PWSJ | Volume 4, Issue 1 | 2024
Professional Wrestling Studies Journal | Vol. 4, Issue 1 | 2024
"The Most Convergent of All Media" -- An Editorial Introduction
The Most Convergent of All Media -- An Editorial Introduction
Written By Christopher J. Olson
"To Identify New Areas in which Research is Needed, and to Stimulate Such Research" -- A Foreword
To Identify New Areas in which Research is Needed, and to Stimulate Such Research -- A Foreword
Written By: David E. Beard
PART I: THE GENERATIVE POWER OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FOR LITERATURE
An Excerpt from Cataract City
Written By: Craig Davidson
"To take the big swings" -- An Interview with Craig Davidson, Author of Cataract City
PART II: THE GENERATIVE POWER OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FOR GAMES
The Best Wrestling Match I Never Saw: The Rise and Fall of the RPWA
The Best Wrestling Match I Never Saw: The Rise and Fall of the RPWA
Written By: Robert Earl Stewart
"It gave me confidence to be a storyteller" -- An Interview with Robert Earl Stewart
"There's a Kayfabe aspect to the roles that people play in organizations" -- An Interview with Ben Cattaneo
World Wide Wrestling, Second Edition (Excerpts)
"Fantastic Characters in Mundane Situations or Mundane Characters in Fantastic Situations" -- An Interview with Nathan D. Paoletta
PART III THE GENERATIVE POWER OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FOR COMICS
"It's like Greek Theater" -- An Interview with Max Riffner
"Dragons and Dragon Slayers" -- An Interview with Von Allan
"Comedy with a Conscience" -- Interview with Joanne Starer
