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  A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE

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  David Ray Carter Film Critic

  August 16, 2010

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  the cast of the WWE’s NXT interrupted the main event, destroyed set pieces, and, beginning at 0:27 in ...
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  I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal: An Examination of Eddie Guerrero and WWE Cultural Appropriation

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  J.J. Ceniceros Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

  October 09, 2015

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  I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal: An Examination of Eddie Guerrero and WWE Cultural Appropriation WWE racial appropriation professional wrestling Eddie Guerrero cultural appropriation Curator's Note /*-->*/ “I lie, I cheat, I steal!” are the first lyrics h ...
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  Imperialist Nostalgia and Blackface in the WWE

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  Bernadette Marie Calafell University of Denver

  October 06, 2015

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  Imperialist Nostalgia and Blackface in the WWE professional wrestling Hulk Hogan blackface Curator's Note /*-->*/ /*-->*/ While the WWE has been prominent in mainstream news recently due to racist comments in a leaked sex tape featuring Hulk Ho ...
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  "All I Care about Is Me: I'm 'The Nature Boy": The Permeable Boundaries of Pro Wrestling's Fictional World

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  Sam Ford Massachusetts Institute for Technology

  August 18, 2010

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  "All I Care about Is Me: I'm 'The Nature Boy": The Permeable Boundaries of Pro Wrestling's Fictional World Ric Flair professional wrestling immersive story worlds Curator's Note Professional wrestling builds an immersive narr ...