Can't You Just Pick Up and Leave?

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"Can't help but feel really, i'm heartbroke and disappointed that down that i left this company. Ultimately it became clear that bret would have to go take the money," he said. "The worst thing that can happen is your champion walking away with the belt in up to the new company,. holding up the championship from the old company."

All the world’s a stage. Or, sometimes it feels that way, especially these days. In this episode, originally aired in 2015, we push through the fourth wall, pierce the spandex-ed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to unmask our obsession with authenticity and our desire to walk the line between reality and fantasy.

Thanks to Nick Hakim for the use of his song "The Light".

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