Superhero Rundown

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

https://www.elizabethkeiser.net/

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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