Book Review

Dynamite Kid dominates British Bulldogs book

Posted by Todd Denault | Apr 18, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I was very fortunate to come of age as a fan, and soon ascend to the status of avid follower, of...

‘Rumble’ movie translates well to book form

Posted by Minas Panagiotakis | Apr 15, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By MINAS & ZACHARY PANAGIOTAKIS – SlamWrestling.net Earlier this year, WWE Studios and...

Amazing 2021 in women’s wrestling captured in book form

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Apr 11, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Ring Post Journal’s 2021 Women’s Wrestling Year in Review is a painstakingly detailed...

Wife’s insights make Wahoo McDaniel bio even better

Posted by Greg "Count Grog" Mosorjak | Feb 21, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

There have been a lot of books written about pro wrestlers, some by the wrestlers themselves, some...

Rowell’s book on ‘The Sheik’ is a friend’s remembrance

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Feb 14, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Gary “G.J.” Rowell has an interesting library of wrestling books out. The latest, Mat...

Kids ‘G.O.A.T.’ book has a surprising inclusion

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 6, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Lerner Sports has a series of books aimed at children under the “Sports’ Greatest of...

Book on 2000 All Japan/NOAH split fascinating & detailed

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Jan 23, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Fans of Japanese puroresu, pro-wrestling in general, and non-wrestling fans interested in complex...

Wrestling’s Woody Strode big part of ‘Forgotten First’ football book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 25, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

Sometimes you get a book and you just know that it is capital “I” Important....

‘Way of the Blade’ a bloody good resource

Posted by Bob Kapur | Nov 7, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

What’s black and white and red all over? While that sounds like the set-up to a classic joke,...

Look at 1984 in sports surprisingly includes The Brawl to End It All

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 18, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Having grown up in a world where any tidbit about professional wrestling in a mainstream...

Lister’s collection of columns on UK stars holds up

Posted by Bradley Craig | Oct 4, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With most publications centred on British pro wrestling’s golden age either long out of print, or...

WWE Superstar Handbook aimed at younger audience

Posted by Amos Mina | Aug 15, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The WWE Superstar Handbook is a 207-page stat-filled guide on over 300 superstars, from Smackdown,...

Behind the Gimmick Table: Time to ‘Eat Like a Luchador’

Posted by Rasslin Merch Machine | Jun 27, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Not Another Collectible!

In 2021 niches are more accessible and relevant than ever. The new book, Eat Like a Luchador: The...

DiCaro’s voice refuses to be ‘Sidelined’

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 3, 2021 | #SpeakingOut, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Professional wrestling comes up a single time in Julie DiCaro’s Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and...

‘Now I know too much’ — A fresh read on ‘CHRIS & NANCY’

Posted by Alexandra Robertson | May 29, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

As a wrestling fan and journalist, of course I knew who Chris Benoit was and the many...

Pondo’s book ‘articulate, refreshingly candid, hilarious’

Posted by Bob Kapur | Dec 27, 2018 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When you hear that someone makes a living getting wrapped up in barbed wire and thrown through a...

New book ‘definitive source’ on WCW’s rise and fall

Posted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Sep 30, 2018 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The retelling of the rise and fall of (World Championship Wrestling) WCW has become something of a...

Fleming’s take on wrestling makes for a great read

Posted by Nathan Hatton | Jul 17, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Unlike many other wrestlers whose stories have been published under the Crowbar Press imprint,...

Highs, lows, and redemption all in Lex Luger’s story

Posted by LANCE LUMLEY | Aug 17, 2013 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In his book Wrestling With The Devil wrestler Lex Luger, along with co-writer John D. Hollis,...

Wrestling in Akron a throwback to earlier times

Posted by Dave Drason Burzynski | Aug 11, 2013 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

For those of us old school wrestling fans who grew up and had the pleasure to experience...

Return To The Cobo a photographic treasure trove

Posted by Roger Baker | Apr 23, 2012 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The 240 pages of This Saturday Night II: Return To The Cobo take the reader on an amazing...

Linda Hogan’s book has sex, drugs and lots of advice

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 11, 2011 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Before I even started Linda Hogan’s Wrestling The Hulk: My Life Against The Ropes, I made a...

Lesnar’s Death Clutch doesn’t quite grab hold

Posted by Darren Wood | Jul 1, 2011 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s pretty common knowledge that Brock Lesnar is an extremely private person, and this...

Hogan’s second autobiography deserving of a look

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 10, 2011 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When Hulk Hogan’s second autobiography came out, for some reason, we barely made note of it...

Foley’s Countdown to Lockdown is honest, informative, insightful

Posted by Russ Cohen | Sep 30, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Wrestlers aren’t supposed to be eloquent, and when I was growing up they certainly were...

What Dutch Mantell’s book lacks in facts it makes up for in stories

Posted by Dan Wilson | Feb 7, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The World According to Dutch by Dutch Mantell is not your typical wrestling autobiography …...

Mysterio book lets reader Behind the Mask

Posted by Mike Lano | Dec 15, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Diehard WWE fans will want to add the just-released book, Rey Mysterio: Behind the Mask, to their...

Empire of Illusions reviewed: An egghead tells us who’s zooming who

Posted by Irvin Muchnick | Sep 16, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Maybe it’s just a wrestling tall tale, but Adlai Stevenson, after losing one of his two...

Gorgeous George tells the story of a man who struggled with fame

Posted by Chris Schramm | Sep 24, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There was only one Gorgeous George. The flamboyant, cocky, curled white hair wrestler was...

Zbyszko leaves reader wanting more

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Jun 3, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Larry Zbyszko, like a definitive showman, leaves his audience craving more in his 192-page...

Retro Review: Foley’s Hardcore Diaries for the educated fan

Posted by Ryan Nation | Mar 13, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Terry Funk, not Hornswoggle, would have been the first to take a bite out of Mr. McMahon’s ass if...

Retro book review: Strode’s story a fascinating read

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 9, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If you pick up Goal Dust for Woody Strode’s wrestling career, you will be let down. However,...

Brody book arty and interesting

Posted by Chris Schramm | May 4, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Why not have the life of Bruiser Brody told by the people who knew him best? That is what the new...

Russo asks to be Forgiven in memoir

Posted by Ryan Nation | Nov 16, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The mere mention of the name Vince Russo still elicits a response from those inside and outside...

WCW’s demise makes for good read

Posted by Jon Waldman | Jan 12, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, there existed a great wrestling organization that was...

‘WrestleCrap’ is full of crap

Posted by Jaya Roopansingh | Jan 21, 2004 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Remember when you were sitting back watching Wrestlemania 9 and you had to endure a match between...

Blassie book bloody good read

Posted by Chris Schramm | May 13, 2003 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Considered as one of the greatest heels of the 20th century, Freddie Blassie’s new...

Wrestling Title Histories an essential resource

Posted by John Molinaro | May 4, 2000 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Lou Thesz. Bruno Sammartino. Dory Funk Jr. Jack Brisco. Verne Gagne. Harley Race. Ric Flair. All...

Dynamite Kid bio falls short

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 18, 1999 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

During his wrestling career The Dyanmite Kid was renowned for his stiff working style. A bit of a...

Foley autobiography an ear-ful

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 25, 1999 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By VINNIE BARTILUCCI — For SLAM! Wrestling When it was announced earlier this year that...

Idiot’s Guide pretty good

Posted by Bob Kapur | Mar 1, 1999 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s no news that wrestling has once again become the thing to watch. Not since the mid-80s...

Master book list

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 21, 1990 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Story Archives

Jump to A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, W, XYZ A Jump to A, B, C,...

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