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‘Lock Up’ a very different take on pro wrestling
In Lock Up: Professional Wrestling in Our World, author Ray Lopez offers his take on the world of...
New book on Japanese women’s wrestling an intriguing read
Professional wrestling hasn’t gotten all that much attention from the academic community. While...
Hebner autobiography pulls out a victory
Despite being a business cloaked in layers of secrecy so thick that comparisons to underground...
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Novel ‘The World Belongs to Jane & Me’ has shades of Adrian Street
A young Welshman, Johnny "The Kid" Arnold, seeks an escape from a life in the coal mines and sees wrestling as his way out in this immersive noir set in early 1960s London. With the help of "Flash" Nicky Nash, a mate of Johnny's with connections, a timely vacancy in...
Slam Speaks: Memories of Jamie Hemmings
The death of our SlamWrestling.net colleague Jamie Melissa Hemmings is more than a fitting reason to dust off the ol' Slam Speaks format. What quickly became evident is that, in her 43 years, she impacted a lot of lives, beyond just her writing about pro wrestling....
Mat Matters: We will miss you, Jamie Hemmings
She was only 43, and we were friends for 20 of those. I only just learned the truly gutting news that Jamie Hemmings, nee Kreiser, has died. The news was shared by her brother, Justin: Some horrible unexpected news today.... My sister, Jamie Hemmings has passed away....
Barry Horowitz book deserves a pat on the back
One of the perks of writing for SlamWrestling.net is that I sometimes get to review books about one of my favorite subjects—wrestling. I was excited by the prospect of reviewing Barry Horowitz's autobiography, Wrestling Is My Gimmick: My Life on the Wrong Side of the...
Book excerpt: Hooray For Hollywood!: The True Story Of The Original GLOW Girl
Let's call it a tease ... somehow that feels appropriate. Jeanne Basone, who was Hollywood on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling TV show, has just released a memoir, Hooray For Hollywood!: The True Story Of The Original GLOW Girl, and has offered up a few tidbits for...
Stardom book Chases the Dream
As Japanese women’s wrestling or “joshi” grows and becomes a bigger part of mainstream pro wrestling, some audiences members will become curious as to where these big names -- Kairi Sane, Io Sky, Meiko Satomura, to name but a few -- got their starts. Luckily there’s a...
