DragonKingKarl: Spring 1986 in pro wrestling history
Welcome to the latest DragonKingKarl Show as Karl Stern continues his long form history of pro wrestling series, taken from the pages of the DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus.
Business is starting to slump temporarily in the wake of all the big shows in the spring of 1986. Stan Hansen has the AWA World heavyweight title stripped from him, Antonio Inoki is having big matches in Japan, and World Class continues to have various Von Erich problems.
But 1987 is coming and the first few chess pieces for that record-shattering year are starting to fall into place.
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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.