How Wrestling Explains the World: Episode 4 – Will They or Won’t They


The Wrestling Estate‘s David Gibb and the Internet’s Nick Bond are here twice monthly to provide a pleasantly in-depth discussion on what makes professional wrestling, well, professional wrestling. And what that means for the rest of the world.

This week: We have Darnell Mitchell — of Capitol Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Iowa — on to talk about the history of the Will They Or Won’t They trope and how wrestling inverts it, why male friendships are so hard, the evolution of representation in wrestling and what the future may hold for LGBTQ+ fans & performers in the future.

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