tlk23 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Jake Roberts book out sometime in April. The first of three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Just got Corny's "Rags, Paper and Pins" book and it takes the cake. Almost 350 pages of Memphis merchandise, photos, programs, song lyrics, even Lawler's insult book. Tremendous stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Rex-n-effeckx Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 How is Drawing Heat by Jim Freedman? Is it worth a read/purchase? Yes its a good book. I know Meltzer thinks it's ovely academic which is weird since I think it's one of the most accesible for non-fans wrestling books I've read. Dave Mckigny driving around Canada running outlaw shows with his wrestling bear (the son of the wrestling bear that killed his wife) would make for an amazing picaresque movie. http://www.wildmanmckigney.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 who knows what would be possible if they had a man wrestling a CGI-bear in a movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Two new(ish) ones showed up on Amazon: $2.99 right now on Amazon, seems kinda short though. Centrally focused on WCCW/GWF/Texas area. The reviews make it sound pretty good, not sure if I'll be getting it yet or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm really arguing with myself over the Beard book. I'm wondering if he addresses his days in the dying days of Memphis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dank Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Someone report on if James Beard's book covers his mid-2000's WWE tryout which he blew by spilling every detail of it on WrestlingClassics, for some dumb reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Has anyone read Blackjack Mulligan's book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Has anyone read Blackjack Mulligan's book? I say avoid it. Puts over Jesus incessantly and gives no advice for either the brain-claw or making $20s. - RAF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper_kingpin Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I loved Drawing Heat. Definitely in my top 5. Blackjack Mulligans books is pretty bad in my opinion. I'd stay away from that. George Steele's book is awful. Stay away! Luger's book is quite bad as well. Mark Lewin's book is right there with Chyna's book as the worst. What a pile of shit this book was. It could have been great, but its a steaming turd. James Beard's book became one of my top 3 books ever. I loved his stories on the Von Erich's and World Class. The book is worth every penny. He does cover his WWE tryout in the last chapter of the book. He didn't get into his Memphis days, but he is making another book at some point. This is is mostly about his World Class days. Just a great book. If you don't like World Class or have no interest in it, pass this one by. But you will be missing out! My top 10 Gary Hart JJ Dillon James Beard Drawing Heat (Jim Freedman) Midnight Express Scrapbook by Cornette Pain and Passion by Heath McCoy Mick Foleys first Pure Dynamite Chokehold by Jim Wilson Stan Hanson Debated Hanson's book vs Bruiser Brody by Emerson Murry. Both are excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Been looking for Gary Hart's since I watched the WCCW documentary on Netflix. Fascinating guy I also want to read Lou Thesz's but both of these books are rare as anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper_kingpin Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Been looking for Gary Hart's since I watched the WCCW documentary on Netflix. Fascinating guy I also want to read Lou Thesz's but both of these books are rare as anything Crowbar press has Hooker by Lou Thesz reprinted for 20 bucks. I hear its better than the original. More new content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 YES, get it. It's where I got mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Actually saw Jim Wilson's book on sale for $20 at Wrestlefest last year but didn't bite on it for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Actually saw Jim Wilson's book on sale for $20 at Wrestlefest last year but didn't bite on it for whatever reason. You did good with passing it by. Although he did make some valid points about how the industry operated, he did make some rather outlandish claims as far as how popular he was and how much of a push he was supposedly going to get...he comes off as a whiner who only blew the whistle on the business cause he didn't get what he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'm currently reading Tim Hornbaker's NWA book, and it's a fascinating read, really nice to learn more about people like Strangler Lewis or Toots Mondt, people where I've heard the name but know nothing about them. It's written more as a history book than a traditional wrestling book, so it's a bit dry in places, but really engrossing. As an aside, I bought Bobby Blaze's autobiography, as it was £3 on the Kindle. Has anyone read it and is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsplash Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I read the Bobby Blaze book...he breezes through everything so quickly, like he'll go through a year in 5 pages. Something about the guy ended up annoying me by the end of the book, I can't put my finger on it though. But for a low price it was a good enough time waster, just nothing great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Chris Jericho recently revealed that his next book will be released on October 13, 2014. It will be the third part of his autobiographical series. Jericho also announced on Twitter that he will be revealing the cover and title of the book this week. Follow him online at Twitter.com/IAmJericho. Credit: prowrestling.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 His third book should be fiction about his time in TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 He already revealed the title it is "The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Jericho might be the closest thing to a wrestler doing the Robert Caro LBJ series on himself, I suspect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Two new books on pre-order that will be released in October: (I know I'll be getting both) (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKash202 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thought this would be interesting to some of you http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Sports-Ancient-World-Competition/dp/0300063121 A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 What period does Jericho's third book cover up until? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 If the past books are any example, up until he comes out in the lite-brite jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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