The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling: 100 Years of the Good, the Bad and the Unforgettable - Softcover

Pope, Kristian; Whebbe, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873492331 ISBN 13: 9780873492331

Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc, 2001

Synopsis

One-hundred years of professional wrestling: From "shoots" to "works," carneys to cage matches, heroes to villains, it is all here in a bold and colorful manner.

Featuring nearly 500 incredible photos, this color book takes a look at the most notable events in the fascinating history of professional wrestling and highlight its greatest stars, from legends like Frank Gotch, William Muldoon, Lou Thesz and the Fabulous Moolah, to today's superstars like The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chyna, Triple H, and Lita.

In these pages, you'll find tough guys and heroes, the managers fans love to hate, ring beauties, oddballs, freaks and monsters, tag teams, famous feuds, finishing holds and moves, and everything in between. A "slamography" of more than 500 wrestlers, including their career highlights, is also featured, as well as some of the hottest wrestling collectibles on the market today.

Professional wrestling remains one of the hottest forms of entertainment in the world and fans agree that there is no greater show on earth.

About this title

About the Author:

Kristian Pope, a life-long wrestling fan, began writing about the sport as a teen-ager and has published numerous wrestling fanzines since the 1980s. A sportswriter, he has worked for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Dallas Morning News, Asbury Park Press, and Philadelphia Inquirer. Ray Whebbe Jr., a fan of wrestling since the 1960s, has been a promoter of more than 1,000 wrestling matches. He is also a sportswriter in the Twin Cities, having written thousands of articles in the early 1980s.

About this edition

• Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0873492331
• ISBN 13: 9780873492331
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176