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Slaphappy is reporter Thomas Hackett's penetrating look at the world of professional wrestling, for those who love the spectacle and for the sport's skeptics and the uninitiated. Through interviews with wrestlers, promoters, and fans, Hackett explores the full range of issues that swirl around wrestling culture -- fame, masculinity, violence, aggression, performance, and play. Among the lessons of professional wrestling is that deceit is a fundamental...
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"Pat is one of the greatest mentors I've ever had in the world of sports-entertainment." - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, he was asked to leave his home after telling his parents he was in love . . . with a man. Moving from Montreal to the United States in the 1960s, barely knowing a word of English, he was determined to succeed in the squared circle. Back when homophobia was widespread, Pat lived in the super-macho...
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
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64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Examines the ways that professional wrestlers "finish off" their opponents inside the ring, describing specific holds and finishing maneuvers such as the three-quarter facelock bulldog, the figure-four leglock, and the legdrop.
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English
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The Wrestling Biography You've Been Waiting For!
There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who have made it as long as he has (half a century to be exact) probably made enemies or burned bridges. But that's just not JR.
Slobberknocker is the story of how an Oklahoman farm kid, with a vivid imagination and seemingly unattainable dreams, became "The Voice of Wrestling" to record TV audiences and millions...
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WWE Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
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3 videodiscs (approximately 531 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Much has changed since the days of Mae Young and the Fabulous Moolah. In the once-male-dominated world of sports entertainment, women's wrestling has evolved, and the women now stand eye-to-eye with their male counterparts. This was no small task, as it took years of revolutionary women doing extraordinary things to fully achieve. The revolution was televised, and viewers get to witness it all right here with some of the greatest and most groundbreaking...
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[Warner Bros. Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2018]
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2 videodiscs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Thirty Superstars. One ring. One opportunity to headline The Showcase of the Immortals, WrestleMania. Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown Live compete against each other in an absolute free-for-all until one superstar is left standing to claim their prize.
8) Rumble
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Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Get ready for a unique, massively entertaining movie set in a world where monster wrestling is a global-sport, and superstar athletes are larger than life. When teenage Winnie teams up with a loveable underdog monster named Steve the Stupendous in hopes of training him to be a champion, the duo learn the value of moving to your own groove and paving your own unique path to success.
14) Fastlane: 2019
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WWE Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
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2 videodiscs (approximately 285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The last stop toward WrestleMania begins with Fastlane, as champion, Daniel Bryan defend his title against a new challenger.
16) SumoKitty
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English
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A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.
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LernerSports
Pub. Date
c2000
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128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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English
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A history of professional wrestling from its roots in legitimate sport to its days as a carnival attraction followed by the growth of regional rivalries and culminating as television-centered entertainment.
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Agents of S.L.A.M volume 1
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English
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"The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren't your average professional wrestlers. They're led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats--both on Earth and in space! And they've just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the wrestlers themselves. S.L.A.M. will need Katie's knowledge...
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