DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The late 1930s World title picture
Pictured: Ed “Strangler” Lewis
The late 1930s were a wild time in pro wrestling with the World Heavyweight Championship spread all over the place. Dave Levin, Everette Marshall, Strangler Lewis, Ali Baba, and others were all claiming some version of the World title.
On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, host Karl Stern continues his longform history of pro wrestling series and tries to unravel the mess that is the World title picture of the late 1930s. Karl also discusses the death of a wrestling pioneer.
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.