DragonKingKarl: William Muldoon makes a run for it!
The 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Show looks back at the pioneer era of pro wrestling, the era before Frank Gotch.
On this episode, pro wrestling historian Karl Stern takes a look into the 1880s as William Muldoon wraps up his tenure in California with a debacle of a worked match against Clarence Whistler that turned into a double cross. Whistler was supposed to go to a draw against Muldoon, but decided to take it the distance.
Muldoon then gave up on the West Coast and headed back to New York but first made a stop in the wild west town of Tombstone, AZ. This match marked a real shift in the pioneer era of wrestling, and the history of pro wrestling would forever change.
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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.