WCW - Oen Hart's Concussion

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In 19 99, just two years into his contract with w c w, during a match, he got kicked in the head and suffered a severe concussion. That same year, ladies and gentlemen, a something has gone terribly wrong. Brett's brother, owenhart, who was wrestling for w w f, during one of his entrances to the match, entering from the ceiling, and something with the stunt went terribly wrong,. He fell 50 feet into the ring, and then he died.

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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