of a main event: Spin the Wheel Make the Deal between Sting and Jake Roberts. Plus: Ron Simmons defends the World title against The Barbarian, Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes against The Steve Williams Brothers, Big Van Vader vs Nikita Koloff, and much more!

I know you've been waiting for this one. The infamous Chamber of Horrors and the execution of Abdullah the Butcher. Fun fact - Razor Ramon was in that match too. Oh, yes lots of fun on this show: Lex Luger, Ron Simmons, Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton as a tag team, VAN HAMMER nearly kills a man, Flyin Brian Pillman, Steve Austin, oh there is so much fun on this show. Support When It Was Cool on Patreon!

The DragonKingKarl retro Halloween Havoc reviews continue with a look back at WCW Halloween Havoc 1990 with Sting vs Sid Vicious for the NWA World title. Also on the show Stan Hansen battles Lex Luger, Doom faces Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, The Steiner Brothers vs Nasty Boys, and much more! A fun filled retro wrestling review!

One of DragonKingKarl's popular and often hilarious retro wrestling reviews takes us back to 1989 WCW Halloween Havoc featuring a cage match that literally catches on fire with Ric Flair, Great Muta, Terry Funk, Sting, plus The Road Warriors, The Skyscrapers, Lex Luger, Brian Pillman, and much more. Celebrating Halloween this month at When It Was Cool. Support us on Patreon to keep this content going!

Here is a retro review DragonKingKarl did for Patreons at When It Was Cool, a review of a sitcom that failed to launch starring pro wrestling stars Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura as two wrestlers turned cops in a silly crime series. A poorly executed poor idea with two, otherwise, largely good pro wrestlers turned actors. For more like this visit WhenItWasCool.com and join our Patreon.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots should be coming any day now, so Karl discusses this years ballot in this massive 2 1/2 hour show. Who is new? Let's talk about CM Punk. Randy Orton hate. Sgt. Slaughter of course. Plus Big Daddy, a few who have no chance, a break down of the Hall of Fame statistics including peak performances, and the odd case of Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard & J.J. Dillon plus much more. One of the most popular shows of the year.

It was a dream match of the 1980s. The monster squashin' Incredible Hulk Hogan verses Abdullah the Butcher. While Abdullah the Butcher never ended up as a Hulk Hogan opponent in the WWF (WWE) the two did face off three times. Yes, Hulk Hogan and Abdullah the Butcher were in the ring together just three times during their long careers and all three times were during the course of one week in 1982 and this is that story.

Our latest collection of DragonKingKarl's long form history of pro wrestling podcast series takes us through the 1950s into the prime years of the NWA, the era of Lou Thesz, Gorgeous George, the later days of Jim Londos, Bill Longson, and pro wrestling becoming a territory system. The rise of El Santo and more. Pro wrestling history in an easy to follow time line format.

A fun filled review of a very 1986 WWF Wrestling Challenge program hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan featuring YOUTUBE COMMENTS, The Dream Team showing personality for once, creepy Lanny Poffo, Billy Jack Haynes, Randy Savage, the Hart Foundation, Tito Santana, Pedro Morales, and much more! A really fun show.

Matt Borne was well known in the pro wrestling business to have legal issues. He was arrested multiple times for a variety of crimes. WWE even once sued him to stop him from promoting himself as Doink on indy shows due to his string of arrests. He had serious heat with Jim Duggan over an issue that happened in Mid-South where Duggan alleged Borne was beating a woman. And what is the truth behind the molestation allegation that led to his firing from Georgia Championship Wrestling which led directly to the formation of The Road Warriors?