David Shoemaker
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The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
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2013
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Grantland Quarterly no. 7
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2013
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Grantland Quarterly: Vol. 9
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2014
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Grantland's Detroit
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2014
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“They were flying back from a big show in London, the whole roster on the plane. The story goes that much alcohol was consumed and things quickly got uncomfortable: Hennig and Scott Hall went wild with some shaving cream; Dustin Rhodes awkwardly serenaded his ex-wife, Terri; the legendary wrestler turned booker Michael “P.S.â€� Hayes got punched out by JBL and later, after he had fallen asleep, had his ponytail chopped off by Sean Waltman; Ric Flair paraded in front of a flight attendant in nothing but his sequined ring robe; and, to top it all off, Hennig challenged collegiate wrestling star (and WWE golden boy) Brock Lesnar to a Greco-Roman wrestling match that ended when Lesnar tackled Hennig into the exit door, and they were pulled apart just before they jeopardized the flight.”
― The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
― The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
“But just as much as it was a sport, it was a sideshow—a carny act that eventually made it to Broadway. So the next time you hear somebody say, “You know wrestling is fake, right?â€� you can tell him that yes, you know. That’s exactly the point.”
― The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
― The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
“When Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant met in what is still considered the biggest wrestling match of all time, exaggeration was in the air. According to various contemporary reports, there were 95,000 people on hand at WrestleMania III to see the 7-foot-5, 525-pound Andre square off against Hulk Hogan, who stood 6-foot-8 and weighed 320 pounds and whose biceps measured twenty-four inches around. Probably the only number in that last sentence that’s unimpeachable is the III.”
― The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
― The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
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