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Matthew Yglesias
May 20, 2022
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I turned 41 this week. No more juicebox mafia for me!

Ben Lawrence: I saw from Twitter that you attended the New Japan Pro Wrestling event in DC on Saturday (I was there too). As a longtime fan of the “sport,” I was wondering about your thoughts on both the event itself and pro wrestling in general.

I’m not a pro wrestling guy, but I went at the instigati…

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