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  "The MSG Curtain Call": A Conflation of Front and Backstage in Professional Wrestling

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  Ari Berenstein 411Mania.com

  August 19, 2010

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  ceremony. Still, it is in these moments that the audience comes as close as possible to witnessing the ...
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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 ...
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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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  A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE WWE violence professional wrestling Curator's Note In 2005, the WWE held the “Judgment Day” pay-per-view, of which the main event between John Cena and JBL is considered one o ...