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Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains (sponsored by One of the Greatest Heroes in the History of Our Pod, Michael Montalbo) with a discussion of ECW’s answer to the nWo, the Blue World Order.

The episode explores how three lovable goofballs (Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie, and Nova) turned a game of dress-up into one of the all-time achievements in wrestler-audience resonance.

High-concept talk aside, this week’s edutaining banter features discussion of...

• Nerd Comedy of the ‘80s and ‘90s
• Weird Al Yankovic
• The use of Irony and Allusion in ECW
• The greatness of Raven as a heel and the bWo as his strangely babyface lackeys
• The relative “realness” of ECW (and whether or not it’s a misnomer)
• The evolution of the “Everyman” character in wrestling
• Comparisons between the bWo and their WCW counterparts

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