# Missouri PBS station to air pro wrestling

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**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")\
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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> And the McMahons sold WWE a while back.

And they’re no longer huge fans of pro wrestling?

> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Note that the wrestling program is a local one, independent of any big national organization.

Yep, I know.

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I have no idea if the McMahons are no longer huge fans of pro wrestling. For that matter, they may never have been fans at all; it may have just been a business to them.

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**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-pbs-station-to-air-pro-wrestling/1031288/63 "2026-07-01T22:42:33Z")

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Earlier today, I remembered an old MAD magazine send-up on PBS pledge drives. This one included documentaries about Brest, France; Fukuoka, Japan; and Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

p.s. My brother recently found out that Lake Titicaca is a real place; he just thought it was another Beavis & Butthead joke.

> **[Lake Titicaca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca)**
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> Lake Titicaca (/tɪtɪˈkɑːkə/; Spanish: Lago Titicaca \[ˈlaɣo titiˈkaka\]; Quechua: Titiqaqa and Aymara: Titiqaqa) is a large lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. It is often listed as a freshwater lake, though its waters are slightly brackish. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of water and surface area.\[a\] It is the 18th largest lake in the world. It has The lake is locat...

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> I have no idea if the McMahons are no longer huge fans of pro wrestling. For that matter, they may never have been fans at all; it may have just been a business to them.

I think Vince would have been a lot happier and well-adjusted in life if he’d had Lorne Michaels’ job instead.

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