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The Best Paragraph I've Read: Is wrestling real? Is it fake? The answer to both questions is, paradoxically, yes. The outcome of each contest is scripted. The body slams and submissions are choreographed. Sworn enemies are, in all likelihood, friends. But the Undertaker (Mark Calaway) really did throw Mankind (Mick Foley) off the top of that steel cage during a 1998 King of the Ring pay-per-view match. Foley really did fall 16 feet and crash through the announcers’ table. He was carted off on a stretcher, only to fight the paramedics and stumble back to the ring, where the Undertaker once again sent Foley’s massive body flying, this time through the “Hell in a Cell” chain-link roof. A bit later, the Undertaker choke-slammed him onto a pile of thumbtacks. By the time the match was over, Foley had a badly injured shoulder and a broken tooth shoved up his nose. Professional wrestling delivers sensory overload that’s almost impossible to capture with mere description. “It’s the best [thing] I’ve ever seen in my whole life,” Andy Warhol said of a 1985 match at Madison Square Garden. This paragraph comes from The Atlantic in an article titled: "How Wrestling Explains America." The article is written by John Hendrickson. You can read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/03/wwe-wrestling-trump-mcmahon-politics/673517/ This article is a part of a review of the following book: Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America https://www.amazon.com/s?k=vince+mcmahon+book&sprefix=vince+mc%2Caps%2C182&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_8 Zac and Don review the recent biography of Vince McMahon and the WWE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bestparagraph/message