How Wrestling Explains the World

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, the thirteenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave a...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject  that -- at least this week -- helps explain wrestling in ways you may not have realized. This week, we're talking a look at the ways in which the history of Vaudeville lines up with professional wrestling and what that might mean in the future...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, the twelfth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Parks and Recreation. If you ever wondered: - When it's worth selling out your characters? - Why Michael Schur is so great at building babyfaces (and w...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about The Dangerous Alliance , the eleventh entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Slobs vs. Snobs movies. If you ever wondered: - Where the intersection between Bill Murray and Hulk Hogan is and/or why it's somewhere in Europe? - Wha...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about Jim Cornette, the tenth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick look at the way th...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Enron: it's a story that fits right into the strange turn of the century world that caused WCW, Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo to self immolate at nearl...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about the Fall of WCW, the ninth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick's breakdown sta...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Paul Thomas Anderson films. If you ever wondered about any of the following: - Why we root for anti-heroes like Freddie Quell and Stone Cold Steve Aust...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about New Japan Pro Wrestling, the eighth entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick break...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Fake News. If you ever wondered about any of the following: - Why Alex Jones is so effective at constructing a reality? - How the WWE should really act...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about Dirt Sheets, the seventh entry to our wrestling compendium. Dave and Nick breakdown the evo...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Mystery Fiction, so join us as we investigate every Murder, She Wrote or game that's afoot we could possibly think of while spending an hour or so suss...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about Ladder Matches, the sixth entry to our wrestling compendium. We discuss how the gimmick has...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's Cover Songs: We start off with the DDT and successful post-Jake versions/why they work when so many others haven't, Ric Flair's "cover" of Buddy Rogers...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about The DDT, the fifth entry to our wrestling compendium. We discuss what made it work, how it...

The Wrestling Estate ‘s  David Gibb  and Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here weekly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on a specific subject that professional wrestling helps explain in ways you may not have realized. This week, it's the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors: We start off talking about Draymond Green as High Chief of the Midcard before shifting our fo...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about The Four Horsemen, the fourth entry to our wrestling compendium. We discuss the original fo...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and Juice Make Sugar 's  Nick Bond  are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth weekly discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world. Because we live their lives on the end of a lightning bolt and do not apologize for that, we've decided to try something slightly different for this wee...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their off-cycle supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, we talk about Big Van Vader, the third entry to our wrestling compendium and a mutual favorite of ours. W...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and the Internet's  Nick Bond  are here twice monthly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world. This week: We have Dylan Roth  -- of The Hell Yeah Babies -- on to talk about the similarities between writing pop punk music and planning a match, ho...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here with their first ever intentional minisode, a supplement to the pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling (and, at least every other week) what that means for the world. This week, Bash at the Beach '96 becomes the second entry to our wrestling compendium. We t...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and  Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world. This week we cover professional wrestling's long lost English cousin, Nature Documentaries. We'll get into the limits of kayfabe in the natural world  with a...

The Wrestling Estate 's  David Gibb  and the Juice Make Sugar's   Nick Bond  are here to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world. This week we cover Nick's favorite single piece of entertainment, The Music Man: Between Iowegians wanting to be lied to, to the striking amount of similar...