>>4977893It was a one-time phenomenon that represented a cross-section between the age of decadence and the rural peasant culture that was breathing out it's last breath as it rooted for it's token representatives to win fake slapfights against money-grubbing badguys who were also shoot booking the matches taking the lion's share of wealth and glory for it, even when the caricature of a people's champion was put over. Fascinating in hindsight, and now that it's age is past it leaves me wondering if we truly are in the end times and how our former pastimes have shaped us as we face the coming judgement.
