Wrestling Books

[Chris B]

On 1/27/2022 at 7:35 AM, Sphinx said:

For anyone who is interested in the above book, it's on sale for a fiver at Taschen now along with a load of other books.

https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/sex/all/45506/facts.exquisite_mayhem_the_spectacular_and_erotic_world_of_wrestling.htm

So. I ordered this and didn't check autofill on the order form and sent it to the same place as the last thing I ordered on Taschen. To my sister.

So now my family thinks this is my thing. Possibly correctly.

I'm blaming you for this, @Sphinx. Bastard.

[RancidPunx]

10 hours ago, Chris B said:

So. I ordered this and didn't check autofill on the order form and sent it to the same place as the last thing I ordered on Taschen. To my sister.

So now my family thinks this is my thing. Possibly correctly.

I'm blaming you for this, @Sphinx. Bastard.

Remind me to tell you about the time that 16 year old me asked my mother to pop into the nearest HMV to see if they had a copy of “Barey Legal” on vhs !

 

Damn you Paul Heyman

[2Xtreme_lives]

On 1/25/2022 at 7:20 PM, Sphinx said:

Does anyone know if there are any decent wrestling coffee table books? There's a ton of great wrestling photography out there and I'd like to have some in one place in physical form.

This was a good book for photography

https://www.katinkaphotography.com/shop/

 

Edited February 17, 2022 by 2Xtreme_lives

[Sphinx]

10 hours ago, 2Xtreme_lives said:

This was a good book for photography

https://www.katinkaphotography.com/shop/

 

Cheers pal, looks like that could be a good shout.

[mim731]

If anyone is interested, I reviewed the new book on The British Bulldogs this week, and it's an excellent read. I'd definitely recommend picking up a copy. Review is here should anyone want to have a peruse. 

https://wrestlingsc.com/2022/04/11/dynamite-and-davey-the-explosive-lives-of-the-british-bulldogs-review/

I also interviewed the author, Steven Bell, who was very generous with his time and it was a pretty fun chat, again I thought some of you might find it interesting.

https://wrestlingsc.com/2022/04/11/exclusive-interview-steven-bell/

Apologies for the self promotion (albeit with something reasonably relevant to the topic at hand). 

 

 

 

[DCW]

I was browsing the NYT bestsellers list for ideas for what book to steal next on zlibrary and noticed that Brodus Clay now has a book out, as its #15 on the nonfiction list. He's going by the name of Tyrus and apparently he's a Fox news commentator now too. Must have been another one of Kane's learned friends in the locker room. Anyone read it?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Tyrus-Memoir/dp/1637580665

[theringmaster]

When I think of wrestlers who I would want to write a book, Brodus Clay would probably come in at 600th.

 

"I was supposed to be the next big thing but I had a comedy dance gimmick where my 2 dancers ended up more famous than me"

[CleetusVanDamme]

I was lucky enough to be in the chatroom when Brodus Clay debuted. A beautiful moment, time stood still.

 

[The Gaffer]

1 hour ago, CleetusVanDamme said:

I was lucky enough to be in the chatroom when Brodus Clay debuted. A beautiful moment, time stood still.

 

I was in the chat for 21-1 and Brodus popped it more. 

[s279]

There's a Bushwhackers book on the way. Looks like Kickstarter initially (not started yet) then on normal sale next year.

https://www.bushwhackerluke.com/

Coming Soon:  Blood, Sweat & Cheers:  The Bushwhackers 1960's - 2015

Get ready for the wildest and wackiest road stories from the legendary careers of WWE Hall of Famers "The Bushwhackers".

[DCW]

Anyone read Brian Gewirtz's new book yet? assume it has the potential to be decent. I also thought the same about Edge's god awful autobiography & Foley's TNA era crud book though!

Edited August 20, 2022 by DCW

[The Gaffer]

On 8/20/2022 at 9:58 PM, DCW said:

Anyone read Brian Gewirtz's new book yet? assume it has the potential to be decent. I also thought the same about Edge's god awful autobiography & Foley's TNA era crud book though!

Got it on an Audible trial. It's decent but I'm not sure I'd buy a physical copy. He seems like a good egg who doesn't want to burn too many bridges but it's conducive to an enforced zany kind of writing style that caricatures backstage WWE as a sort of theme park for adults. Not too dissimilar to the kind of comedy writing he'd try and do on the shows. 

As someone who is overly sympathetic to Russo it was interesting hearing that his three big ideas when he came back for a stint in 2002 - which were summarily shitcanned - were Bischoff/Shane, bringing back DX and stripping 'Taker of the title and putting it on RVD. 

One would be half arsed the next year, the other hinted at within weeks and come to fruition a few years later and the last is exactly what Raw could have done with in 2002. 

[The Reverend]

Now on sale: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bushwhackers-Blood-Sweat-Cheers/dp/B0BHKYMTS5/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1GFE5ZT3ALOAR&keywords=blood+sweat+and+cheers&qid=1667316503&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjc4IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=blood+swrat+and+cheers%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1

Just had my copy delivered and had a flick through. Looks like it could be a good read.

[Tsurutagun]

Has anyone read Nakamura's book?  Saw it at Waterstones and tempted to buy

[BomberPat]

9 hours ago, Tsurutagun said:

Has anyone read Nakamura's book?  Saw it at Waterstones and tempted to buy

Yeah, it's decent - it's basically a long-form interview, which is what a lot of Japanese wrestler's books are. Some interesting stories about him coming up through the NJPW Dojo, the dynamic with Inoki, working MMA and wrestling at the same time, and so on.