Im off to buy a few copies one for me and the others will be presents for some kids who are going to love this book. By the midnineties, the national wrestling alliance more or. Wrestling is one of the oldest forms of combat, referenced in the iliad and depicted in 15,000yearold cave drawings in france. Born december 27, 1966 in ocean grove, new jersey, tuite broke into the wrestling business training at iron mike sharpes wrestling school. Ten and 20 years ago in wrestling where are the programs. You know, there are other things that happened on this day in history, like lou thesz winning the nwa world title for a second time 1956, or terry funk winning the vacated nwa united states championship 1975, or one man gang being awarded the uwf title 1986, or a tna ppv dominated by the main event mafia that was turning point 2008. This book is also great for reading material, thanks to its breakdown of ppv events, wwes other business ventures and many tv shows. Grecoroman wrestling was introduced in the first modern olympics in athens in 1896. On this day in pro wrestling history on january 10, 1998, ecw aired ecw house party 1998 live on ppv from the ecw arena in philadelphia, pennsylvania. The squared circle is the emotional and physiological history of professional wrestling from david shoemaker. Book pro wrestlers books out 170 of pro wrestlings most recognizable names, including 50 wwe hall of famers.
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