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Selling Violence: Marketing Combat Sports

Under the Influence from CBC Radio by Apostrophe Podcast Network

Apr 11, 202627:41Society & Culture

This week, we look at the marketing of violent sports. Starting with a man named Tex Rickard, who wrote the playbook on fight promotion back in the 1920s. We’ll analyze how WWE pro wrestling took a page from Rickard to c...

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Selling Violence: Marketing Combat Sports is an episode from Under the Influence from CBC Radio by Apostrophe Podcast Network. This week, we look at the marketing of violent sports. Starting with a man named Tex Rickard, who wrote the playb...

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Published Apr 11, 2026, 27:41 long, audio available.