Hulk Hogan

A poster of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan mugging for the camera.

The secretive language of professional wrestling

Culture

In 1984 professional wrestler Dr. “D” David Schultz smacked the TV journalist John Stoessel to the ground backstage at Madison Square Garden. Why? One word: kayfabe. This week on The World in Words we throw on some tights and get into the ring to explore this word you were never supposed to hear.

Andre

It took a graphic novel to tell the larger than life story of wrestler Andre the Giant