The best part of “Believe” is the Lie. . .

Author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, Podcaster of X-men and uhhh let’s go with everyone’s favorite broad abroad Josephine Riesman (josie.zone)
Is here for a conversation several years in the making. In 2023 Josie laid out how professional wrestling and the art of Neokayfabe has shaped our politics and planted the seed in Ella’s brain that is this very podcast.

On this episode we discuss what that meant and more importantly what it means now.
Plus, a way to support those using Kayfabe to fight back against the Fascists that have used the Sport of Kings to attempt to appoint one.

Ella Tailor (Wednesday Night Fake Fights) has a Theory of Everything

Bugs Maytrix (Podatag Podcast, Attic Magic) has a Magic Card for Everything.

Together we are going to prove that Everything is Wrestling.

Music:

“The Sex Theme from Everything is Wrestling” by socks.

Available at socksedm.bandcamp.com

Find socks. at linktr.ee/socksedm

Mentioned links:
https://www.herecomestomorrow.net/

https://www.ringmasterthebook.com/the-last-wrestling-piece

https://beckbook.com/

https://josie.zone/

• (00:00:01) - Loki on a Magic Card
• (00:03:19) - I Have A Biography of Beck
• (00:07:18) - Beck Beck Reveals New Story About His New Book
• (00:10:41) - In the Elevator With Vince McMahon
• (00:12:45) - How I Met You: Watching WWE History
• (00:16:08) - Neo Kayfabe vs Real Politics
• (00:21:25) - Bret Hart on Trump Being a fascist
• (00:25:07) - Bret Hart on Vince McMahon's Rape Claims
• (00:26:51) - What Does Neo Kayfabe Look Like?
• (00:31:13) - Adam Levine on Harvey Weinstein
• (00:32:15) - Vince McMahon: Necro Neo Kayfabe
• (00:37:02) - Vince McMahon on His Time as a Wrestler
• (00:40:46) - Endorsement for David Morales, a Former Pro Wrestling Champion and
• (00:44:08) - The intersection of politics and wrestling
• (00:45:36) - To Read This Quickly
• (00:45:57) - The Last Wrestling Essay
• (00:49:11) - Randy Goldberg on Wrestling and Politics
• (00:51:22) - POD BLOKES: Richard Meltzer on Wrestling

So sometimes Pro Wrestling is Pro Wrestling. . .

Journalist and Lucha Libre aficionado Arturo Garcia (@aboynamedart.bsy.social )(Times of San Diego)

reached out with a desire to speak to us about Americano-gate. A WWE storyline that has developed in the last year and change that speaks to both the racist nature of the biggest Wrestling organization in the world as well as Pro Wrestling and it’s communities ability to reject that racism in the name of a legit cultural exchange and embrace of the common love that is Pretend Pugilism.

Ella Tailor (Wednesday Night Fake Fights) has a Theory of Everything

Bugs Maytrix (Podatag Podcast, Attic Magic) has a Magic Card for Everything.

Together we are going to prove that Everything is Wrestling.

Music:

“The Sex Theme from Everything is Wrestling” by socks.

Available at socksedm.bandcamp.com

Find socks. at linktr.ee/socksedm

Related Links:
https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/06/08/tkos-labor-trap-how-wwe-built-a-monopsony-started-charging-talent-for-the-privilege/

VILLANO III vs ATLANTIS Máscara vs Máscara
When Worlds Collide 1994 AAA PPV Los Angeles, CA
FULL MATCH: El Grande Americano vs. “Original” El Grande Americano | Mask vs. Mask Match

• (00:00:01) - Bugs Matrix Gets Banished From Blue Sky
• (00:02:29) - Ella Taylor on Vampirism
• (00:06:11) - Tony Khan on The Americano Gate Story
• (00:09:47) - The Fed Commenting On Chad Gable
• (00:11:15) - Chad Gable on WWE's Mexican Luchadores Angle
• (00:13:52) - Andre the Giant on CMML vs AAA
• (00:19:37) - Tony vs CML
• (00:20:57) - Dominic Mysterio Turns Heel in AAA
• (00:24:51) - Samuel Alito on Cultural Appropriation
• (00:29:13) - Kaiser Grande Gets Busted For Florida Sexual Assault
• (00:30:45) - The Fed vs Chad Gable
• (00:34:04) - The Fed vs The Mask
• (00:38:02) - Neville on Forbidden Door
• (00:40:32) - Best Masters of Lucha Match Ever
• (00:44:01) - Chad Gable's Racist Joke
• (00:48:29) - The New Tiger Mask
• (00:53:19) - Kenny Omega Should've Changed His Career Path
• (00:56:11) - TK on Americano Gate

So Three Trans Femmes walk into a Roman Bathhouse. . .

We invited Historian, YouTuber, and all around Doll Sophie Edwards (We Have Always Existed) into the Basement Lab and possibly a Time Machine so we can learn from her just HOW Gay and Trans the Ancient world really was and more importantly how it is indeed ALL WRESTLING.

Grab yer neighbors Gladius* we are off to the Fights!

Ella Tailor (Wednesday Night Fake Fights) has a Theory of Everything

Bugs Maytrix (Podatag Podcast, Attic Magic) has a Magic Card for Everything.

Together we are going to prove that Everything is Wrestling.

*with consent

Music:

“The Sex Theme from Everything is Wrestling” by socks.

Available at socksedm.bandcamp.com

Find socks. at linktr.ee/socksedm

• (00:00:01) - Oh My God!
• (00:00:19) - Gay Kings
• (00:01:51) - A Taste of the Lab
• (00:02:31) - Bugs on Fake Fights With Sophie Edwards
• (00:05:13) - Nero Is Trans in Ancient Rome
• (00:07:17) - Sophie on The Cult of Nero
• (00:12:37) - Jimmy Hart on His Publicists
• (00:13:27) - Elagabalus, The Trans Femme Emperor
• (00:17:35) - I Had A Thought About The Trans Empress
• (00:19:04) - I Want To Be The Least Reliable Source
• (00:20:05) - Transsexual Queen of The Year
• (00:22:28) - Hot Goth Girl Ancestors
• (00:26:09) - Did Trans People Drink Pregnant Mare Urine?
• (00:29:27) - Wisconsin: My Long Abandoned Motherland
• (00:30:28) - milo on the Inari
• (00:31:33) - Gladiators vs Wrestling
• (00:34:53) - Punishment For Gladiators
• (00:37:59) - Jimmy Hart's Gives
• (00:38:59) - Jimmy Hart Explained
• (00:42:40) - Paul Heyman On His Death
• (00:43:40) - Vince McMahon's Black Saturday Story
• (00:47:48) - Vin Diesel on The AWA
• (00:48:46) - Steve Jobs: Selling Out Is Okay
• (00:51:36) - Ted Turner vs Vince McMahon
• (00:56:35) - Vinnie Mac on AEW and His Contract
• (00:57:17) - Transsexual Selling Out
• (01:01:25) - Bugs Matrix On Where To Find A Movie
• (01:04:42) - Hello, How Do You Talk On A Podcast?