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"“People want to see good overcome evil, even though that’s not always the way it plays out, that’s what they’re coming out to see.” --Shane Hanson Who should you be and what should you do? Escape all the worries of life with a quick trip to Hoodslam, a wrestling outfit based in Oakland, Calif. It’s an adult wrestling show where other people make that decision for you. At least, you submit yourself to believing in everything around you, like someone getting hit in the face with a chair, seeing the ghost of Charlie Chaplin jump off the turnbuckle or a drug-addicted bunny snort lines off a championship trophy. You don’t mind that what is fake is actually real and you begin to ask, “If I was a wrestler, who would I be?” (Answer: Super Self-Aware Man, a sure-to-be fan favorite) This is the story of an alternative wrestling show that boasts slogans like “Fuck the Fans” and “Don’t Bring Your Kids.” Why did it start, who goes to its shows and who are its wrestlers? More at thisissomenoise.com/ep-07. Show Notes: [02:00] “Weathervane” by Blue Dot Sessions [03:20] @AJkirsch as @BroJoeBrody [04:35] An article on who likes Nickelback? (Wall Street Journal, 2016) [04:40] “Photograph” by Nickelback [06:15] “Seamless” by Blue Dot Sessions [07:50] A worthwhile story about the WWE by @davidshoemaker (Grantland, 2015) [08:00] WWE Tough Enough Season 5 (Wikipedia) [08:35] “Cobweb Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions [09:35] Wrestling in old chinese texts (Wikipedia) [09:35] Wrestling in Islamic culture (Bakkah.net) [09:50] “Hidden Tiles” by Blue Dot Sessions [10:00] On the rise of the American Circus (U.S. History in Context, 1997) [10:35] More on the Gold Dust Trio (Ourwwereviews.wordpress.com, 2011) [11:05] More about the wrestling territories (Basementgeographer.com, 2011) [11:10] Kirk White of @BTWrestlingCA [12:00] On the size of the National Wrestling Alliance (Wikipedia) [13:00] “No Chance in Hell”, @vincemcmahon’s wrestling intro music since 1999. [14:30] On Ted Turner and the WWE (Bleacher Report, 2011) [14:35] On the WCW (Wikipedia) [14:45] One of wrestler Bill Goldberg’s entrances to the ring [15:05] Brett Hart, Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage [15:15] New World Order WCW promo [15:40] @TheRock’s intro, known also as Dwayne Johnson [15:55] D-Generation X Intro [16:25] @steveaustinbsr | Stone Cold Steve Austin’s entrance [17:30] 2015 WWE Company Financials [17:35] Sports Illustrated's @richarddeistch [19:05] “Denzel Sprak” by Blue Dot Sessions [19:50] The Undertaker chokeslams Mankind (@realmickfoley) off the top of the Hell in a Cell. [21:40] Sam Khandaghabadii [23:00] “Seamless” by Blue Dot Sessions [23:35] Superman & Mythbrawl [25:25] On gigging. (Bleacher Report, 2009) [27:10] Pooh Jack | Inspired by ECW wrestler New Jack [27:15] Cereal Man [27:55] The Stoner Brothers [28:50] “Thread Indigo” by Blue Dot Sessions [31:40] Shotzi Blackheart [33:30] An unrelated video worth watching about practice [34:55] Shane Patterson, who also wrestles as Scorpion [35:30] Anthony Lucido who wrestles as @HighruleHero [36:10] “Javan” by Blue Dot Sessions [44:20] Shane Hanson as Doc Atrocity [45:45] “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze [47:10] Michael Johnson, who wrestles as @DrugzBunnyFTF [52:35] “Helmer Sprak” by Blue Dot Sessions
