Follow the Buzzards_ Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19

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Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19
by Keith Elliot Greenberg
English | 2022 | ISBN: ‎ 177041598X | 298 pages | True EPUB | 11.01 MB

Industry expert Keith Elliot Greenberg chronicles pro wrestling through the most memorable, controversial, and polarizing period of the last two decades
As a new decade dawned, 2020 was supposed to be the best year to be a wrestling fan. Finally, WWE had serious competition in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and there were viable secondary promotions and a thriving international indie scene. Few in the industry realized that in China, a mysterious virus had begun to spread. By the time a pandemic was declared in March, the business - and the world - was in disarray. For the first time, pro wrestling was no longer seen as escapism, as real-world events intruded on the fantasy. Still, when everything else shut down, wrestling never went away. Despite cancellations and empty arena shows, there were great innovations, like the cinematic match - battles shot to look like movies - and the "ThunderDome," which replicated the live experience with fan...

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