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Stampede book gets back in the saddle

Posted by Andy McNamara | Nov 9, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The history of Stampede Wrestling is full of colourful personalities and has produced some of the...

Review: A Lion’s Tale worth pulling

Posted by Jason Clevett | Oct 23, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

On the back of Chris Jericho’s A Lion’s Tale: Around The World In Spandex, Mick Foley...

Quickie Benoit book hits — and misses

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 19, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By MIKE JENKINSON – For SlamWrestling.net I approached the new book, Benoit, with...

Hitman’s autobiography heartbreakingly honest

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 8, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Bret Hart’s long-awaited autobiography is indeed worth the wait. Confessional in tone and...

Bill Mercer takes the reader behind the microphone

Posted by Andy McNamara | Sep 13, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, The Sporting Connection

The world of radio and television programming is a part of the day-to-day entertainment for...

Head back in time with Memphis clipping book

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 29, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By JOHN CLAPP In a business in which win-loss records, championship title heritages and attendance...

Widow’s tale adds emotion to Brody book

Posted by Bob Kapur | Aug 26, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With the recent tragic events involving the Benoit family still fresh in peoples’ minds, it...

Guest column: Author reflects on Dewey Robertson’s many struggles

Posted by Meredith Renwick | Aug 11, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion

I knew this day would come. On Friday, I learned that Dewey Robertson, known to millions as...

Muchnick’s book a written ‘Take that Vince!’

Posted by Rod Desnomie | May 28, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The world of sports entertainment (a.k.a. professional wrestling), like an onion, has many layers....

Not a lot of dirt in Sammartino & Koloff bios

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 23, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The careers of Ivan Koloff and Bruno Sammartino are very much intertwined. Bruno was...

Ivan Koloff ‘bears’ all in new autobiography

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 5, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

At the pinnacle of his career, he was WWWF World champion, ending the reign of the legendary Bruno...

Bischoff’s book actually kinda tame

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Nov 10, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Unless you became a wrestling fan within the past five years, you already know all about the rise...

Sinking Ship gets to bottom of WWE stories

Posted by Brian Elliott | Sep 28, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

From the very second that WWF.com (as it was then) announced the company’s purchase of World...

Missing Link book delves deep

Posted by Rod Desnomie | Sep 13, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Okay, I’ll admit that I had reservations when I first sat down to read this book. After all,...

Fuzzy focus hurts WWE Legends

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 23, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

WWE Legends is a book with a serious identity crisis. Is it a tell-all? A kayfabe book? Or...

Sitting Ringside for a lesson in history

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 2, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By CRISTIAN LUPSA – For SLAM! Wrestling To most fans of the pyro-infested, show-prone,...

Watts pleased with reaction to book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 30, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

When SLAM! Wrestling last caught up with “Cowboy” Bill Watts, he was hard at work on...

New book explores the insanity of WWE

Posted by Corey David Lacroix | Jul 10, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s hard to talk about professional wrestling nowadays without mentioning the name McMahon....

Debating the dueling ECW books

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 4, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The decision is yours to make there on the bookshelves: Who was more instrumental to the success...

Don’t take Insanity book too seriously

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jul 3, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Imagine if the Disney fired all of their animators and made their next movie using crudely-drawn...

Guerrero biography compellingly tragic

Posted by Jason Clevett | Feb 8, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I made the mistake of opening the posthumously released Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie...

Many lessons in Superstar Graham’s book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 11, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If Superstar Billy Graham is the man most responsible for bringing steroids into pro wrestling,...

New peeks into the McMahon empire

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 28, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Two recently-published books offer compelling behind-the-scenes looks at the way the McMahon...

So, you wanna be a wrestler?

Posted by Steven Johnson | Nov 30, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Visit any bookstore of repute and you’ll find the shelves brimming with “how-to”...

Michaels’ book maddening & manipulative

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 24, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

You will experience neither heartbreak nor triumph when you read Shawn Michaels’ new...

Brit Grapple Manual a mish-mash

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 18, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If throwback jerseys and caps are all the rage, then it’s with great ease — and some...

Saddle up with new Stampede book

Posted by Andy McNamara | Oct 31, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

For author Heath McCoy the writing of Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling was not...

Leave Divas Uncovered unread

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 19, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With one look, my wife derided the new WWE book offering, Divas Uncovered, as a “stroke...

St. Louis history a fascinating read

Posted by Bob Kapur | Sep 23, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Thanks to the vision of legendary promoter Sam Muchnick, St. Louis was one of pro...

Canadian Bulldog’s antics lead to book

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 21, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

“Canadian Bulldog” is a working professional in the Toronto area who has a sort Jekyll...

Kane bio as bad as his storylines

Posted by Jason Clevett | Sep 19, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

You almost have to feel bad for Journey Into Darkness author Michael Chiappetta. While a competent...

Book’s completion a relief to Alkaissy

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 18, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Within the pages of Adnan Alkaissy and Ross Bernstein’s book The Sheikh of Baghdad, Alkaissy...

Mysteries of Wrestling best left unsolved

Posted by Bob Kapur | Sep 14, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There are plenty of unsolved mysteries to be solved in the world of professional wrestling. A few...

Sheikh Adnan book a political thriller

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 12, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The new autobiography by Sheikh Adnan Alkaissy stands virtually alone in the ever-growing bastion...

Lister’s Slamthology: Wrestling from a British journalist’s perspective

Posted by Rod Desnomie | Sep 5, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Over the past few years, the wrestling industry has seen a number of books written and published...

‘Judo’ Al book sticks to kayfabe

Posted by Bob Kapur | Aug 24, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The obituaries for the recently-departed Lord Alfred Hayes mentioned that he had started wrestling...

Artist Mike Scheef faced wrestling obsession

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 10, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

NEWTON, Iowa – No one will deny that wrestling is an unique artform. But apparently there...

Regal book keeps it British

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 26, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Like his short tenure in a WWE faction, William Regal’s new book, Walking a Golden Mile, is...

Hall of Fame tag book a historian’s dream

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jul 4, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By DONN WINGATE – For SLAM! Wrestling With the publication of Mick Foley’s Have a Nice...

Dusty books lacklustre finish

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 18, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In Dusty-speak, the new autobiography of Dusty Rhodes is full of “if you wills”...

The stories behind Funk’s book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 15, 2005 | Classics, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Imagine spending 12 hours a day for an entire weekend just listening to Terry Funk tell stories...

Baer proudly peddles WrestleCrap

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 20, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By CHRIS SOKOL – SLAM! Wrestling In the beginning, Randy Baer created his website for fun....

Essay book simply academic

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 18, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s a bit creepy if you think about it. As you read this, or when you go respond in an...

Almanac clarifies Quebec’s indy scene

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 30, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Today’s wrestling scene in Quebec is a myriad of acronyms and haphazard promotions, running...

Are We There Yet? doesn’t quite get there

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 3, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The latest literary offering from the WWE, Are We There Yet?, Tales From the Never-Ending Travels...

Harley’s book way too short

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 21, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There’s really no other way to put this. Despite my thorough enjoyment from front to back of...

New L.A. book full of anecdotes

Posted by Steven Johnson | Jan 19, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There might have been a hotter or more innovative promotion than southern California in the 1960...

Race’s story deliberately not racy

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 15, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The stories of Harley Race’s exploits, particularly behind the wheel or with a gun, are...

Minnesota wrestling book a worthy addition to field

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 10, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Up until Vince McMahon’s WWF forced most of the other promotions out of business in the late...

Author targets Minnesota’s wrestling legacy

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 3, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Having knocked off his To Do List the sports of football, hockey, baseball and basketball, author...

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