
#317: February 19-20, 2013
Knowledge Fight
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Wrestling
In 2013 Alberto del Rio was the WWE heavyweight champ his character was a little bit of a flashy cocky Mexican guy. The writers built this feud around the idea that Jack swagger and his manager Zeb Kolta would cut promos about how their wood America Really is about. It's just basic wrestling storylines all things considered with one very basic and massive twist Namely that the ethnic character was not the default bad guy Whether you're a fan of it or not, it's pretty dumb to argue against the idea that pro wrestling has xenophobia in its DNA.
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