1. Introduction
2. World Wrestling Entertainment
2.1. From Sports to Sports-Entertainment
2.2. The Nineties
2.3. The Attitude Era
2.4. Post-Attitude Era to Present
3. The Discourse in the WWE
3.1. How the Spectacle Comes About
3.1.1. Breaking the Rules
3.1.2. Modification of Rules
3.2. Reality and Fiction in the WWE
3.2.1. Real Pain in a Fictitious World
3.2.2. How Fans Perceive Reality and Fiction
3.2.3. Real Life Stories in the WWE
3.2.4. Adoption of Stories and Story Techniques
3.2.5. Storytelling in a Wrestling Match
3.2.5.1. Sports vs. Entertainment
3.2.5.2. The Function of Non-Wrestlers in the WWE
3.2.5.3. Bearing is Worth a Thousand Words
3.2.5.4. The Function of Submission Holds in the WWE
4. Reflecting American History and Culture
4.1. A Paradigm of America
4.2. Afro-American History in the WWE
4.3. (Re-)Creating Monsters
4.4. Women in the WWE
4.5. Patriotism in the WWE
5. The Depiction of Good and Evil in the WWE
5.1. What the Wrestling Hero Is Not
5.2. The Turn of a Wrestler
5.3. The Revised Moral Concept
5.4. Face vs Heel: Who prevails?
6. The Effect of the WWE Product on American Society
6.1. Violence in the WWE: The Influence on (and of) the Viewer
6.2. Comparing the Target Group of the WWE Program to That of Other
TV Programs Featuring Violence
6.3. Fostering the Intellectual Potential of the Viewers
6.4. The Implications of Simplifying Political Issues in the WWE
7. Conclusion
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