In our third piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with wrestling journalist Keith Elliot Greenberg to talk about pro wrestling’s unusual history, the thin line between truth and reality within the sport, and the lack of punches pulled between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.

Keith Elliot Greenberg is a New York Times bestselling author and television producer. He has written articles for World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.’s WWE magazine, Playboy, Men's Journal, HuffPost, Maxim and The Village Voice. His books include December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution, and Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19. In 2016, he co-authored the third edition of the WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment, as well as the fourth edition in 2020. He's a regular writer, contributor, and reporter for WWE. And he also co-authored a number of biographies of professional wrestlers, including Freddie Blassie, Ric Flair, and Superstar Billy Graham.

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