DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Adrian Adonis biography review
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, we’re heading to the library to talk the fantastic new “Flowers for Adrian: The Life and Death of Adrian Adonis” book by John Ellul looking at the life and career of the pro wrestling star.
This book is tremendously well-written and researched and is probably my favorite pro wrestling biography written in years.
The life of Adonis (Keith Franke) was rough, confounding, and interesting. His gimmick in WWF/WWE was infuriating and embarrassing but the performer behind the gimmick was one of the best of his era. His tragic death in 1988 was overshadowed by a bigger and more scandalous murder a few days later but, finally, Adonis gets the proper attention paid to his life in this great book.
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Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.