Victor Is God Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 HOLY GRAIL: The true story of British Wrestling's revival by Greg Lambert, is ON SALE NOW. Â Â Available in perfect bound softcover paperback from http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/Boo...d=SKU-000611299 Â Pro wrestling in America is a multi-billion dollar business. Pro wrestling in Britain is skint and hasn't been on national television since the days of Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. For British Wrestling, a resurrection is long overdue. But with no money and no TV deal, the revival was never going to be easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted November 24, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 24, 2012 Sounds interesting. It is pretty much my era's British wrestling boom. It was around the time I found out wrestling over here wasn't fat blokes in leotards (although there was still a load of them about). I might get this. Nice little price of 12 quid as well. I remember the 1PW book was quite expensive, so I passed on that. Â Hat Guy, get reviewing this please? You are my Oprah when it comes to stuff like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannRead Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Though I'm putting it on a high pedestal when I say this I honestly believe if you liked Simon Garfield's book "The Wrestling" then you'll enjoy this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted November 24, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 24, 2012 Sounds interesting. It is pretty much my era's British wrestling boom. It was around the time I found out wrestling over here wasn't fat blokes in leotards (although there was still a load of them about). I might get this. Nice little price of 12 quid as well. I remember the 1PW book was quite expensive, so I passed on that. Hat Guy, get reviewing this please? You are my Oprah when it comes to stuff like this. Ha! Predictably, I have actually already ordered the book - I've been looking forward to this one for a while now. The period Greg describes in the blurb above is also the exact same period that I started following British wrestling, and have my own first-hand impressions and opinions on a lot of what sounds like the book covers. As such, much of the content is likely to resonate with me, and I'm looking forward to reliving it and seeing it again through other people's eyes.  If it arrives soon, it should be a good travel companion for my journeys to GPW and PCW in a couple of weeks - I'll let you know how I get on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan4L Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Quite interested in this. It's a period I'm fascinated about and Greg seems like a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarloKid Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 any plans to release this on kindle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Is God Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Yes, the publishers Authorhouse will be releasing it on e-book shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Sounds interesting. That's the cheapest photoshop cover I've seen on a book in a long time though. Terrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted December 2, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 Out on Kindle today for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members JNLister Posted December 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted December 3, 2012 Just finished it, and I'd definitely say it's a strong thumbs up on the Kindle. It's actually far more autobiographical than the blurb might suggest, though obviously Greg was involved in some way with a lot of stuff -- it's not a comprehensive history of the past decade in British wrestling, but rather the whole FWA/Alex Shane Supershow element of it. It comes across as very honest covering both the good and bad sides of people -- particularly Alex Shane -- though there's a very clear pattern of people absolutely loving being in wrestling, but ending up much happier and healthier when they are out of it. It's also got a very good balance of the in-ring/on-screen stuff and the behind-the-scenes stories. As you'd expect it's well-written and very readable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I just bought the kindle version. Can't really go wrong for less than Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted December 5, 2012 My copy arrived yesterday so, as I said above, I'll be getting stuck into it over the course of the weekend thanks to train trips to GPW (Wigan) on Friday and PCW (Preston) on Sunday. Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Is God Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Hi everybody  I will be doing my first book signing at the Preston City Wrestling Supershow this Sunday, December 9 at Lava and Ignite in Preston. Signed copies of the book will be available in paperback for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Is God Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 You can watch the first part of my Face to Face interview for 1wrestling.com with Steve Lynskey at the link below. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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