How Wrestling Explains the World

Nick Bond and Andy Miller kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of How Bret Hart in Canada Explains Wrestling. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - How did the New Hart Foundation and Bret Hard in Canada "soft launch" the Attitude Era? - What made the Canadian Stampede match so effective? - Was Bret Hart the last WWE performer to become as big as the brand?  - Did being a god in Canada ruin Bret Hart? - Where have all the Canadian heroes gone? - Who is the best Canadian wrestler, non-Bret division? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Andy on Twitter: @AndyMillerJMS

Nick and Mark Macyk kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of Infinite Jest & David Foster Wallace. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - What kind of universe(s) do the Teleputer and WWE Network create? - The self-torture of Bret Hart and David Foster Wallace  - The weight of influence on future generations - How does palpable greatness works to warp our understanding of a person's legacy? - Who is WWE's Don Gately? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Mark on Twitter: @MarkMacyk

Nick and Andy kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of the WWE Network. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - What it was like in a land before time/the WWE Network - How did the WWE Network change the very foundation of the WWE? - Why Vince McMahon was so ahead of his time - Does the Network make the WWE worse? - Which lesson learned from the WWE Network was the most important? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Andy on Twitter: @AndyMillerJMS  

Nick is joined by a very special guest this week: Dylan Roth, member of The Hell Yeah Babies and writer of the Gotham City Book Club series of critical essays on the Caped Crusader's catalog.  Dylan and Nick dissect the connections between Batman and Shane McMahon, discuss the intersection of art and commerce and try to decide how much Batcontent is too much Batcontent. (Spoiler Alert: this podcast and Dylan's blog are all the Batcontent you could ever need.)   Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dylan on Twitter: @DylanRoth

Nick and Andy kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of the Shane McMahon. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - What made Shane one of the boys? - Why do promoters trust their family more than their performers? - How could Andy bring himself to wear a Shane O Mac jersey? - Did Shane change the industry for the best or the worst? - Would Shane have made it without his family name? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @AndyMillerJMS

Nick is joined by a very special guest this week: Mark Macyk, author of Kaboom and K2B22M from Mouse House Books. Mark and Nick dissect the connections between Kaboom -- the harrowing tale of Stan "Thunder Man" Parker, a weatherman who winds up in a web of conspiracy, racing against the clock to the save the world (or at least Western PA) from catastrophe, all while maintaining the rugged handsomeness that you've come to expect from meteorologists  -- and professional wrestling, the meteorology of entertainment. They breakdown Mark's writing process, discuss what wrestling can learn from "Thunder Man" and plot the future of the Mark Macyk Literary Universe. Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Mark on Twitter: @MarkMacyk

Nick and Andy kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of the Money in the Bank ladder match. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - What made Edge the ultimate opportunist? - Why don't you want to be Shelton Benjamin in a Money in the Bank ladder match? - How did they botch Damien Sandow so bad? - Has the Money in the Bank replaced the Royal Rumble? - Who is the worst case in of all time? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick is joined by two special guests this week: NYWC's Rich Kasin and WWE Studios' Daron Jackson to attack the Hobbs and Shaw trailer from every angle.    Rich and Nick breakdown the connections between last week's topic, Cesaro, and Deckard Shaw himself, Jason Statham. Then Nick spend some time with Daron to dissect the trajectories of WWE's Hollywood hopefuls and the future of the studio after the success of Fighting With My Family. Then we bring back around with recently-single (wrestler) Rich to discuss the concept of "Can they Co-Exist" and the pure joy of the hot tag.   Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Rich on Instagram: @Embrace_The_Kasin

Nick and Andy kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of The Swiss Cyborg, Cesaro. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - When does Andy first meet Cesaro? - Why did it take so long for Cesaro to get signed? - How is he not more successful as a single competitor despite his matches with Sami and Cena? - What makes The Bar work? - Who would have made the perfect manager for Cesaro? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick Bond of Juice Make Sugar and Andy Miller of NYWC hit for the cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of Baseball. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - What made Booker T a five-tool player? - How much do Mike Trout and Booker T have in common? - Is AEW AAA or the mid-00s NL West? - When should WWE use more numbers in the presentation of their show? - Which baseball player would make the best wrestler? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Andy on Twitter: @AndyMillerJMS

FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE -- AND A WAY TO MARKET OUR NEW PATREON-ONLY PODCAST -- THE GOOD FOLKS AT JUICE MAKE SUGAR PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: THE POD BEYOND. The Pod Beyond is a journey through the wonderful world of World Championship Wrestling during the Jim Crockett Era. We're starting with the very first episode of the JCP-produced version of NWA's flagship show from April 6, 1985, as Dave and Nick are hopping in the time machine to bring you Dusty, Flairs and Russian Bears (Oh my!) as well as all the exciting action from the Major Leagues of Professional Wrestling, the NWA.  If you are interested in getting your ears on the show going forward, you'll want to head right over to Patreon.com/hwetw and sign up at the corresponding benefit tier (THE POD BEYOND-ERS) to join us on what should be a fantastic journey. Err, sorry, wrong decade: to join us on what should be a "Don't Stop Believin' by" Journey. 

Nick and Dave jump back into our survey of the legendary career of soon-to-be two-time (two time!) WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T., with a focus on his post-WCW run in WWE, as King Booker and in the Main Event Mafia during his time in TNA. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - Where does his SummerSlam match with the Rock rank on the list of best bouts in both their careers? - What does his grocery store fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin's have to do with Japanese hair commercials? - How fucking racist was the infamous "people like you" feud between he and HHH in the lead up to WrestleMania XIX? - Why does King Booker work so well? - Was his time in TNA actually kind of great or at least worthy of RESPECT? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE -- AND A WAY TO MARKET OUR NEW PATREON-ONLY PODCAST -- THE GOOD FOLKS AT JUICE MAKE SUGAR PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: THE POD BEYOND. The Pod Beyond is a journey through the wonderful world of World Championship Wrestling during the Jim Crockett Era. Although the show proper will start with the very first episode of the JCP-produced version of NWA's flagship show from April 6, 1985, Dave and Nick are hopping in the time machine a little early to bring you all up to speed on what's perhaps the most volatile era in professional wrestling history and, once we've arrived at the studios in Atlanta, GA, who we will meet when we get there.  If you are interested in getting your ears on the actual show, you'll want to head right over to Patreon.com/hwetw and sign up at the corresponding benefit tier (THE POD BEYOND-ERS) to join us on what should be a fantastic journey. Err, sorry, wrong decade: to join us on what should be a "Don't Stop Believin' by" Journey.   

