Ep. 007 — This Is Real

"“People want to see good overcome evil, even though that’s not always the way it plays out, that’s what they’re coming out to see.” --Shane Hanson

 

Who should you be and what should you do?

Escape all the worries of life with a quick trip to Hoodslam, a wrestling outfit based in Oakland, Calif. It’s an adult wrestling show where other people make that decision for you. At least, you submit yourself to believing in everything around you, like someone getting hit in the face with a chair, seeing the ghost of Charlie Chaplin jump off the turnbuckle or a drug-addicted bunny snort lines off a championship trophy.

You don’t mind that what is fake is actually real and you begin to ask, “If I was a wrestler, who would I be?” (Answer: Super Self-Aware Man, a sure-to-be fan favorite)

This is the story of an alternative wrestling show that boasts slogans like “Fuck the Fans” and “Don’t Bring Your Kids.” Why did it start, who goes to its shows and who are its wrestlers?

More at thisissomenoise.com/ep-07.

Show Notes:

1. [02:00] “Weathervane” by Blue Dot Sessions
2. [03:20] @AJkirsch as @BroJoeBrody
3. [04:35] An article on who likes Nickelback? (Wall Street Journal, 2016)
4. [04:40] “Photograph” by Nickelback
5. [06:15] “Seamless” by  Blue Dot Sessions
6. [07:50] A worthwhile  story about the WWE by @davidshoemaker (Grantland, 2015)
7. [08:00] WWE Tough Enough Season 5 (Wikipedia)
8. [08:35] “Cobweb Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions
9. [09:35] Wrestling in old chinese texts (Wikipedia)
10. [09:35] Wrestling in Islamic culture (Bakkah.net)
11. [09:50] “Hidden Tiles” by Blue Dot Sessions
12. [10:00] On the rise of the American Circus (U.S. History in Context, 1997)
13. [10:35] More on the Gold Dust Trio (Ourwwereviews.wordpress.com, 2011)
14. [11:05] More about the wrestling territories (Basementgeographer.com, 2011)
15. [11:10] Kirk White of @BTWrestlingCA
16. [12:00] On the size of the National Wrestling Alliance (Wikipedia)
17. [13:00] “No Chance in Hell”, @vincemcmahon’s wrestling intro music since 1999.
18. [14:30] On Ted Turner and the WWE (Bleacher Report, 2011)
19. [14:35] On the WCW (Wikipedia)
20. [14:45] One of wrestler Bill Goldberg’s entrances to the ring
21. [15:05] Brett Hart, Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage
22. [15:15] New World Order WCW promo
23. [15:40] @TheRock’s intro, known also as Dwayne Johnson
24. [15:55] D-Generation X Intro
25. [16:25] @steveaustinbsr | Stone Cold Steve Austin’s entrance
26. [17:30] 2015 WWE Company Financials
27. [17:35] Sports Illustrated's @richarddeistch
28. [19:05] “Denzel Sprak” by Blue Dot Sessions
29. [19:50] The Undertaker chokeslams Mankind (@realmickfoley) off the top of the Hell in a Cell.
30. [21:40] Sam Khandaghabadii
31. [23:00] “Seamless” by Blue Dot Sessions
32. [23:35] Superman & Mythbrawl
33. [25:25] On gigging. (Bleacher Report, 2009)
34. [27:10] Pooh Jack | Inspired by ECW wrestler New Jack
35. [27:15] Cereal Man
36. [27:55] The Stoner Brothers
37. [28:50] “Thread Indigo” by Blue Dot Sessions
38. [31:40] Shotzi Blackheart
39. [33:30] An unrelated video worth watching about practice
40. [34:55] Shane Patterson, who also wrestles as Scorpion
41. [35:30] Anthony Lucido who wrestles as @HighruleHero
42. [36:10] “Javan” by Blue Dot Sessions
43. [44:20] Shane Hanson as Doc Atrocity
44. [45:45] “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze
45. [47:10] Michael Johnson, who wrestles as @DrugzBunnyFTF
46. [52:35] “Helmer Sprak” by Blue Dot Sessions