Wrestling A to Z

This Saturday night, Kevin Maher will be reading from Leaping Lanny Poffo's poetry collection at KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT WRESTLING. Get tickets HERE! 

And here's Kevin's poem about Wrestling A to Z. 

A is for ANDRE, he has a posse

B is for BOBBY, brainy and bossy

C is for CM, straight-edge represent!

D’s DIBIASE, wrestling’s 1%

Wrestling A - Z

This Saturday night, Kevin Maher will be reading from Leaping Lanny Poffo's poetry collection. Get tickets HERE. 

And here's Kevin's poem about Wrestling A - Z 

A is for ANDRE, he has a posse

B is for BOBBY brainy and bossy

C is for CM, straight-edge represent!

D’s DIBIASE, wrestling’s 1%

E’s for ELIZABETH, sexy and sassy

F is for FREDDIE, he’s so fuckin’ classy

G is for GEORGE, green tongue eats turnbuckle

H is the HULKSTER with Fred Flintstone stubble

I’s IRON SHEIK, with crippling Camel Clutch

J is for JIMMY, who talks too damn much

K is for KING KONG who caused much commotion

L’s LEAPING LANNY, poetry in motion 

M is for MACHO, ooohh yeah, all the way

N is for NIKOLAI, hates U.S.A.!

O is for BARRY O, destined to lose

P’s for PAUL BEARER, a ghoul among ghouls

Q is for QUEEN KONG, self-proclaimed Glamazon

R’s ROWDY RODDY, put the damn glasses on! 

S is for SLAUGHTER, who became a cartoon

T is for TUGBOAT (also known as “Typhoon”)

U’s the UNDERTAKER, a death-obsessed hottie

V is for VENTURA, a Governing Body

W’s WARRIOR perfected the suplex

X is for X-PAC, (because his name starts with X) 

Y’s YOKOZUNA, a sumo belly driver

Z is for ZEUS, with the wall-eye of the tiger

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A is for ALIEN (horror movies A-Z) 

A is for ANAKIN (sci-fi movies A-Z) 

A is for AUTOMAN (sci-fi television A-Z)

A is for ANTHRAX (heavy metal A-Z) 

A is for Aeon  (animation A-Z)

GET TICKETS HERE  for

KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT WRESTLING

Saturday 3/23 at 8pm

at the 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, NYC 

A IS FOR ANDRE

note: this poem was first shared at KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT WRASSLIN'

Be sure to check out the other pop culture primers (see below)

A is for ANDRE, he has a posse

B is for BOBBY brainy and bossy

C is for CM, straight-edge represent!

D’s DIBIASE, wrestling’s 1%

Kevin Geeks Out About WRASSLIN'

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A pile-driver of world-class entertainment, it's KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT WRASSLIN'

Friday March 30 @ 8pm
92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, NYC
just $10
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The two-hour variety show features a no-holds-barred battle royal of film clips, dramatic readings, guest talks, true stories, trivia prizes and never-before-told secrets from the squared circle, with footage you won't find on YouTube or Netflix.

With special guests:

Author-musician MIKE EDISON recounts the bloody Loser-Leaves-Town match where he defeated his boss to become editor-in-chief of newsstand staple Wrestling's Main Event, his feud with Hulk Hogan and his brief stint writing wrestling-themed pornography.

Quizmaster NOAH TARNOW remembers that long-departed staple of televised wrestling: the squash match.

Former WWE editor BRIAN SOLOMON presents "What I Learned Working for the WWE", reflecting on his seven years reporting to Vince McMahon.

Pop Culture enthusiast BRANDON ROHWER salutes the bad guys we love to hate, in his Celebration of the Heels.

Artist-Baker SARA REISS serves up wrasslin'-themed cupcakes (where the secret ingredient is a perfectly-snapped Slim Jim)

And host KEVIN MAHER shares the never-before-told stories detailing his two years as Garbagio, the masked-wrestler on a kids' TV show.


all this plus and much, much more. 

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note: This event is part of the 92Y Tribeca's series BEAT DOWN: WRESTLING IN THE MOVIES