Phil and Nick Explain Wrestling ... To Each Other - Episode 1, Battlarts and WrestleMania I

Phil Schneider is a widely respected wrestling historian. Nick Bond is a useful idiot.
And at least once (sometimes as many as twice!) a month, they get together to talk about professional wrestling the way it was meant to be discussed: each picking a match from wrestling history, presumably as a way to work out feelings about their childhood and the neverending creep of time. Or, like, talk about how much fun it is to see people beat each other up.
For this inaugural episode, Phil and Nick break down a BattlARTS tag team match featuring Yuki Ishikawa & Alexander Otsuka vs. Carl Greco & Daisuke Ikeda from April of 1998 (Phil's pick) and WrestleMania I's main event between Mr. T and Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Nick's). 

2.11.EV - How the Intercontinental Championship Explains Wrestling, Essential Viewing

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)
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2.8 - How Wrestling Explains The Beatles: Yellow Submarine

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
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2.5 - How The New Day Explains Wrestling

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).
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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. 

2.1, Part AA - How Arn Anderson Explains The NWA

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. 
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2.1 - How Arn Anderson Explains Wrestling

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. 
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1.38 - How Wrestling Explains Frankenstein

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. 
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1.34 - How Wrestling Explains Bad Movies

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. 
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1.33.EV - How Halloween Havoc Explains Wrestling

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. 
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1.33 - How Halloween Havoc Explains Wrestling

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
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