Douglas Edwards - Philosophy Smackdown

Thanks to my colleagues in the Philosophy Department at Utica College, Chris Riddle, Leonore Fleming, and John Lawless, who have been interested in the project from the beginning, and very supportive throughout. I’m also grateful to Utica College for a grant to support a research trip for the book. Thanks too to Lisa Jones for reading the first draft of the manuscript, and to Jesse Weiner for many helpful conversations and jaunts to watch local wrestling in upstate NY.

I’d like to thank Chris Underwood, for years of fun watching and talking about wrestling together, and also for discussing the project with me many times, and reading and commenting on drafts. Thanks also to my brother, Glyn Edwards, for starting the wrestling journey with me when we were kids, and to whichever of his friends it was that lent him all those videotapes. Thanks also to my parents for getting Sky TV, and for tolerating all the wrestling madness.

I am very grateful to my wife, Alex Plakias, for encouraging me to pursue this project, for reading and commenting on drafts, and for putting up with all my wrestling podcasts, TV shows, and trips to live events. Thanks to my son Theo; it was on long walks trying to get him to sleep as a baby when I really got into wrestling podcasts. I’m surprised his first word wasn’t “kayfabe” given the number of podcasts he’s subsequently listened to in the car. A pre-emptive thanks too to my daughter Lola, who is blissfully unaware of all this.

I am very thankful for the number of entertaining and informative podcasts, websites, books, and documentaries on pro wrestling, which make it so much fun to be a wrestling fan. Of particular use were The Steve Austin Show, Talk is Jericho, The Lawcast, We Enjoy Wrestling, Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard, 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff , and WrestleTalk’s WrestleRamble .

Last but not least, thanks to those who give us pro wrestling: the performers and promoters. I’d particularly like to thank every wrestler who has laced up a pair of boots and entered the squared circle. I hope the book conveys not only the passion I have for pro wrestling, but also my deep respect and admiration for pro wrestlers themselves. Thank you for the risks you take, the sacrifices you have made, and the pain you have endured to make such a wonderful thing possible.

I’m assuming that, if you have picked up this book, you have some interest in pro wrestling, and may well know that pro wrestling has its own terminology of sorts. This is explained at relevant points in the book, but I thought it’d be handy to include a glossary of some of the key terms used here for reference.

OK, enough stalling, let’s get it on – RING THE BELL!

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