Wrestling Matches

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Bret climbs on to the turnbuckle, which is the corner post of the ring. He catapults himself off the turn buckle trough the air towards shanmike. Shan pretzles up brett's legs and sitsand within seconds, the bell rings. It just did not appear like the time the match was supposed to end.

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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