{"product_id":"tonights-main-event-gabriel-ricard-9781958182703","title":"Tonight's Main Event","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmazing to me that in 25 years, I've never written \u003c\/p\u003epoems about pro wrestling. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've written fan fiction and other things when I was \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emuch younger, but never poems along these lines. I've broken \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverything down into three sections. One for my memories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne for random topics I felt like writing about. The third is a \u003c\/p\u003eshoot interview with a fictional wrestler named Mark Prime. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dan Wright asked me if I was interested in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoing this book with him, a lot of different ideas and anecdotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom my past suddenly came rushing to me. I realized as I \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estarted writing these that I had far more negative associations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith this weird, amazing form of athletic entertainment than \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epositive ones. This book doesn't change that, but it did go \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea long way towards making me understand why I stopped \u003c\/p\u003ewatching to a significant extent a few years ago.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I'll always be a fan. It's hard to shake something \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat has been part of my life in some form or fashion for about \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 years. Like music and film, wrestling has been meaningful to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy influences and dreams and ideas in ways that are hard, perhaps \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esilly, to explain. No matter what, I can't seem to quit wrestling \u003c\/p\u003eas a fan entirely.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting these poems reminded me of everything in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewrestling that depresses me, and everything about wrestling that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etires out my enthusiasm. At the same time, this book gave me \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore enthusiasm for what I do love about this sport than I've \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efelt in quite possibly a full decade. I've exercised through writing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome of the things about pro wrestling that annoy or sadden \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eme, particularly most wrestling fans. What's left is a book I'm \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003every proud of about a subject I'm glad has been part of my life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrestling is surreal, heroic, ridiculous, dangerous, and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eultimately something that never fails to surprise me. It's still real \u003c\/p\u003eto me dammit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriel Ricard, Daniel W. Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958182702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958182703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liquid Lunch Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Gabriel Ricard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265369727231,"sku":"9781958182703","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_074161f3-ca9b-43b9-b3cd-04ab81731d1b.jpg?v=1713420746","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tonights-main-event-gabriel-ricard-9781958182703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}