Media

Write-ups

“On October 22, David Walker ‘03 and Timothy Albro ‘02 visited Wesleyan to perform ‘The Mormon Giant,’”at Wesleyan (October 23, 2025)

“A wonderful display of ‘academic nerdiness’ that ‘impossibly raised the bar of presentations,’ these Wes alums are the embodiment of intellectual rockstars!”

“The Mormon Giant: The History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Professional Wrestling,” at UT Austin (May 9, 2025)

“The screening was an innovative and entrancing blend of a traditional academic presentation with a multisensory performance.

For nearly an hour, members of the audience were engaged simultaneously by the documentary film, a live narration by Dr. Walker, and Albro’s hypnotic beats.”

“Mormon wrestling: UCSB professor David Walker gives talk on the intersection of religion and American history,” NinerTimes at UNC Charlotte (March 31, 2025)

“‘I've never seen a type of presentation like this. It was nice how he had moments where he's talking in between the video,’ said fourth-year Stephen Daniels.”

“UC Santa Barbara Professor David Walker Presents a Sneak Peak of his Mormon Wrestling Documentary,” Mormon Studies at UVA (March 26, 2025)

“Wrestling provided a stage for expressing the tensions inherent in a religion that desired assimilation but also valued its uniqueness."

Publications

The Mormon Giant (book in progress)

“The Mormon Heel,” MAVCOR Journal 6, no. 3 (2022)