Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets Exposed

Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets Exposed

Author: Matt Scheff

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 168079826X

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Find out more about the biggest secrets behind the scenes in the wrestling world from yesterday and today. The title features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.


Pro Wrestling's Greatest Faces

Pro Wrestling's Greatest Faces

Author: Matt Scheff

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1680798227

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Find out more about the top faces in the wrestling world from yesterday and today. The title features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.


Pro Wrestling's Greatest Tag Teams

Pro Wrestling's Greatest Tag Teams

Author: Matt Scheff

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1680798278

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Find out more about the top tag teams in the wrestling world from yesterday and today. The title features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.


Pro Wrestling's Greatest Matches

Pro Wrestling's Greatest Matches

Author: Matt Scheff

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1680798243

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Find out more about the top matches in the wrestling world from yesterday and today. The title features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.


Wrestling's Greatest Moments

Wrestling's Greatest Moments

Author: Mike Rickard

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781550228410

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Every fan of professional wrestling remembers the moment that captured their heart forever and hooked them for life. Mike Rickard's Wrestling's Greatest Moments brings readers all the controversial and memorable events from modern wrestling history.


The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling

The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling

Author: Aubrey Sitterson

Publisher: Ten Speed Graphic

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0399580506

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From the host of the critically acclaimed pro wrestling podcast Straight Shoot, this graphic novel history of wrestling features the key grapplers, matches, and promotions that shaped this beloved sport and form of entertainment. As a pop culture phenomenon, professional wrestling--with its heroic babyfaces and villainous heels performing suplexes and powerbombs in pursuit of championship gold--has conquered audiences in the United States and around the world. Now, writer/podcaster Aubrey Sitterson and illustrator Chris Moreno form a graphic novel tag team to present wrestling's complete illustrated history. Featuring legendary wrestlers like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, and The Rock, and modern-day favorites like John Cena, Kenny Omega, and Sasha Banks, the book covers wrestling's progress from the carnival days of the Gold Dust Trio to the dominance of the WWF/WWE to today's diverse independent wrestling scene, and it spotlights wrestling's reach into Mexico/Puerto Rico (lucha libre), the U.K. (all-in), and Japan (puroresu).


Shooters

Shooters

Author: Jonathan Snowden

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 2012-08-09

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 177090221X

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From William Muldoon to Brock Lesnar, this history covers those who have divided themselves as tough guys on the professional wrestling circuit and legitimate confrontations. From catch wrestling master Billy Robinson to the Japanese professional wrestler who gave birth to the global phenomenon that is modern mixed martial arts (MMA), this investigation travels from the shadowy carnival tent and the dingy training hall to the bright lights of the squared circle and the Las Vegas glitz of the octagon. Billy Riley's legendary Wigan Snake Pit and the rigorous UWF Dojo in Tokyo are explored, revealing the secret history of both professional wrestling and the rising sport of MMA. Squared circle icons Strangler Lewis and Lou Thesz and Olympic heroes Danny Hodge and Kurt Angle are also featured.


Straight from the Hart

Straight from the Hart

Author: Bruce Hart

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1770900047

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In this thrilling memoir, the first son of wrestling steps out from behind the shadows of Calgary's fabled "Hart dungeon" to discuss his family and the cutthroat world of professional wrestling. Stories about growing up as Stu Hart's son and the brother of wrestling legends Bret "Hitman" Hart and Owen Hart offer insight into this wrestling dynasty and the close relationships with people such as Andre the Giant and Killer Kowalski. Detailing the rise of the family business and how it was destroyed by Vince MacMahon, how the tragic death of Owen rocked the family, and what really happened behind the scenes of the infamous "Montreal screwjob," this gripping tell-all also provides information on how wrestling should be booked and the toll steroids and other drugs have taken on those close to Hart. The perfect book for fans, this account is chock-full of inside-the-ring stories and wrestling gossip.


Andre the Giant

Andre the Giant

Author: Brian "Box" Brown

Publisher: First Second

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1466858788

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Andre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure. He was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. But the huge stature that made his fame also signed his death warrant. Box Brown brings his great talents as a cartoonist and biographer to this phenomenal new graphic novel. Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.


Development Hell: The NXT Story

Development Hell: The NXT Story

Author: Michael Sidgwick

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-03-08

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1326971670

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Development Hell: The NXT Story, penned by former Power Slam scribe and WhatCulture.com's own Michael Sidgwick, chronicles the history of WWE's NXT brand. NXT has drew universal critical acclaim for its fan service fusion of old-school booking philosophies and progressive body of in-ring work - but the road to critical acclaim was arduous. When WWE destroyed its territorial and mainstream competition, the monolith had also annihilated the talent pool. Replenishing it was an unenviable task made all the more difficult by a blasé and counterproductive attitude and a curiously myopic direction. All of which is documented in a book covering the inauspicious beginnings of the dusty Stamford Farm warehouse and the murmurings of Memphis Power Pro, the halcyon days of Ohio Valley Wrestling, the infamous disaster of Deep South Wrestling and the literal lunacy that was Florida Championship Wrestling. The roots of the triumph that was NXT were toxic...