This is well-written and extensively detailed, though it’s unclear if it’s the right fit for its target audience. The most notable element is the sheer length and depth of the book. At nearly 400 pages, it covers virtually every significant aspect of Johnson’s in-ring career and plenty more detail that a writer could have been forgiven for overlooking. As with Romero’s first book, Owen Hart: King of Pranks, it reads smoothly eno...
Dates are for US release and may vary in other countries. 26 January: Bump by Matt Wallace 16 February: Ragtag Team (Slamdown Town Book 2) by Maxwell Nicoll & Matthew Smith 2 March: A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment by Scarlett Harris (Check out my review.) 16 March: Austin 3:16: 316 Facts & Stories about Stone Cold Steve Austin by Michael McAvennie 6 April: Mat Memories:...
Dates are for US release and may vary in other countries. 26 January: Bump by Matt Wallace 16 February: Ragtag Team (Slamdown Town Book 2) by Maxwell Nicoll & Matthew Smith 2 March: A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment by Scarlett Harris 16 March: Austin 3:16: 316 Facts & Stories about Stone Cold Steve Austin by Michael McAvennie 6 April: Mat Memories: My Wild Life in Pro Wr...
1930s British wrestler Chick ‘Cocky’ Knight is the subject of a new biography, London’s Loveable Villain, by Andy Scott published this month: Born in Hammersmith, West London in 1903 (Chick later lived in Castelnau, Barnes SW London where he passed away at home in 1967) Chick was a champion Wrestler, Boxer and Fencer in the Army (1st Suffolk Battalion Regiment), and then both an amateur and pro-Boxer, and a professiona...
Described by the author as a “loosely chronologized cultural criticism of World Wrestling Entertainment’s herstory”, this may not be what some readers expect but is certainly worthy of your attention. Rather than a chronological account aiming to cover the entire development of womens wrestling, this is more a series of essays on the different ways womens wrestling, particularly in WWE, intersects with wider culture. It goes far d...
Dates are for US release and may vary in other countries. 26 January: Bump by Matt Wallace 16 February: Ragtag Team (Slamdown Town Book 2) by Maxwell Nicoll & Matthew Smith 2 March: A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment by Scarlett Harris 16 March: Austin 3:16: 316 Facts & Stories about Stone Cold Steve Austin by Michael McAvennie 6 April: Mat Memories: My Wild Life in Pro Wr...
The following recent releases did not get advance listings and thus weren’t in our weekly release schedule. Pro Wrestling For Marks by Anthony Campana Professional wrestling is a staple genre of story telling in human history. It continues to evolve with society, and this book not only takes you on the journey from its inception to now, but it chronicles the evolution of professional wrestling in the last few years. There has been a ...
Dates are for US release and may vary in other countries. 6 January 2021: Ringman by Dave Dwinell 7 January: WWE: The New Day: Power of Positivity by Evan Narcisse and Austin Walker 26 January: Bump by Matt Wallace 16 February: Ragtag Team (Slamdown Town Book 2) by Maxwell Nicoll & Matthew Smith 2 March: A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment by Scarlett Harris 16 March: Austi...
Dates are for US release and may vary in other countries. 6 January 2021: Ringman by Dave Dwinell 7 January: WWE: The New Day: Power of Positivity by Evan Narcisse and Austin Walker 26 January: Bump by Matt Wallace 16 February: Ragtag Team (Slamdown Town Book 2) by Maxwell Nicoll & Matthew Smith 2 March: A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment by Scarlett Harris 16 March: Austi...
One new entry this week,Austin 3:16: 316 Facts & Stories about Stone Cold Steve Austin by Michael McAvennie with an appropriate US release date of March 16th: 316 facts about WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin. What’s “3:16 Day”? It’s a day when someone gives you a load of crap, and you give it back with a certain one-fingered gesture. “3:16 Day” is a day when you can open up a can of whoop-ass on anybody you want. A day whe...