WWE won’t let me put this one on Youtube without blurring things out because they even copyrighted my own video!
Let’s talk history, weird shit, and how wrestling is still really great.
Title Card: Liz Keiser
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Bibliography:
Gustav Fristensky vs. Josef Smejkal (1913)
Killer Kowalski vs. Pete Managoff (1960s)
Gorgeous George vs. Larry Moquin (1950s)
Lord James Blears vs. Ivan the Terrible – 10/12/1950
Jim Londos – (1930s)
WWE:
The Debut of the Undertaker
Undertaker vs. Mankind – Hell in a Cell
Undertaker vs. Mankind – Buried Alive
The SHIELD vs. Everyone
Stone Cold Gives the 3:16 Promo
Finn Balor Entrance
Sinister Minister Promo
The Fingerpoke of Doom
AJ Lee Pushes Daniel Bryan and CM Punk Through a Table
Edge Brings Back the Brood Vibes
The Bray Wyatt Memorial
AJ Promo
AJ Lee v. Eva Maria
Stone Cold vs. Undertaker
NWO Invade ECW
Paige vs. AJ Lee
Goldust vs. William Regal
Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho
Seth Rollins Cashes in MITB
Shane McMahon Owns ECW
Stardust and Goldust Together
Stone Cold Gives the Corporation a Beer Bath
Stone Cold Drives a Zamboni
Stone Cold in the Hospital
Stone Cold Pours Concrete into the Corvette
AJ Lee vs. Paige
Firefly Funhouse
Bray Wyatt vs Randy Orton
Hurricane and the S.H.I.T.
Hulk Hogan and the NWO
DX vs the Brood (Thanks Double ZW)
Kane vs. Undertaker
The Wyatt Family vs. The Shield
Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
Jim Ross at the Mankind vs. Undertaker Match
Kane Dumps AJ
Kane in Anger Management
The Hurricane’s Titantron
Undertaker Chokeslams the Rock
Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa
TNA:
Matt Hardy Delete
Hardy vs. Hardy
AEW:
AEW All Out
AEW Dark
Chris Jericho Debates Orange Cassidy
Danhausen Debuts
Gangrel Returns to AEW
Team America: World Police
Lucifer Meets Constantine – Warner Brothers
Avengers: Age of Ultron
“Superheroes and Super Heels: How AEW Embodies Comic-Book Style Superheroics” by Sam Stone https://www.thepopverse.com/aew-superheroes-fight-forever-wrestling-comic-books
“Undertaker, Bray Wyatt, and an Exploration of WWE’s Occult-Inspired Characters” by Ryan Dilbert https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2584315-undertaker-bray-wyatt-and-an-exploration-of-wwes-occult-inspired-characters
“Who is Broken Matt Hardy?” by Abhishek Kumar Das https://www.essentiallysports.com/wwe-news-who-is-broken-matt-hardy-explore-his-eight-years-old-special-bond-with-tna-impact-wrestling/
“AJ Lee Fights to End Stigma Associated With Mental Health Disorders” by Justin Barrasso https://www.si.com/wrestling/2018/05/04/wwe-aj-lee-mental-health-awareness-bipolar-disorder-video
“Talking Evil with Father James Mitchell” by Blaine Van Der Griend https://archive.ph/20130120203810/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/10/28/11551061.html
“The Hurricane: WWE’s Best Comedy Gimmick Ever” by Joey Haverford https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-best-comedy-gimmick-the-hurricane/
“Young Ugandans Tangle in the Mud. They Dream of Becoming Professional Wrestlers” by Patrick Onen https://apnews.com/article/uganda-mud-wrestling-0cb16f5367a5a60dd3afbc7c04c1f8ec
“AJ Mendez Brooks Writes About Turning Perceived Flaws Into Strengths” by Tim Fiorvanti https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/19077766/wwe-aj-mendez-brooks-childhood-struggle-poverty-experiences-mental-illness-wrestling-career
“Catastrophist” by Marion Wrenn
“Cultural Politics and Professional Wrestling” by Vaughn May
“The Doggie Doggie World of Professional Wrestling” by Sharon Mazer
“The Jargon of Professional Wrestling” by George E. Kerrick
“Modern Wrestling” by Scientific American (1895)
“Professional Wrestling: Moral Commentary Through Ritual Metaphor” by Sam Migliore
“Passion Work: The Joint Production of Emotional Labor in Professional Wrestling” by R. Tyson Smith
“The ‘Tennessee Test of Manhood’: Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Stereotypes” by Louis M. Kyriakoudes and Peter A. Coclanis
“Wrestling’s HHold on the Western World Before the Great War” by Matthew Lindaman
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