Cam dives into the topic head on by going through the history of wrestling, it's classification in the sociology of sport community, defining what a sport is, and how does wrestling relate to other sports with injuries and other sociological terms. This is Cam's final project for sociology of sport at Mizzou and thought it was neat enough to make it the pilot episode of the reborn again Cran Podcast. Below are the sources used in the research in this topic.
ECW One Night Stand and John Cena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgZzNTS8xME
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