INTRODUCTION Pro wrestling is a form of fantasy storytelling, though Wrestlemania is never reviewed in Locus, the pseudo history of championship belts has no place in John Clute’s encyclopaedias of fantasy or science fiction, and there are no directions to “Parts Unknown” in Alberto Manguel’s Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Perhaps these good folks think wrestling … Continue reading Steel Chair through the Looking Glass The Fractured Fantasy World of Professional Wrestling by Jason S. Ridler