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of WCW's most accomplished performer and a soon-to-be two-time (two time!) WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T.. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - Which two performers were the most influential in his storied career? - When should WCW have realized that he was the future? - Why did it still take them so long after that to figure it out? - Was WCW actually good at developing talent (and just bad at almost everything else)? - Is Booker T the best WCW performer of the post-Crockett era? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave finish out this infinitely diverse cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of Star Trek featuring (Deadshirt.net founder) Dylan Roth of The Hell Yeah Babies. WE ALSO HAVE  A MAJOR, EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! This week’s edutaining banter breaks down ... - Why was the Ruthless Aggression era so bad for both WWE and Star Trek? - How does the act of fans making the product change the product? - What do CM Punk's #pipebomb promo and the JJ Abrams Star Trek movies have in common? - The parallels between the kinds of stories both rely on to articulate their worldviews and achieve their narrative goals - Who but Q could be Vince McMahon? - Which Star Trek character would be the best manager? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. For today's essential viewing of the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, Nick and Dave break down the ever-evolving legacy of the title through the prism of the following matches: Pat Patterson vs. Ted DiBiase (MSG - 10/22/79) Pedro Morales vs. Don Muraco (MSG - 12/28/82) Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior (SummerSlam 8/28/89) Razor Ramon vs. Jeff Jarrett (Royal Rumble 1/22/95) Rob Van Dam vs. William Regal (WrestleMania X-8 3/17/02) Randy Orton vs. Edge (Vengeance 7/11/04) Ric Flair vs. Triple H (Taboo Tuesday 11/1/05) Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler - Title vs. Career (No Mercy 10/9/16) If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of one WWE's most prestigious championships, the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - The brazenness of pre-internet/pre-Meltzer professional wrestling's promotional tactics - Why Savage is the definitive Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (OHHHH YEAAAAHH) - What changed with the legacy of the belt during its Golden Era (the New Generation) - How the Attitude Era ruined the IC title, like did it with nearly everything else - Where the title can go from here If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave finish out this sensational cycle of How Wrestling Explains with a discussion of A Fish Called Wanda. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - The parallels between Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Sherri Martel, as femme fatales and physical performers - How does Otto (Kevin Kline) relentless shit-heelishness helps to define the central themes and values of the movie? - Why is his comeuppance so important to the movie? - What did John Cleese do to "pop smart marks" of comedy? - Who are the best physical comedians in the history of wrestling? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. For today's essential viewing of the "Sensational" Queen Sister Sherri Martel, Nick and Dave break down her transcendent work in some of the worst (and one of the best) matches of the Hulkamania era in WWE and WCW. Sherri vs. Moolah - Moolah = farts Savage/Sherri - Dusty/Sapphire - Sapphire is probably the worst worker we’ve ever seen   - And Sherri makes her less that! Savage (w/ Queen Sherri) - Warrior - A pantheon match, moment and performance from everyone involved Sting-Flair - The match that breaks Sting's brain Harlem Heat-Amazing French Canadia(e)ns/Sherri-Colonel Parker - World War 3 (‘96) - One of the best tag finishes you'll ever see (Seriously!) - A *classic* appearance of the "get your hands on the manager" trope - The announcers are very giddy to see Sherri stiff the shit out of Parker - It even makes very good use of the three rings ----more---- If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains  with a discussion of one of the greatest workers of her era, "Sensational" (Queen/Sister) Sherri Martel. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - The reverberating damage of Fabulous Moolah's reign over Ladies' Wrestling in the mid-century - Why Sensational Sherri walked so Becky Lynch could run - What place in the pantheon of Hulkamania era performers - How to deal with Elizabeth's legacy in the context of Sherri - Where Sherri would have ended up on the card in the modern era  If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains (sponsored by One of the Greatest Heroes in the History of Our Pod, Michael Montalbo) with a discussion of the seminal animated film The Beatles: Yellow Submarine. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - The importance of knowing your audience - Liverpudlian accents - The oddness of voice actors playing "The Beatles" playing ""The Beatles""  - Why Ringo works so well as a babyface - What "Only a Northern Song" has to do with Will Ospreay and Ricochet - Which wrestling promotion comes the closest to Yellow Submarine? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. For today's second part of our look at the bWo, Nick and Dave break down the most important matches in the history of the faction, what happened to them after ECW and what they would be able to do in 2019 if invited back to WWE.  Meanie debuts as Stevie’s sidekick - November to Remember ‘95 Joey Styles' pervasive shittiness Seriously, what makes a half-shirt gay? It’s just stupid. bWo begins - November to Remember ‘96 The bWo Makes Peace with Tommy Dreamer - CyberSlam ‘97 Stevie Richards vs. Terry Funk vs. Sandman - Barely Legal ‘97 - Literally the highest someone can aspire to and still be a career “underneath guy”, The fundamental inherent appreciation of such wrestlers that made ECW the “players’ league” relative to WWF or WCW at the time bWo vs. F.B.I. - Wrestlepalooza ‘98 - A great example of the fundamental mindfuck of ECW, in which two tag teams who are basically parodies of what’s being done in bigger companies are over bigger (relative to their audience) and have more satisfying matches than the bigger, better wrestlers on bigger, better platforms Blue Meanie vs. JBL - SmackDown (7/7/2005) - “Hey everybody! We’re all gonna get laid!” bWo vs. Mexicools - Great American Bash ‘05 - Actually, nobody gets laid - The *most* 2005-ish If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains (sponsored by One of the Greatest Heroes in the History of Our Pod, Michael Montalbo) with a discussion of ECW’s answer to the nWo, the Blue World Order. The episode explores how three lovable goofballs (Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie, and Nova) turned a game of dress-up into one of the all-time achievements in wrestler-audience resonance. High-concept talk aside, this week’s edutaining banter features discussion of...   Nerd Comedy of the ‘80s and ‘90s Weird Al Yankovic The use of Irony and Allusion in ECW The greatness of Raven as a heel and the bWo as his strangely babyface lackeys The relative “realness” of ECW (and whether or not it’s a misnomer) The evolution of the “Everyman” character in wrestling Comparisons between the bWo and their WCW counterparts   If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here bi-weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  wrestling explains in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're looking at the MCU film Black Panther. The boys start off with a focus on the history of positive representation for black performers in professional wrestling history, the parallels between NXT and Wakanda as well as the role both played in the development of, respectively, the New Day and T'Challa. On the back half of the episode, they break down T'Challa's battles for the throne against M'Baku and Killmonger, what makes the latter such a great heel and what wrestling can learn from the success of Black Panther from a business and cultural perspective. If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, along with "The Whole Afinshou" Daron Jackson, Dave and Nick explain the impact of The New Day in the 20th entry of their ever-expanding wrestling compendium of things that explain wrestling. For today's Part 2, we are joined once again by Daron to break down must-watch matches from the New Day's respective early singles careers, along with their best collective work IN THIS RING AND ON THAT MIC against the Usos (and children). If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.  

