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The Crimson Cage & Do A Power Bomb worthy new comic books
In the days leading up to and since the release of the first issue of Daniel Warren Johnson’s Do A...
Journalist, photographer Blackjack Brown dies
David "Blackjack" Brown, a photographer, writer and wrestling hotline operator, has died....
‘How to be a Mark’ doesn’t quite hit its mark
If you’re like me and will read pretty much anything, you fall into certain bad habits. One such...
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Teaching, wrestling come together in China in book form
It is the end of another school year and this educator was given the assignment of reviewing Class In Session by Steve “The Teacher” Hershkowitz. Most students never really think about their teachers having a life outside of the school building but Hershkowitz...
Family helps bring Mars Bennett’s story — from circus to the ring — to life
Prolific author John Cosper admits that not every book he writes is going to find a big audience. That's certainly the case for The Girl With The Iron Jaw: The Amazing Life of Mars Bennett, which focuses on a woman wrestler who's been dead almost 65 years. "If I sell...
‘Just Tyrus’ is much more than a memoir
When Tyrus got to FOX News, executive Sue Scott told him that “you have three books in you.” The first, Just Tyrus: A Memoir, exploded to the top of the Amazon sales charts in the first two hours. He also vaulted to the top of the New York Times and Wall Street...
‘Living the Gimmick’ a bloody, breakneck novel
Rest in peace to Ray Wilder, who was gunned down in cold blood outside of a bar belonging to his former tag team partner and in-ring “enforcer,” Alex Donovan. The “Wild Child” Ray Wilder wore gold around his waist numerous times, as he wrestled through the territories...
Mike Rodgers on Mike Rodgers
Today, we hand the floor over to Mike Rodgers to introduce himself and his work. His latest book Katie Bar the Door! History of Portland Wrestling is now available on Amazon. I started a bulletin in 1983 called Ring Around The Northwest. It was 3 pages, 50 cents and...
Mox: It’s not just another wrestling book
Some stream of consciousness thoughts on Mox, the fall 2021 memoir from Jon Moxley, since that is the proper way to do this: It's not a traditional autobiography. Or book. So many asides. What's an aside? His favorite movies. Albums that moved him. Point Break, eh?...
