# Missouri PBS station to air pro wrestling **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288 "2026-06-29T21:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/21 "2026-06-30T04:07:22Z")
If I saw Mark Russell take a piledriver followed by a figure-4 leglock, I might consider donating to PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/22 "2026-06-30T05:45:10Z")
_Masterpiece Theater: RAW!_ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/23 "2026-06-30T05:51:22Z")
My local stations (yes, plural!) do that too. “You can buy a DVD of the program we’re showing right now for free!” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/24 "2026-06-30T05:58:21Z")
Nothing wrong with it. It’s Public Broadcasting, and if the public wants wrestling, give it wrestling. It might garner more financial support than yet another Masterpiece Theatre rerun or symphony concert would. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/25 "2026-06-30T07:28:39Z")
I mean, professional wrestling, at least, is a type of theater, soooo ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/26 "2026-06-30T07:53:36Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > professional wrestling, at least, is a type of theater Accurate. It’s sort of like watching a play, except that parts of it are improvised and there are more chairshots than in your typical Shakespeare production. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/27 "2026-06-30T13:15:26Z")
Back in the 90s and a bit into the 2000s my late wife and I went to local indy wrestling twice a month. Great fun and nearly free. Held in a 1900s era boxing gym. The promotion there then apparently died around 2013. But the venue is still hosting wrestling under a different promo: > **[MMWA Pro Wrestling: Hot in the Shade - South Broadway Athletic Club](https://www.sbacstl.org/event/mmwa-pro-wrestling-hot-in-the-shade/)** > > Saturday July 11th > > Doors Open at 6PM - Bell at 7PM > > Concessions, Full Bar, $2 Draft, Merch, 50/50 > > 2301 S 7TH ST, ST. LOUIS, MO 63104 Purchase Tickets ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/28 "2026-06-30T13:33:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Accurate. It’s sort of like watching a play, except that parts of it are improvised and there are more chairshots than in your typical Shakespeare production. Maybe you’re not watching the right Shakespeare troupes. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/29 "2026-06-30T13:36:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I feel like “DIOCRACY” is meant to be some sort of secret message in that post? What’s that mean? He is heralding the return of erstwhile poster Dio, who is slumbering beneath the Strait of the Dope, awaiting the day of our darkest hour, when he will emerge to lead us to an eternal Golden Age. > [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, wait, the I at the start of the sentence was part of it, too. Or that. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/30 "2026-06-30T13:41:37Z")
Or the suggestion that only idiots would want to watch this stuff is a bit of snobbery. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/31 "2026-06-30T13:56:12Z")
I don’t watch it myself, but there’s a surprisingly large segment of nerds who are fans of pro wrestling. It’s not just idiot rednecks. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/32 "2026-06-30T13:59:47Z")
Yes, this seems to me much less off-brand for PBS than showing real sports competitions would be. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/33 "2026-06-30T14:04:51Z")
PBS could do a real service in this post-truth era if they aired wrestling without actively conflating the theater with reality the way it is done elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/34 "2026-06-30T14:05:04Z")
The public television stations in Connecticut [broadcast UConn women’s basketball games](https://current.org/2012/05/connecticut-ptv-loses-broadcast-rights-to-popular-uconn-womens-basketball-games/) from the mid-1990s and continuing for eighteen years, the start of the team’s amazing run. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/35 "2026-06-30T14:08:28Z")
I was at Villanova during that span, and in the pep band, so I saw a lot of good basketball… but the best basketball game I ever saw was Villanova vs. UConn women’s. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/36 "2026-06-30T14:12:48Z")
I was introduced to Dr Who, The Goodies, and Monty Python on PBS. Can’t get more highbrow than that. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/37 "2026-06-30T14:14:14Z")
> **[Sitcom On PBS Assumed To Be Intellectual](https://theonion.com/sitcom-on-pbs-assumed-to-be-intellectual-1819565523/)** > > SALINAS, CA–Assuming the program to be an intellectually enriching treasure trove of highbrow delights, PBS viewer Ross Waymer immersed himself Monday in the BBC sitcom I Dare Say, Mr. Pumsby! "It’s a biting, incisive satire of the British class... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/38 "2026-06-30T14:17:55Z")
And of course PBS aired _Are You Being Served?_, the _Benny Hill Show_ and other classy, high-brow entertainments. It’s always featured all kinds of entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/39 "2026-06-30T14:34:58Z")
As I noted earlier, an English accent is all it takes to elevate a show to PBS standards. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/40 "2026-06-30T14:40:12Z")
Is PBS still airing content for schools during the day? A lot of schools depends on that content to supplement what the teachers provide. I used to see some of it if my tv was left on that channel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288.md?page=3)