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, along with "The Whole Afinshou" Daron Jackson, Dave and Nick explain the impact of The New Day in the 20th entry of their ever-expanding wrestling compendium of things that explain wrestling. For today's Part 1, they'll start by taking a very unfortunate historical survey of the WWF/E's treatment of African American wrestlers, looking at New Day's place in the evolution of representation in the wrestling industry, why the Unicorn shirt was so popular and what their respective legacies will be in and out of the ring. For Part 2 -- which'll comes out tomorrow -- we will joined once again by Daron to break down must-watch matches from the New Day's respective early singles careers, along with their best collective work IN THIS RING AND ON THAT MIC against the Usos (and children). If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.     PRODUCER'S NOTE: Dave got knocked offline for 20 minutes or so during the recording, so that's why you won't hear anything from him for the middle third of the podcast while Daron and I talk about unicorns. Everything was returned back to normal, however, so he does finish the pod with us and will be in all of Part 2. 

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here bi-weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  wrestling explains in ways you may not have realized. This week, Nick and Dave are with Kaboom (&K2B22M) author and friend of the show Mark Macyk deconstructing the biggest shows of the year for professional wrestling and professional football, how the sausage of sports coverage is made and whether or not football has turned into sports entertainment.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. In honor of the newspeg provided by this weekend's Royal Rumble, the boys have made it the 19th entry into their ever-expanding wrestling compendium. In Part 2, they'll be breaking down must-watch matches from the PPV's storied history. If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. In honor of the newspeg provided by this weekend's Royal Rumble, the boys have made it the 19th entry into their ever-expanding wrestling compendium. For today's Part 1, they'll be taking a look at the Rumble's place in the evolution of the battle royal, what the WWF actually got right with the event and all of the things that have went wrong whenever variations have been tried elsewhere.  In Part 2, coming out tomorrow, they'll be breaking down must-watch matches from the PPV's storied history. If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here bi-weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  wrestling explains in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're look at the concert film Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads (and directed by  Jonathan Demme). The boys break down the tricks of making taped performances seem alive, the importance of having fun and the brilliance of the Tom Tom Club. Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon later this week for all the news that's fit to print.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part BB of our Season 2 Premiere, which we're ending truly the greatest multi-part episode in the history of our sport: our look into the tag team work of Arn Anderson, the eighteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick breakdown must-watch matches from Arn's legendary tag matches -- including their consensus best match ever essentially viewed -- and the differences between the NWA and WWF's treatment of the quintessential professional wrestler.  Then, as a special surprise, we have @TheMagnumCK to talk about retirement speeches and the influence Arn's work had on him as a wrestler, actor and person.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part AA of our Season 2 Premiere, which we're starting off with truly the greatest multi-part episode in the history of our sport: our look into the career of Arn Anderson, the eighteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick breakdown must-watch matches from Arn's early run in the industry and some quintessential professional wrestling title defenses from the quintessential professional wrestler.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is our Season 2 Premiere, which we're starting off with truly the greatest episode in the history of our sport: Part 1 of our look into Arn Anderson, the eighteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look at the Enforcer's role in the founding of the Four Horsemen, the ways in which he is the quintessential professional wrestler of an entire generation and his importance to the day-to-day working of one of the hottest territories in wrestling history.  In Part 2, coming out tomorrow, they'll be breaking down must-watch matches from Arn's early run in the industry before looking at the transcendent tag team and top-of-the-card work he did with Ole in Crockett, Tully in the WWF and as a stalwart of WCW on Friday.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth weekly discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world. Because we live our lives on the end of a lightning bolt and do not apologize for that, we've decided to return to something slightly different for this week's topic, Hallmark Movies: After we spend some time dissecting the finer points of the differences between Hallmark and Lifetime movies, Nick sits down with Dave and Jeb Aren't Mean's Jeb Lund to talk about Hallmark movies and the magic of Christmas as a marketing tool, before coming back to end the show with Dave's breakdown of the Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl and its legal ramifications throughout wrestling history. If you liked the theme song, "Dog of War" by Dylan's band The Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today we take an in depth look at the concept of Kayfabe for the seventeenth entry to our wrestling compendium. It's a real barnburner as Dave and Nick break down the denotations and connotations of the term through a post structuralist lens.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here bi-weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  wrestling explains in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're look at the story of Dr. Frankenstein; Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (along with the stories/controversies behind its publishing) and its many, many adaptations through the lens of Stephanie McMahon's role in the WWE Universe (and the criticism that springs forth from it), the rise of the Four Horsewomen, why WWECW failed and what the Universal Studios version of Frankenstein's monster has to do with the WWE.  Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon later this week for all the news that's fit to print.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part 2 of our look into The Four Horsewomen -- Charlotte, Becky, Bayley and Sasha -- the sixteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick break down must-watch matches from the Four Horsewomen's storied NXT runs and the top-of-the-card work they've been able to do on the main roster.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part 1 of our look into The Four Horsewomen -- Charlotte, Becky, Bayley and Sasha -- the sixteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look at the big picture ideas that the group represents and what their ascendance means not just for themselves but the future of the business. In Part 2, coming out tomorrow, they'll be breaking down must-watch matches from the Four Horsewomen's storied NXT runs and the top-of-the-card work they've been able to do on the main roster.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're using Fallout as a lens through which to view the rise of John Cena, the effect of commodification/sequelization on transcendent art and whether everything new is necessarily better.  Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon later this week for all the news that's fit to print.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part 2 of our look into Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Matches, the fifteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick spent the half framing the big picture legacy of the match yesterday and today, they'll apply that lens to some must-watch matches that made Survivor Series matches one of the most enduring gimmicks in wrestling history.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part 1 of our look into Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Matches, the fifteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick spend this half framing the big picture legacy of the match. For Part 2, coming out tomorrow, they'll be giving y'all a list of some must-watch matches that made Survivor Series matches one of the most enduring gimmicks in wrestling history.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  that -- at least this week -- helps explain wrestling in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're taking a look at Bad Movies to try and uncover what makes a movie so bad it's actually fun to watch and why the conversation around bad wrestling/movies seems so much more interesting than those centered around greatness.  Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon later this week for all the news that's fit to print.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. Today is Part 2 of our deep dive into Halloween Havoc, the fourteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick spent Part 1 this week on the big picture legacy of the franchise and for Part 2, they are giving y'all a list of some must-watch matches that made Havoc the most confounding event on WCW's PPV schedule.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.    

