DragonKingKarl: May 29, 1986 Wrestling Observer Newsletter review
With the release of his new book DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus available on Amazon, Karl Stern continues a deep dive into those two years to look at the stories between the stories.
To do that, Karl goes into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter from May 29, 1986, issue where Dave Meltzer started by stating that there isn’t “any big news this week” which allows us to look at a lot of stuff that doesn’t get regularly discussed.
Buddy Rose and Doug Somers won the AWA World Tag Team titles from Curt Hennig and Scott Hall, “Cowboy” Bob Orton was arrested, UWF was running a hot angle with Bill Watts, Eddie Gilbert, and Korsita Korchenko, and the big powerhouse team of The Blade Runners (the future Ultimate Warrior and Sting) were changing companies… sort of.
This week is a fun deep dive back into 1986 pro wrestling history.
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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.