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“The Wrestler”
Season 2, Episode 4
02/13/1998
In Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s William Riker presents dramatizations of stories that are beyond our comprehension, yet challenge us to determine whether they’re real or fake. Can you name a better topic for this discussion than professional wrestling?
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“Avalanche”
Season 4, Episode 3
8//2020
Room 104 is an anthology series, similar to The Twilight Zone or Black Mirror, and is on whatever variation of HBO is currently streaming right now. Every episode is a different story that takes place in hotel room 104. This particular episode is the spiritual successor to the 2008 movie, The Wrestler.
“Wrestling Opera”
Season 2, Episode 21
4/28/1997
If you watched The Jeff Foxworthy Show you might’ve been a redneck. Or one of the very few people who watched this sad attempt at capturing the magic of the TGIF-style family sitcom. It was another in a long list of examples that not all comedians’ material translates to the sitcom format.
Nowadays, I can just write “80’s” and “GLOW” and chances are you’re going to click to read more.
Every Saturday morning wimpy wrestler has an origin story.
Here’s a list of wrestling comic book covers from DC Comics. Expect a lot of Superman and Superman tie-ins.
Here’s a list of Saturday morning cartoons turned wrestling-themed comic book covers. Continue reading “Wrestling Comic Book Covers – Children’s Comics”
Here’s a list of every match I could find on the WWE Network involving The Hart Foundation stable, wrestling against each other in some form or another. Warning: it’s very Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs heavy. But is that really such a bad thing? Also, things switch up a bit after 1992.
Here’s a list of Marvel’s best wrestling comic book covers.
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With the mecca of all nerdy fanboy events (San Diego Comic Con) starting this week, and Brian Cage demonstrating how easily wrestlers can bring comic book characters to life, here’s a playlist of matches involving wrestlers cosplaying as superheroes/villains.
