Every fan of professional wrestling remembers the moment that captured their heart forever and hooked them for life. Whether it was Ric Flair regaining the NWA Championship from Harley Race at Starcade, the Freebirds turning heel on...
Wrestling
- Author:Rickard, MikeSummary:
- Author:Mayne, XavierSummary:
Jonah Fischer’s high school wrestling career has been stellar, but now he’s the unwilling star of a series of videos that have hit the web. The whole world may have seen the evidence that his best friend turns him on. Jonah’s...
- Author:Muchnick, IrvinSummary:
Irvin Muchnick — a widely published writer and nephew of the late, legendary St. Louis wrestling promoter Sam Muchnick — has produced a book unlike any other on the astonishing growth of professional wrestling and its profound impact on...
- Author:Baer, Randy, Reynolds, R.D.Summary:
WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling examines some of the ridiculously horrible characters and storylines that pro wrestling promoters have subjected their fans to over the past twenty years. Why would any sane...
- Author:Guttman, JamesSummary:
In an industry where nothing is real and no one actually wins or loses, the possibilities for manipulation are endless. World Wrestling Insanity sets out to expose the nepotism, backwards logic, and power plays that...
- Author:Guttman, JamesSummary:
In the latest offering from the best-selling author of World Wrestling Insanity, James Guttman tells the real story behind contacting, cajoling, convincing, interviewing, and learning from more than 100 of professional...
- Author:Reynolds, RD, Braxton, BladeSummary:
Ever wanted to know the worst career choices pro wrestlers made upon retirement? Or which kung fu chop-socky wrestlers would make Bruce Lee do a backflip in his grave?
The WrestleCrap Book of Lists! has all that — and...
- Author:Oliver, Greg, Johnson, StevenSummary:
When you put four pro wrestlers in a ring, you double the athleticism, mischief, and entertainment. That’s the equation behind The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams, the first comprehensive and historical look at...
- Author:Oliver, Greg, Johnson, StevenSummary:
From the critically acclaimed authors of The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams comes the most comprehensive look ever at the colourful villains, heels, bad guys and rule breakers who give professional wrestling so much...
- Author:Oliver, Greg, Johnson, StevenSummary:
The legendary good guys worthy of a spot in the pro wrestling hall of fame
At its core, professional wrestling has always been about the forces of evil trying to undermine everything good — and a red hot heel needs a...
- Author:Klein, GregSummary:
A Big Easy legend returns to the limelight
New Orleans was once one of the hottest cities for pro wrestling because of one man — Sylvester Ritter, better known as the Junkyard Dog. JYD became a legend in the Big Easy,...
- Author:Matysik, LarrySummary:
A no–holds–barred, definitive look at the greatest pro wrestlers ever
Who were the best pro wrestlers of all time? What makes these 50 remarkable performers so special, and what were their contributions to the massively...
- Author:Hart, BruceSummary:
Straight from the Hart is the no-holds-barred book about the often surreal, physically and psychologically brutal and politically cutthroat world of professional wrestling that fans everywhere — from the most casual or...
- Author:Laprade, Pat, Murphy, DanSummary:
Documenting the rise of women's wrestling from sideshow to WWE main event Sisterhood of the Squared Circle presents the fascinating history of women's wrestling, from the carnival circuit of the late 1800s to today's hugely...
- Author:Snowden, JonathanSummary:
Shooters recounts the stories of athletes like Brock Lesnar and Gene LeBell, men who have lived their lives on the border between 'works' and 'shoots,' between the routines of the professional wrestling circuit and the...
- Author:Shannon, JakeSummary:
Say Uncle! is the definitive book on the history, players, and techniques of catch–as–catch–can grappling.
Catch–as–catch–can, or “catch wrestling” for short, is the great–granddaddy of today’s mixed martial arts,...
- Author:McCoy, HeathSummary:
Calgary’s Stampede Wrestling spawned some of the biggest wrestling stars in history, from mat kings of the past like Gene Kiniski and Superstar Billy Graham to modern idols like Bret “Hitman” Hart, the British Bulldogs, and Chris Benoit...
- Author:Emery, AnneSummary:
Declan Burke fled Ireland forty years ago and never looked back. Now settled in New York, he thinks he's put the old country behind him, until he reads the obituary of one Cathal Murphy. The obituary, he sees at once, is not about...
- Author:Robinson, JonSummary:
The first comprehensive book on WWE’s hottest brand
NXT: The Future Is Now follows the rise of WWE’s popular NXT brand from its conception to the brink of taking over WWE with its own rabid following. For...
- Author:Hornbaker, TimSummary:
In the 1950s, in Las Vegas, a businessmen’s conglomerate dominating a $25 million-a-year sports industry hid their illegal practices from the U.S. Department of Justice until they were caught. The sport that privileged cold hard cash...