Daily Archives: January 5, 2012

An Abridged History of Pro Wrestling’s Ethnic Identity Crisis

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Highlighting ethnicity or nationality to help get certain professional wrestlers “over” is a technique as old as the business itself.  The WWWF (later the WWF, now the WWE) used the origins of Bruno Sammartino (Italian), Spiros Arion (Greek), and Pedro … Continue reading →

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