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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 ...
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  Realism in the attack itself

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  Ari Berenstein 411Mania.com

  Monday, August 16, 2010 — 5:32 am

  real-life ruin and war-torn scenery. The realism was furthered because there was no pre-show "run ...
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  Shane Could Possibly Comment...

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  Bryce McNeil Georgia State University

  Monday, August 16, 2010 — 7:19 pm

  suffering an illness, it's legitimate and not seen as hokey.  When the WWE runs an angle, no matter how ...
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  Making the scripted more real? Pro wrestling and Twitter

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  Cory Barker Bradley University

  August 17, 2010

  4 comments

  Making the scripted more real? Pro wrestling and Twitter twitter social media pro wrestling Curator's Note Professional wrestling is not real. Most fans are aware that what they are seeing is pre-scripted and delivered by performers in character. Des ...
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  Thoughts on the Daniel Bryan Situation

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  Sam Ford Massachusetts Institute for Technology

  Tuesday, August 17, 2010 — 4:51 am

  importance of the USA Network now that all of its first-run programming save WWE Superstars is on USA and ...
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  The Purpose and Potential for Porfit

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  Ari Berenstein 411Mania.com

  Tuesday, August 17, 2010 — 6:34 am

  wrestling company) are the ones controlling the message. Ultimately, anything a fan learns about the ...
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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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  Using Shoots in the Work

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  Ari Berenstein 411Mania.com

  Wednesday, August 18, 2010 — 7:33 am

  used towards the tail end of WCW's run (such as Goldberg refusing to "lie down" on a Pay ...
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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

  6 comments

  regaining top status over WCW by mid-1998. Fans had long ago learned the secret "F-word" regarding ...
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  History Repeats Itself?: How Wrestling Regards Its Performers

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  Bryan Alvarez Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly

  August 20, 2010

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  last 100 years, one that stands out, particularly over the last two decades, is an inability to learn ... mid-30s, or even mid-40s.  This is not learning from history, but at least it's an example that ...

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