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David Gornoski Sings “New York” (Tribute to Osamu Nishimura)

“I had the opportunity to be the special guest announcer for Dory Funk Jr’s latest wrestling show dedicated to his tag team partner and Bang TV world champion Osamu Nishimura who is battling illness. I opened the show with a rendition of Nishimura’s favorite song ‘New York, New York’ to encourage his swift recovery and […]

Adam Ellwanger: Is Politics Pro-wrestling?

Is our democracy rigged just like a pro-wrestling match? Adam Ellwanger, professor of English at the University of Houston–Downtown and writer at Human Events, joins David Gornoski to expound on this matter where presidential elections can’t be fairly decided thanks to media bias. Ellwanger says that whereas pro-wrestling will subtly acknowledge our recognition that it […]