DragonKingKarl: The last match of William Muldoon
It’s a new DragonKingKarl Show, focusing on the final decade of the pioneer era of wrestling.
The biggest star of the era, William Muldoon, had his last pro wrestling match in New York while another veteran pioneer wrestler, John McMahon, had his last match as well.
Still earlier pioneers like Col. James H. McLaughlin and Homer Lane continued to wrestle periodically, but it was now the era of Evan “Strangler” Lewis and Farmer Burns who was on the rise as well.
The 1890s were an incredible era in wrestling history that set the stage for what American pro wrestling would become in the 1900s. Read more about it here.
Click Here to Listen (sub needed)
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.