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Part Five: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

Behind the Bastards

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The New Jersey Crusade to Deregulate Wrestling

In the spring of 88, Senator McMahonman introduces a bill to deregulate wrestling in New Jersey. It doesn't work this time actually and I very rarely say this to New Jersey's credit, the Bill Dyson committee and wrestling actually stays regulated in the Garden State until 1997. And like you see it's like the subtle side bastard here in addition to Vince is all of these journalists and lawmakers who either just desperately want to know themselves if it's real but really what's the worst thing to me is these journalists who are like ignoring all these serious issues and like the dangers of the sport to its performers.

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