Pro Wrestling: A Comprehensive Reference Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781440853500)

This book provides readers with an abundance of information and historical perspective as well as entertaining and memorable anecdotes about professional wrestling. Readers will also learn unusual snippets of trivia that will enhance their comprehension of the sport.

This authoritative work on the history and culture of professional wrestling features the biggest names in the wrestling world since the sport emerged on the American sporting landscape. It comprises short biographies of all of the key players in the sport's evolution and rise to popularity--from old-timers to barrier breakers to household names such as Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Andre the Giant, and more--and includes not only men but also many women who have made a name in the sport.

Surveying professional wrestling from its roots, dating centuries, to the modern era, pre-20th century and into the 21st century, the work tells the transformational stories of prominent wrestlers and the sport as a whole, in many cases bringing out the humor and outrageousness in the nature of an activity that has always straddled the line between show business and sport.

Author: Lew Freedman
ISBN-10: 1440853509
ISBN-13: 9781440853500
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 09/07/2018
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2019 pg. 26
Choice 03/01/2019