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Music of the Mat Remix: Why Am I So Violin?

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One of the more recent tropes in pro wrestling is “Why am I so violent?”, where a babyface wrestler will have a crisis of conscience about the level of violence they are dishing out against their opponent (and typically stare at their hands while doing so). It’s meant to be this dramatic emotional arc, but more often it just makes the babyface look like an idiot and a coward for not wanting to hurt their opponent. On this episode, Andrew comes up with one of his delightfully devilish puns with a topic called “Why am I so violin?”, in which he and first-time guest Hypnotoad (VOW Discord) play songs that have a string section instrument in them (violin, viola, cello, double bass). Artists played include Kansas, The Cranberries, Ben E. King, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Shirelles, Queensrÿche, The Verve, and many more. Don’t stare at your hands too long, or else you might miss this episode!

Theme song: “Hemispheres” by Silent Partner

Bluesky: @MusicoftheMat / @justandrew

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Andrew Rich has written for Voices of Wrestling since early 2015. In addition to writing for VOW, Andrew is also the host of the music podcast Music of the Mat Remix.