DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: April 1984 in pro wrestling
Today, wrestling historian Karl Stern returns with another in-depth look at a month in pro wrestling history.
Karl looks back at April 1984 — and a lot was going on. The WWF was accelerating its national expansion by stealing the AWA’s TV spot on the West Coast, Jumbo Tsuruta is still the AWA World Champion, and a new monster named Lord Humongous is challenging Jerry Lawler in Memphis. But the big news of the month happened in Waukesha, Wisconsin when Mr. Saito and Ken Patera fought multiple police officers and were arrested and ultimately sent to prison.
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.