The First Wrestling Observer Newsletter of 1987

When It Was Cool Wrestling and Retro Pop Culture by DragonKingKarl · Oct 6, 2026 · 53:13

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Today the DragonKingKarl Show hosted by pro wrestling historian Karl Stern is available exclusively only at When It Was Cool (I am running Wrestling With the Dawg Episode 500 podcast at Observer in my spot this week). So, with just us friends here today we look at a very interesting issue of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter which leads with the tragic story of a car crash that UWF wrestler John Tatum had which took the life of another person. In wrestling news, we discuss fall out from the Christmas shows and watch WWF (WWE) march in the direction of the biggest pro wrestling show in history up to that date- WrestleMania III.