Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches - Rilegato

Hurley, Oliver

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ISBN 10: 1905411766 ISBN 13: 9781905411764

Casa editrice: Pitch Pub, 2010

Riassunto

Full of revealing interviews with the sport's past and present stars and candid shots from the world's foremost wrestling photographers, this book celebrates the game at its very strangest Culled from 100 years' worth of mat mayhem, this collection reveals the pseudo-sport's oddest bouts—from the contest in which a tag team lost their championship belts six days before they won them, to the match that took place in an exploding swimming pool. With a cast that includes Hulk Hogan, Kendo Nagasaki, Muhammad Ali, Andy Kaufman, a wrestling robot, and a monkey, this book takes fans well beyond the accepted canon of headlock history.

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Recensione:

"Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches is one of the most interesting books on Professional Wrestling in quite some time. Far from being a simple listing of odd bouts, the book provides in-depth background and context on each of the matches featured, revealing details that are both historically significant and genuinely entertaining. Comments from the wrestlers themselves reveal the little known details behind many of these infamous battles. Enjoy!" --dirtydirtysheets.com

"Pro-wrestling's a weird world at the best of times. Worked fights, carny slang and ridiculous characters and costumes add up to a slightly surreal, slightly deranged rarified atmosphere where grown men can defy gravity, pain and occasionally logic. But there's times when even that world goes a little bit mental. Which is where a fun new book by Oliver Hurley comes in. Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches is a fantastic wee book charting the weirdest moments in professional wrestling history. From the moment Kendo Nagasaki started hypnotising his opponent to the day NY Times best seller Mick Foley lost his ear during a match, the best of the worst are all in there. It's great toilet reading, even if you're not much of a wrestling fan. Indeed, it probably helps if you're not, since going into it cold means you can be even more amazed at just how bonkers crazy some of this stuff is. And if you do know your onions, there's bound to be stuff in here that you've either never heard of, or tried desperatey to forget. Like the Viagra on a Pole match, or the Mass Transit incident. Or Crash Holly in the ball pool. In fact, the only thing that's not in there is this particular curio from WCW, when some bright spark at Centre Stage thought it'd be a great idea to have Steve 'Sting' Borden tag with - and be rescued by - Robocop. No, really..." --The Daily Record

"Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches is a thoroughly entertaining read from start through finish. It is capable of being read in one sitting or in many short sittings. Covering everything from hilarious tales of winning by hypnosis to the extremely bizarre Japanese bath house matches. This is not meant to be a serious or informative look into the world of wrestling, Oliver Hurley accomplishes exactly what you expect he set out to achieve, compiling a list of some of the most amusingly weird moments in pro-wrestling all gathered together inside one handily sized, fun-filled, hard back book for hardcore wrestling fans and the casual fan." --wrestlingtruth.com

"You'll have immense fun with Hurley's book, a truly original look at a mad, bad and dangerous world." --Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling

You'll have immense fun with Hurley's book, a truly original look at a mad, bad and dangerous world. --Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling

L'autore:

Oliver Hurley is a wrestling journalist and a regular contributor to Power Slam magazine. Thumbtack Jack is a retired wrestler known for his work in westside Xtreme wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, and IWA East Coast. Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him one of the top 500 singles wrestlers in 2010.

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• Editore: Pitch Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1905411766
• ISBN 13: 9781905411764
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 181