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Ventura seeks truth in new book

Posted by Colin Hunter | Apr 11, 2011 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Of all the conspiracy theories he has investigated — Who shot JFK? Who was really behind...

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...

Bruce Hart bio a mix of fact and fiction

Posted by Jason Clevett | Mar 8, 2011 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I was curious in cracking open the latest in the long line of Hart family related books, Straight...

Jericho’s Undisputed no Lion’s Tale, but comes close

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 1, 2011 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Chris Jericho’s latest autobiography, Undisputed, is only disappointing in comparison to his...

Atlas blames no one but himself in autobiography

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 30, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Tony Atlas, freshly relieved of his duties in World Wrestling Entertainment, now has time to push...

Goldust autobiography lacks lustre

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 29, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I’m struggling a bit with how to review the new autobiography by Dustin Rhodes, Cross...

WWE Championship book rises only to mid-card status

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 23, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Consider this: The WWE Championship takes 30 pages to detail the company’s top title from...

Atlas: Too Much…Too Soon one of the most truthful wrestling books ever

Posted by Chris Schramm | Nov 7, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The rise, fall and recent resurrection of the life and career of Tony Atlas is perfectly told in...

Rumble Road takes readers on pretty tame ride

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 31, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If ever there was evidence that WWE is a toned-down, PG-rated company, it’s Rumble Road:...

Memphis Wrestling History Presents 1982 is one to add to the collection

Posted by Chris Schramm | Sep 29, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Take a year and territory, throw it in a time capsule, and you have Mark James’ Memphis...

Wrestling’s 101 Strangest Matches hugely entertaining

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 29, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Since the formation of professional wrestling in the early 19th century from American carnivals,...

It’s been a ‘long, hard ride’ for Manny Fernandez

Posted by Marshall Ward | Jul 15, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

While goading Wahoo McDaniel to sign up for a Mexican death match during a 1988 edition of AWA...

Author of Minnesota’s Golden Age of Wrestling takes issue with SLAM! Wrestling review

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 27, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I was wronged with Chris Schramm’s review of my book. And I use the word...

Minnesota’s Golden Age of Wrestling misses target

Posted by Chris Schramm | Jun 15, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When James C. Melby released Gopherland Grappling in 2006, he covered the Minnesota wrestling...

Julie Hart writes back at the Hitman

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Mar 10, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Julie Hart, ex-wife of Bret Hart, has responded to comments made by her former husband in his...

Hard-to-find Drawing Heat book back in print

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 2, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Drawing Heat, which celebrates the Ontario wrestling scene of the early 1980s, is a book that has...

Russo’s Rope Opera reveals behind the scenes of WCW and TNA

Posted by Ryan Nation | Mar 1, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

As TNA prepares for Impact’s permanent move to Monday nights, Vince Russo’s new...

Wrestling in the Canadian West a rich and fascinating book

Posted by Roger Baker | Feb 11, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With Wrestling in the Canadian West, author and wrestler Vance Nevada takes the reader on a...

Professional Wrestling Intellectual book anything but

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 13, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s one thing for someone to have a high enough opinion of their writings to self-publish a...

Howard Brody’s failures, triumphs get equal due in Swimming with Piranhas

Posted by Dan Wilson | Jan 3, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Howard Brody’s autobiography Swimming with Piranhas: Surviving the Politics of Professional...

Swimming with Piranhas offers many lessons

Posted by Dan Wilson | Dec 27, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Howard Brody’s aptly titled autobiography, Swimming with Piranhas: Surviving the Politics of...

The Solie Chronicles tells the life of greatest wrestling play-by-play announcer of all time

Posted by Chris Schramm | Nov 5, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

A man who Jim Ross calls the greatest wrestling play-by-play man ever, Gordon Solie, left behind a...

Muchnick’s Benoit book a flawed but valuable resource

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 28, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By DAVID BIXENSPAN – For SlamWrestling.net I wasn’t sure what to expect from Chris...

Posthumous Gary Hart autobiography one of the best ever

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 27, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

“Playboy” Gary Hart was respected by peers as an excellent manager, a great booker, a...

