DragonKingKarl: The return of William Muldoon
It’s a new DragonKingKarl Show focusing on the pioneer era of pro wrestling.
William Muldoon got about a 25-year head start on Frank Gotch’s gimmick of returning from “retirement” multiple times and about a 100-year head start on Terry Funk. He had begun suffering from nagging hand and arm injuries and a severe downturn in the popularity of pro wrestling, especially French Greco-Roman style of which he was the dominant master.
Evan “Strangler” Lewis and the rise of catch-as-catch-can wrestling was beginning to dominate the scene. All the ingredients were starting to set the stage for the coming of Frank Gotch.
Martin “Farmer” Burns was now on the scene and soon, Tom Jenkins would be as well. Finally, Jack Carkeek got in legal trouble and would become no stranger to it.
Get all that and more on the new DKK.
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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.