I really enjoyed the interview with Matt McDowell regarding sportswashing and the ways in which sport has been used to promote propaganda and shape public opinion (The Conversation, October). It reminded me of the joint WCW (World Championship Wrestling) and NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling) event held in Pyongyang, North Korea in 1995. It is still the largest attendance record for any wrestling event, and was used as a propaganda tool for North Korea and the Kim dynasty.
Many spectators were forcibly compelled to watch the show, while the American wrestler Ric Flair read a
