How Wrestling Explains the World

1.11 - How Big Van Vader 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 talk about Big Van Vader, the third entry to our wrestling compendium and a mutual favorite of ours. We'll cover what made Vader work as both a monster and a heel from the sumo halls of Tokyo in NJPW to Independence Arena in Charlotte, NC. We'll also be announcing some exciting news about Juice Make Sugar and next week's topic for How Wrestling Explains The World.   
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1.10 - How Wrestling Explains Songwriting

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Internet's Nick Bond are here twice monthly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week: We have Dylan Roth -- of The Hell Yeah Babies -- on to talk about the similarities between writing pop punk music and planning a match, how live performances can inform the final product, whether or not he's ever heeled out on a crowd and why we want to WALK WITH ELIAS despite his obvious musical deficiencies.  
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1.9 How Bash at the Beach '96 Explains Wrestling

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here with their first ever intentional minisode, a 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, Bash at the Beach '96 becomes the second entry to our wrestling compendium. We talk about the nWo v. T-Pain, Hulk vs. Hollywood and, ever so briefly, Steve "Mongo" McMichael vs. Joe Gomez.  
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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1.8 - How Wrestling Explains Nature Documentaries

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week we cover professional wrestling's long lost English cousin, Nature Documentaries. We'll get into the limits of kayfabe in the natural world with a CBC exposé called "Cruel Camera," whether or not David Attenborough is just an animal wrestling promoter with a charming accent and how long-form documentary nature series are like PPV cards. We also have A MAJOR, EARTH SHATTERING ANNOUNCEMENT at the end of the episode. 
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1.7 - How Wrestling Explains The Music Man

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Juice Make Sugar's Nick Bond are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week we cover Nick's favorite single piece of entertainment, The Music Man: Between Iowegians wanting to be lied to, to the striking amount of similarities between John Cena and Harold Hill, and the importance of a good lie,  we're here to tell you that -- by god -- we've got the entirety of River City covered just beyond that play button. Don't believe us? We guess you'll just have to listen for yourselves.  
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1.6 - How Wrestling Explains Disappointment

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Internet's Nick Bond are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week: We cover disappointment as a concept in the context of wrestling fandom, dissect the difference between it and outrage, what causes one or the other to happen and how to avoid inflicting it on yourself. 
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
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1.5 - How Ultimate Deletion Explains Wrestling

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Internet's Nick Bond are BACK to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week, IT'S THE ULTIMATE MINISODE. Actually, this is the opposite of true, as we will be doing regular pods to supplement our actual episodes -- the ones that are mostly pop culture references -- but you get the idea: We talk about Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt's Ultimate Deletion match in all its cinematic glory. 
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1.4 - How Wrestling Explains Will They or Won't They (feat. Darnell Mitchell)

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Internet's Nick Bond are here twice monthly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week: We have Darnell Mitchell -- of Capitol Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Iowa -- on to talk about the history of the Will They Or Won't They trope and how wrestling inverts it, why male friendships are so hard, the evolution of representation in wrestling and what the future may hold for LGBTQ+ fans & performers.  
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
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1.3 - How Wrestling Explains Post-Structuralism

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Internet's Nick Bond are here twice monthly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week: We cover Vince McMahon, the auteur, televison character and huckster, through the prism of post-structuralism. Come for the Barthes references, stay for the Derrida references. 
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
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1.2 - How Wrestling Explains The Venture Bros.

The Wrestling Estate's David Gibb and the Internet's Nick Bond are here twice monthly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.
This week: We're back, but the argument is out as to whether we are "better than ever," but given the amount of audio clips we had to cut to drop into this episode -- from our topic, The Venture Bros. -- we sure hope so. This episode'll focuses on Venture Bros.'s use of kayfabe, the dangers of nepotism in a world without real consequence and what professional wrestling can learn from Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick. 
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
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