This week on my 1000 Hours podcast series which focuses exclusively on pre-Frank Gotch era pro wrestling, we finish out the 1880s and enter the last decade of the pioneer era of pro wrestling. Taken from my popular book DragonKingKarl's Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus, we look at the final days of William Muldoon as a pro wrestler. Muldoon began losing interest in pro wrestling after the more entertainment based Greco-Roman wrestling declined in popularity, replaced by the rougher and more vicious style of Catch-as-Catch-Can and the rise of Evan 'Strangler' Lewis. Muldoon began casting his lot more and more with boxing, particularly pioneer boxer John L. Sullivan and, well, let's just say that didn't go very well and ended with each insulting the other in the newspapers and Sullivan accusing Muldoon of being (aghast!) a GOVERNMENT RAT!

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This week on the DragonKingKarl podcast I take a look back at the April 4, 1986 issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter by Dave Meltzer which discusses the lead up to WWF WrestleMania 2. The Observer looks at the training that Mr. T and Roddy Piper were going through leading up to their boxing match. Also, an update on the various NFL stars who are expected to be in the celebrity battle royal. In addition, more details are discussed on the upcoming NWA Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament. All of these events and much more are discussed in my latest book DragonKingKarl's 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus available at Amazon.

A superhero combination that exists within the Hanna-Barbara and Scooby-Doo universe. Blue Falcon is clearly a parody of Batman and I suppose Dynomutt (the Dog Wonder) is a parody of Robin the Boy Wonder but is more Inspector Gadget than anything. When I was a young kid I loved it whenever the Blue Falcon would show up. He crossed over into the Laugh-A-Lympics, Scooby-Doo, and his own Hanna-Barbara show. He even returned a few years ago for a direct to DVD Scooby-Doo special. Today I take a look back at Blue Falcon and Dynomutt!