Wrestling 10

The Death of WCW: Wrestlecrap and Figure Four Weekly Present . . .

Autoren: Randy Reynolds, Bryan Alvarez

Chris Candido: No Gimmicks Needed

Autoren: John Cosper, Jonny Candido

Eric Bischoff: Controversy Creates Cash (WWE)

Autoren: Eric Bischoff, Jeremy Roberts

The Imaginary Girlfriend

John Irving

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person, Irving began writing when he was 14, the same age at which he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, was certified as a referee at 24, and coached the sport until he was 47. Irving coached his sons Colin and Brendan to New England championship titles, a championship that he himself was denied.

In an autobiography filled with the humor and compassion one finds in his fiction, Irving explores the interrelationship between the two disciplines of writing and wrestling, from the days when he was a beginner at both until his fourth wresting-related surgery at the age of 53. Writing as a father and mentor, he offers a lucid portrait of those - writers and wrestlers from Kurt Vonnegut to Ted Seabrooke - who played a mentor role in his development as a novelist, wrestler, and wrestling coach. He reveals lessons he learned about the pursuit for which he is best known, writing. And, as the Denver Post observed, "in filling his narrative with anecdotes that are every bit as hilarious as the antics in his novels, Irving combines the lessons of both obsessions (wrestling and writing). . . into a somber reflection on the importance of living well. "

Is Wrestling Fixed?: I Didn't Know It Was Broken!

Bill Apter

The anticipated memoir from a sports entertainment fandom legend.

As a kid growing up in New York in the late '50s, Bill Apter fell in love with professional wrestling, and it wasn't long before he was rubbing shoulders with the greats as a young reporter and photographer. He's since become the world's best-known wrestling magazine personality, and he's had professional and personal relationships with a who's who of the business, like Triple H, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Sting, and Ric Flair.

In his fun-loving memoir, Bill Apter takes us from the dressing rooms of the Bruno Sammartino era and the last days of the territories to the birth of Wrestle Mania, the emergence of " Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and the " Attitude Era" to today's W W E Superstars like John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and Roman Reigns. He also shares stories of his days photographing boxing stars like Muhammad Ali and other champions, and he documents his appearances on the W W E Network and his work as editor of 1wrestling. com.

Find out which wrestler threatened him, learn about the dead wrestler who was really alive, and discover how hanging out with Andy Kaufman led to the comic's notorious feud with Jerry " The King" Lawler. Still intimately involved in the wrestling business, the award-winning Apter has a story on everybody.

Money

Tris Dixon

Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven by Brandon Easton (2016-06-14)

Brandon Easton

Choice: The Most Underutilized Asset in Wrestling: WrestlingU - Train Your Brain

JohnA Passaro

Have you ever wondered why two wrestlers can wrestle multiple times with drastically different results?

Or why:

Wrestler A beat wrestler B,

Wrestler B beat wrestler C,

But wrestler A lost to wrestler C?

The answer is hidden in plain sight.

Styles make matches.

Choosing to create advantaged positions and avoid disadvantaged positions is the most underutilized strategic asset in wrestling.

The wrestler who wrestles in his highest advantage position, for the longest time in the match, will have the greater probability of winning.

That is the reason why two wrestlers wrestle multiple times with drastically different outcomes, and why the logic doesn't hold that if one wrestler beat another he should be able to beat the wrestler his prior opponent beat.

If you watch and research matches between the same wrestler's you will see, more times than not, the reason there was a different outcome was because one wrestler was able to wrestle in his highest advantage position in one match and was not able to do so in the other.

Your job is to understand which position is your most favorable matchup position versus your opponent.

Where you have the greatest advantage.

Where you have the highest probability of scoring points as quickly.

And to get to that position.

I believe, you don't get to that position by chance,

I believe, you get to that position by choice.

" Choice, not chance, determines your destiny" - Aristotle

Choice is part of the Wrestling U Series - Train Your Brain

Each book in the series tackles and breaks down a key aspect of the sport of high school and collegiate wrestling

The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire: Exist to Inspire

Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy

Don't Call Me Fake: The Real Story of "Dr. D" David Schultz

David Schultz, John Cosper

It's True! It's True!

Kurt Angle, John Harper

Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family

Lisa Fenn

Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte

Ric Flair, Charlotte Flair, Brian Shields

Drawing Heat the Hard Way: How Wrestling Really Works (English Edition)

Autor: Larry Matysik

Inside Out: How Corporate America Destroyed Professional Wrestling (English Edition)

Autoren: Ole Anderson, Scott Teal

Evan "The Strangler" Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century (English Edition)

Autor: Ken Zimmerman Jr.