Tag Archives: Ethnicity

An Abridged History of Pro Wrestling’s Ethnic Identity Crisis

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tom Garrett

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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Demographic Maps Are Educational, Pretty

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Tom Garrett

This isn’t particularly timely. It could fairly be called “old news.” But my discovery of Eric Fischer’s demographic maps predates the birth of this site. So, I’m running it now. Here’s what you need to know: Each map is a … Continue reading →