Professional Wrestling

From Nathan Rabin, the original head writer of the A.V Club, coiner of the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" and the author of Weird Al: The Book (with Al Yankovic), comes 7 Days in Ohio, the riveting concluding entry in the "Trilogy of Psychological Terror." The tragicomic, pop-culture-crazed trilogy began with 2009's The Big Rewind (which The New York Times hailed as "full of caustic wit") and continued with 2013's You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me, which was named by Rolling Stone and Slate as one of the best books of the year. The "If We Make It Through November expanded edition" ...

So you thought you learned everything about wrestling? Nope. In this legendary sequel we will go even deeper into wrestling and break down the best women of all time, tag teams, promos, in ring abilities and even the best feuds in wrestling! This is a fun read filled with facts from a 40 year plus wrestling enthusiast! Learn things you never knew or get a different perspective on what we all love about wrestling!

How to Start, Run, and Promote a Successful Independent Professional Wrestling Show provides guidance on setting a vision and goals, assembling a team, choosing a business structure, understanding the market, and conducting market research. It offers strategies for promoting and marketing shows, managing finances and budgets, and exploring revenue streams. The book covers various aspects of show production, including venue selection, talent acquisition, show format and storyline development, technical production, and ensuring crowd safety.

The last 16 decades are rife with incidents like the "Montreal Screwjob", but in this new audiobook, it's time for some unsung heroes of professional wrestling's past to finally get their due. When did tag team wrestling migrate from Australia to the United States? How did a mid-ring heart attack reshape lucha libre? What was the first intergender wrestling match? There’s an unlimited amount of angles from which to view the fits and starts of professional wrestling’s serpentine growth.

Everything you heard about the Divided Championship Era is Wrong In April 1925, Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Wayne "Big" Munn legitimately beating Munn for the world title. On Memorial Day 1925, both men lost to their opponents. For the next two years and nine month, Ed "Strangler" Lewis and Joe Stecher each claimed the world title. What is the true story of the Divided Championship Era?

The millions of fans who watch World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programs each year are well aware of their role in building the narrative of the sport. #WWE: Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age explores the intersections between media, technology, and fandom in WWE's contemporary programming and business practices. In the Reality Era of WWE (2011 to the present), wrestling narratives have increasingly drawn on real-life personalities and events that stretch beyond the story-world created and maintained by WWE.

They were nomadic warriors, their business shrouded in secrecy. They navigated a world fraught with pitfalls. Abuse was rampant. Their world was perilous. And they had kids. This is the true story of pro wrestlers raising children while working the unrelenting road. All content was constructed via personal new interviews with the stars and their families. See how Sullivan, Atlas, Bischoff, Poffo, Russo, Santana, Bigelow, and more scored their most important wins and heartbreaking losses, told in a most riveting narrative style.

Take a hardcore journey. Follow a wrestler who started with just a dream, then became everything his name says he is. See his early days, his training, and his first few steps into the WWF spotlight. Jump in the ring with Aldo Montoya, go on the road with the Kliq, and watch his incredible ECW transformation to the extreme. Then, in the main event, witness PJ Polaco battle his toughest opponent to date – the demons who tried to end his life, and his subsequent struggle to make a miraculous comeback. Wrestling fans of all kinds will agree that this book is not just the coolest, not just ...

Voices of Wrestling's NJPW 2016 Year in Review is a detailed look at New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2016. This massive book features profiles of every wrestler and tag that played a significant role in the company's year, longform essays from regular Voices of Wrestling columnists and guests, detailed statistics and biographical information for each wrestler as well as a review of every 2016 NJPW show. Additional sections include title histories, tournament recaps and much more.

John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. Mat Memories is Arezzi's chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back - he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond.

Are you settling for less than your full potential? Ryback, also known as "The Big Guy", may seem like he has it all - success as a professional athlete, health, money, and a physique to envy. But in Wake Up! It's Feeding Time he reveals that he hasn't always been so successful; he had to earn it. The key to his success - and yours too, if you heed his advice - is to "believe in yourself, even when nobody else does", set smart goals, and work toward achieving them.

Derek Thompson is a senior and a wrestler, and has a secret. He’s gay. Scott Thayer is a new student who’s just moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts from Iowa. On the first day of school Derek and Scott meet, and their lives change in an instant. As Derek and Scott discover the things they have in common, they enter into one of the closest, most loving relationships either of them has ever experienced. When unexpected circumstances threaten to tear them apart, they both have to make a decision. Do they protect their secret and separate? Or fight for what they want...each other.

Voices of Wrestling's NJPW 2014: Year in Review is a complete look at 2014 including profiles of every wrestler who stepped foot in NJPW, advanced statistics, title histories, tournament histories, long-form essays, information on stables major show reviews and much more. Whether you're a New Japan Pro Wrestling beginner or a hardcore Puroresu fan, this book is for you.

International pro wrestling star Jeff Bearden has gone by many names: Butch Masters, Giant Warrior, Big Tiger Steele, and Colossus the Gladiator. Under these guises, he became part of wrestling history. Enter the wild, bloody life of pro wrestling during its Golden Age, from the viewpoint of one of its “biggest” stars. At seven feet tall, Jeff Bearden towered over his competition from the time he premiered in territory wrestling in 1987, through the crazed and dangerous wrestling scenes, infamy, and championships.

Nothing in wrestling can match the excitement of the main event. It's the match that everyone wants to see, the match that will have fans talking the next day. Author Patrick Jones takes listeners deep inside the world of pro wrestling and shows how its stars - and the wild characters they portray - have turned pro wrestling into a billion-dollar industry. Take a seat and gear up for the greatest show in wrestling - the main event!

This audiobook tells the story of the production of wrestling from black and white TV straight to the Internet. First, I discuss about the transition period from black and white TV to color TV and the transition to cable TV. It was the height of the territory wars, which featured the broken up territories of the NWA and the WWWF which became the WWF when Vince McMahon took over.

Someone had the guts to write and sell a ChatGPT summary of my book, Earl Hebner: The Official Story. You don’t do that to a wrestler without expecting a steel chair to the head, right? So this book is a summary of that summary, written by the original author being summarized. What you will not find in the original garbage summary is a guest passage by WWE Referee Mike Chioda and an additional road story with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Earl eating McDonalds in Japan! This is because this content was left out of the original book, but included here in full form as an Easter egg for you! ...

If you want to learn how to become an independent professional wrestler, then check out Independent Pro Wrestling Guide. This guide is written by a former indie pro wrestler who will show you step by step to get started in the independent wrestling world. Learn how to get your start in as a professional wrestler on the independent circuit. Hear tales and get advice from someone who knows what it's like to wrestle as an independent wrestler. Find out how to find the perfect wrestling school as well as how to pay for your wrestling education. Having trouble getting booked in your first match? This book lets you know what tools you need to get yourself between the ropes!