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we're talking about Halloween Havoc, the fourteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick spent Part 1 this week on the big picture legacy of WCW's most confounding event.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  that -- at least this week -- helps explain wrestling in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're taking a look at the ways in which Epic Storytelling helps to illuminate some of professional wrestling's most consistent and most consistently infuriating tropes, as well as the role that both have had in perpetuating a culture of toxic masculinity.  Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon later this week for all the news that's fit to print.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we're talking about "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, the thirteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick spent so much time yakkin' about Dusty that we've decided to split the episode in two parts. Today's episode, Part II focuses on the myth and legend of Dusty Rhodes as a historically successful performer, revered booker and eventual mentor for an entire generation of main event performers.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, the thirteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick spent so much time yakkin' about Dusty that we've decided to split the episode in two parts, with today's episode focusing on the man, Virgil Runnels: His start in the industry, the success he had in the 70s and his use of appropriated culture to propel him to worldwide prominence.   If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  that -- at least this week -- helps explain wrestling in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're talking a look at the ways in which the history of Vaudeville lines up with professional wrestling and what that might mean in the future. (Spoiler alert: What's ahead might not be so good.) Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon later this week for all the news that's fit to print.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, the twelfth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look at the greatest all-around performer in wrestling history, how he changed the industry and what he'd be like if he were working now.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Parks and Recreation. If you ever wondered: - When it's worth selling out your characters? - Why Michael Schur is so great at building babyfaces (and why Vince McMahon is so bad at it)? - Whether Leslie or Ron would make a better GM on WWE TV? Don't forget to check out Dave's Follow-up Files on our Patreon.  If you liked our theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp. If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about The Dangerous Alliance , the eleventh entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look at the most stacked stable roster in wrestling history, why it didn't take over the industry -- Barry Windham's involved -- and what a modern day version of the Alliance would look like.  If you like the theme song, "Dog of War" by the Hell Yeah Babies, you should buy their album All The Things You Believe on Bandcamp If you like the show after the theme song: Rate, Review and Subscribe to us on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and the Google Play Store.