Help from friends and family got Gary Hart’s book to market

Posted by Steven Johnson | Oct 21, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

For the last three years of his life, wrestling manager and booker Gary Hart labored over an...

Behind the scenes of the WWE Encyclopedia

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 20, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With nearly 1,000 superstars profiled, over 360 pages of in-depth analysis and hundreds upon...

Danny Hodge biography a riveting read

Posted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Jul 1, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If Dan Hodge was competing today, it is more likely he would be a star mixed martial arts fighter...

WWE Encyclopedia an excellent resource

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jun 14, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Part of the fun of being a wrestling fan is to reminisce about the memorable characters from the...

Albano book surprisingly coherent and factual

Posted by Greg "Count Grog" Mosorjak | Jun 2, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I must admit that when I picked up the book Captain Lou Albano: Often Imitated and Never...

New book refreshes memories of Old School wrestling

Posted by Gary Howard | May 10, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I’m a big fan of old school professional wrestling and as such I devour any material that is...

Cornette between the covers

Posted by Steven Johnson | Apr 21, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When word got out that Jim Cornette was writing a book, the most common observation was that he...

DiBiase’s book has a price worth paying

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Mar 29, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With an evil laugh and the flaunting of a roll of hundreds, he once told millions of wrestling...

Foley still has the itch to write

Posted by Bob Kapur | Mar 5, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In his own words, Mick Foley isn’t the type who wants to stand around and ask ‘What...

WWF days focus of Andre the Giant book

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Feb 23, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By PETE JARVIS – For SLAM! Wrestling When I first saw Andre the Giant: A Legendary Life in...

Controversial Jim Wilson dead at 67

Posted by Chris Schramm | Feb 8, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries

A former college football All-American, NFL player, journeyman wrestler and advocate for the start...

Blackjack Mulligan’s story is hit and miss

Posted by Andy McNamara | Nov 18, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The story of Blackjack Mulligan is as big and brash as the man himself. Born Robert Deroy Windham,...

Retro review: It’s a fight throughout Mad Dog Vachon book

Posted by Pat Laprade | Oct 23, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Mad Dog Vachon’s autobiography, Une vie de chien dans un monde fous, was written two decades ago,...

‘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...

Retro book review: Johnny Rougeau’s story about more than wrestling

Posted by Pat Laprade | Sep 3, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Right from the start of Johnny Rougeau’s autobiography, you can sense what kind of mood he...

Early years of Santana’s career were rocky

Posted by Brian Elliott | Aug 28, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

While the names Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, Jr. immediately spring to mind as Hispanic stars...

San Francisco photo book a keeper

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 21, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Wrestling and photography have been synonymous with each other since the inception of portable...

Lauer’s book a good glimpse at a day gone by

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 19, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In all likelihood, Harvey Wippleman couldn’t come of age in today’s wrestling....

Retro review: Old school wisdom packs Assassin’s book

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 14, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Jody “The Assassin” Hamilton comes from an era that gives genuine meaning to what has...

Retro review: Hardy Boyz memoir surprisingly inspirational

Posted by Richard Kamchen | May 28, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Hardy Boyz – Exist 2 Inspire, the memoir of the two WWE superstar brothers, does not conform to...

Irony is a Bitch: A Review of Beer, Blood, and Cornmeal

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 28, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Pro wrestling was plenty strange before San Francisco’s ultra-hip Incredibly Strange...

Rassler From Renfrew a historical gem

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Mar 10, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By MARK XAMIN – For SlamWrestling.net Of all the autobiographies, diaries, and glimpses into...

Retro review: Piper’s tale scrappy as he is

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Feb 20, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

“No retreat, no surrender!” Apart from being “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s...

Retro book review: The Von Erich lovefests

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 3, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With the release of WWE’s World Class Championship Wrestling DVD — the second...

Plenty of laughs in WrestleCrap’s Lists

Posted by Bob Kapur | Dec 18, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Over the years, wrestling fans have been subjected to some pretty lousy ideas. Characters,...

Jericho still pumped for book promotion

Posted by Jason Clevett | Nov 14, 2007 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Despite being on Day 22 of a lengthy book and media tour, Chris Jericho sounds pretty happy on the...

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