Wrestling category: 259 books

Developing Wrestling Champions The Total Program Approach With a coaching career that spanned five decades, Daniel has developed a comprehensive guide guaranteed to producing championship caliber wrestlers year after year. Several publications have discussed specific areas of a total program including...

So you're interested in joining your school's wrestling team or want to wrestle for tournaments? Wrestling is one of the world's oldest sports, and more complicated than you might think. This book will go over the basics as they are practiced in sports, but there are many different kinds of wrestling,...

Professional wrestler Al Snow delivers highlights from his onscreen antics and never-before-heard tales from the road in this high-flying memoir spanning 30 years in the ring In the late 90s, wrestling journeyman Al Snow looked in the mirror and saw a man who needed help. A man whose reputation...

“Current fans and recovering Hulkamaniacs alike should find [Sex, Lies, and Headlocks] as gripping as the Camel Clutch.” —Maxim Sex, Lies, and Headlocks is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the backstabbing, scandals, and high-stakes gambles that have made wrestling an enduring television...

Have you ever wondered what happened to some of your favorite superstars with so much promise that never made it?  Have you ever asked yourself, "What kind of drama do these larger than life superstars find themselves into when the cameras are off?" Do you want to be a superstar...

Documenting the rise of women’s wrestling from sideshow to WWE main event Sisterhood of the Squared Circle presents the fascinating history of women’s wrestling, from the carnival circuit of the late 1800s to today’s hugely popular matches. With more than 100 wrestler profiles, find out...

A stand-out character in an entertainment industry where persona is everything, George “The Animal” Steele shares how he balanced his real life as Jim Myers, a highly respected high school teacher and coach, with the green tongued, hairy backed, turnbuckle eating wrestling icon he was in the ring....

In 2015, the world of professional wrestling witnessed something it never expected to behold – Sting headlining a WrestleMania pay-per-view.For years – for decades, in fact – WWE fans wanted nothing more than to see the WCW and TNA legend finally set foot into a WWE ring.But by...

What went wrong with WCW? In 1997, World Championship Wrestling was on top. It was the number-one pro wrestling company in the world, and the highest-rated show on cable television. Each week, fans tuned in to Monday Nitro , flocked to sold-out arenas, and carried home truckloads of WCW merchandise....

As wrestling dominated the pop culture airwaves in the late 90s, wrestlers like The Rock and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin became international cultural icons. But, by the turn of the millennium, wrestling began its downward descent. In early 2001, both WCW and ECW closed its doors and were...

Are you a fan of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)? Do you watch in awe as the giant competitors throw themselves and each other around the ring? Are you familiar with the terminology of WWE? Would you like to know more about the professional wrestlers who provide such thrilling entertainment? If you...

The secret history of the real fighters in pro wrestling Shooters recounts the stories of athletes like Brock Lesnar and Gene LeBell, men who have lived their lives on the border between &ldquo:works” and “shoots,” between the routines of the professional wrestling circuit and the...

Nothing in wrestling can match the excitement of the main event. It's the match that everyone wants to see, the match that will have fans talking the next day. Author Patrick Jones takes readers deep inside the world of pro wrestling and shows how its stars—and the wild characters they portray—have...

Straight from the Hart is the no-holds-barred book about the often surreal physically and psychologically brutal and politically cutthroat world of professional wrestling that fans everywhere — from the most casual or skeptical observer to the most rabid hardcore aficionado of the action from the...