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David Shoemaker

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As seen in: The Press Box, The Ringer, The Ringer Wrestling Show, ESPN, Flipboard, The Bill Simmons Podcast, NewsBreak, DNA, BVM Sports, Bank Director
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How Hulk Hogan’s Heel Turn Changed Everything

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By David Shoemaker Verified
| The Ringer Verified
By David ShoemakerJuly 28, 10:30 am UTC • 14 min When Hogan joined the nWo, he didn’t just rewrite his legacy. As this excerpt from David Shoemaker’s new book, ‘Why Hulk Hogan Matters,’ explains, Hulk’s shift to villainy recalibrated how fans watch wrestling—and what they expect out of storytelling on a much deeper level. The following is a chapter fromWhy Hulk Hogan Matters. The book is out on July 28, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. You can buy it here.
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John Cena Won Everyone Over in the End

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By David Shoemaker Verified
| The Ringer Verified
WWEWWE First he was The Prototype. Then he was the prophecy. Now it’s time to say goodbye to John Cena on the eve of his farewell match. By David ShoemakerDec. 12, 11:30 am UTC • 10 min There have been a lot of lists of the greatest John Cena moments in the year leading up to his retirement match, which will air this Saturday night on Peacock. But for me, the singular transformative moment in Cena’s career was his match against Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand in 2006.
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Kamala Harris’s Campaign Has No Regrets, How We Consume News Now, and a Report From the Cowboys-Giants Game

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By Bryan Curtis Verified, David Shoemaker Verified
| The Ringer Verified
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the show with Bryan’s Thanksgiving report about being back home in Texas and the Cowboys-Giants game. Then, they go over the Harris campaign postmortem on Pod Save America (19:18) and discuss how the “snippet generation” has completely changed the way we consume news (36:07).
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