2.7 - How the bWo Explains Wrestling

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

 

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