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Editorial illustration of a grandfather and a boy on a couch watching wrestling on a CRT television, with a stack of VHS tapes on the floor beside them.

How I Got Into Wrestling

By David Crush | Wrestling | 6 min read

Editorial cartoon: a wrestling promoter signs a giant TV contract while a network executive in a suit rewrites the match card on a clipboard, empty arena seats in the background.

The Rights Deal Trap: Wrestling, Media Money, and the Cost of Letting Non-Wrestlers Run the Show

By David Crush | Wrestling | 11 min read

Editorial cartoon of a wrestling ring split in two: on one side a roaring crowd watches a classic heel get beaten by a hero; on the other side an empty arena with a wrestler winking at the camera and a broken championship belt on the mat.

The Lost Art of Professional Wrestling: Psychology, Kayfabe, and Why the Business Stopped Scaling

By David Crush | Wrestling | 13 min read