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What I learned from coverage of Japanese women's wrestling in English-language mainstream media
Call it a book report, I guess?
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David Bixenspan
March 2022
No, Drake Wuertz didn't violate campaign finance laws with Biff Busick's donation
Yes, this is a real story I had to look into.
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David Bixenspan
Body Blow: A history of the WBF from the September 2015 issue of Fighting Spirit Magazine
Since they're talking about it on the newest episodes of The Lapsed Fan...
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David Bixenspan
January 2022
Nick Wayne was pulled off the GCW Hammerstein show over a seemingly nonexistent rule
The New York State Athletic Commission trying to enforce nonexistent rules is becoming a pattern.
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David Bixenspan
December 2021
Classic Wrestlenomics: Was WrestleMania III even more successful than we believed?
This isn't more Silverdome attendance drama, but it's still pretty interesting...
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David Bixenspan
50 Years of Funk: My Terry Funk profile for Fighting Spirit Magazine from December 2015
Now's as good a time as any to post this...
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David Bixenspan
A brief history of Hulk Hogan claiming that The Undertaker maimed him
Since it seems like everyone loves talking about that ridiculous yarn of his these days...
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David Bixenspan
Subscriber Q&A call for questions for the week of December 20, 2021
Let's do this!
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David Bixenspan
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October 2021
FBI memos show Bureau disregarding videotape of Mel Phillips sexually assaulting a ring boy
How the '90s DOJ inquiry into WWE shifted from child sexual abuse to steroid distribution is murky, but newly unredacted FBI memos give us a hint as to…
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David Bixenspan
What's the truth about the WWF's 8 ½ month run on TBS?
Was it a hit, like Vince McMahon says? A flop drawing tons of viewer complaints, like everyone else says? Or somewhere in between?
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David Bixenspan
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July 2021
Mainstream reporter privately claims WWE pitched them on writing an AEW/Domino's Pizza story
Same playbook as always.
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David Bixenspan
Even the press release for the Vince McMahon steroid trial miniseries is hagiographic bullshit
And not just in the more obvious ways...
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David Bixenspan
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