{"podcast":{"title":"When It Was Cool Wrestling and Retro Pop Culture (DragonKingKarl)","slug":"when-it-was-cool-wrestling-and-retro-pop-culture-dragonkingkarl-1499563","podcast_index_feed_id":1499563,"rss_url":"https://dragonkingkarlclassicwrestling.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.whenitwascool.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/2/9/b/929bbde512cb91fc16c3140a3186d450/When_It_Was_Cool_WIWC_Main_Logo_24_1400_x_1400.jpg","author":"When It Was Cool","episode_count":20,"summary":"For all shows including our archived content visit our Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/wiwcool Pro wrestling history. WWE, WCW, NWA, AEW, NXT, NJPW, TNA, Impact, ROH, AWA, ECW, and the pioneer era of pro wrestling. Karl Stern (DragonKingKarl) is a pro wrestling historian who has produced the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show for over 15 years at Wrestling Observer. This is the free version of some of the pro wrestling podcasts we produce at When It Was Cool. There is much more available to Patreon supporters. Enjoy these free shows for a deep dive into pro wrestling history and retro pop culture. Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, Frank Gotch, William Muldoon, Lou Thesz, Bruno Sammartino, Strangler Lewis, Farmer Burns, Bob Armstrong, Ron Fuller, Jerry Lawler, The Rock, Chris Jericho, Andre the Giant, Dusty Rhodes, and hundreds more are discussed. This feed now also features selected retro pop culture reviews from our Patreon website.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T06:17:03.797297+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/when-it-was-cool-wrestling-and-retro-pop-culture-dragonkingkarl-1499563"},"episode":{"title":"Long Form History of Wrestling Podcast - August 1986 - Ric Flair Wins NWA Title, Bama Bash","slug":"long-form-history-of-wrestling-podcast-august-1986-ric-flair-wins-nwa-title-bama-bash","published_at":"2026-07-14T16:45:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/when-it-was-cool-wrestling-and-retro-pop-culture-dragonkingkarl-1499563/long-form-history-of-wrestling-podcast-august-1986-ric-flair-wins-nwa-title-bama-bash","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/when-it-was-cool-wrestling-and-retro-pop-culture-dragonkingkarl-1499563","url":"https://dragonkingkarlclassicwrestling.libsyn.com/long-form-history-of-wrestling-podcast-august-1986-ric-flair-wins-nwa-title-bama-bash","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dragonkingkarlclassicwrestling/122_Long_Form_History_of_Wrestling_VIII_1986_Flair_new_NWA_champ_Bama_Bash_Free.mp3?dest-id=2330876","summary":"Today the time machine takes us back to August 1986 from the pages of my latest book DragonKingKarl's 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus available from Amazon. In August 1986 Ric Flair won his fifth NWA World title from Dusty Rhodes. WWF was dominating the wrestling scene and doing massive TV tapings for its new shows Superstars and Challenge. The AWA was out of luck, and Stan Hansen defended the AWA World title he no longer held in Alabama!","meta_description":"Today the time machine takes us back to August 1986 from the pages of my latest book DragonKingKarl's 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus available from Amazo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/when-it-was-cool-wrestling-and-retro-pop-culture-dragonkingkarl-1499563/episodes/long-form-history-of-wrestling-podcast-august-1986-ric-flair-wins-nwa-title-bama-bash/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/when-it-was-cool-wrestling-and-retro-pop-culture-dragonkingkarl-1499563/long-form-history-of-wrestling-podcast-august-1986-ric-flair-wins-nwa-title-bama-bash.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}