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Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media

Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one…

Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the world.

Bischoff has since retired from wrestling but in a recent TEDx talk, he points out some similarities between the world of pro wrestling and today’s media/political landscape, a topic I’ve touched on before and which I don’t think gets enough analysis as a way to provide insight into how Trump won the Presidency and how he continues to carry himself.

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