Biographien von Wrestlern

El Bandito: The Autobiography: Orig Williams, the Autobiography

Autor: Orig Williams

Lance by Chance: Wrestling as a Von Erich

Autor: Vinny Berry

The Death of WCW: Wrestlecrap and Figure Four Weekly Present . . .

Autoren: Randy Reynolds, Bryan Alvarez

KANE: THE GLENN JACOBS STORY (LITTLE BOOK OF PROFESSIONAL WRETLERS, Band 4)

Autor: JACK PHILLIPS

Chris Candido: No Gimmicks Needed

Autoren: John Cosper, Jonny Candido

Combat-Ready Tomahawks: Mastering the Art of Tactical Fighting: Unleash Your Warrior Spirit with Expert Techniques for Tomahawk Combat and Self-Defense

Autor: Fidel X. Xiong

Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture: The Gender-bending Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture

John Capouya

The Imaginary Girlfriend

John Irving

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person, Irving began writing when he was 14, the same age at which he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, was certified as a referee at 24, and coached the sport until he was 47. Irving coached his sons Colin and Brendan to New England championship titles, a championship that he himself was denied.

In an autobiography filled with the humor and compassion one finds in his fiction, Irving explores the interrelationship between the two disciplines of writing and wrestling, from the days when he was a beginner at both until his fourth wresting-related surgery at the age of 53. Writing as a father and mentor, he offers a lucid portrait of those - writers and wrestlers from Kurt Vonnegut to Ted Seabrooke - who played a mentor role in his development as a novelist, wrestler, and wrestling coach. He reveals lessons he learned about the pursuit for which he is best known, writing. And, as the Denver Post observed, "in filling his narrative with anecdotes that are every bit as hilarious as the antics in his novels, Irving combines the lessons of both obsessions (wrestling and writing). . . into a somber reflection on the importance of living well. "

Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story

Ariel Teal Toombs, Colt Baird Toombs

Is Wrestling Fixed?: I Didn't Know It Was Broken!

Bill Apter

The anticipated memoir from a sports entertainment fandom legend.

As a kid growing up in New York in the late '50s, Bill Apter fell in love with professional wrestling, and it wasn't long before he was rubbing shoulders with the greats as a young reporter and photographer. He's since become the world's best-known wrestling magazine personality, and he's had professional and personal relationships with a who's who of the business, like Triple H, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Sting, and Ric Flair.

In his fun-loving memoir, Bill Apter takes us from the dressing rooms of the Bruno Sammartino era and the last days of the territories to the birth of Wrestle Mania, the emergence of " Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and the " Attitude Era" to today's W W E Superstars like John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and Roman Reigns. He also shares stories of his days photographing boxing stars like Muhammad Ali and other champions, and he documents his appearances on the W W E Network and his work as editor of 1wrestling. com.

Find out which wrestler threatened him, learn about the dead wrestler who was really alive, and discover how hanging out with Andy Kaufman led to the comic's notorious feud with Jerry " The King" Lawler. Still intimately involved in the wrestling business, the award-winning Apter has a story on everybody.

The Three Count: My Life in Stripes as a WWE Referee

Jimmy Korderas

Money

Tris Dixon

A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable

Dan Gable, Kyle Klingman

When most people think of the celebrated greatness that is Coach Dan Gable, they think of an almost mythic intensity toward wrestling. Gable breathes and bleeds the sport and faithfully applies lessons learned from both on and off the mat. Expanding upon Gable's first collection of stories, A Wrestling Life 2 goes a little deeper into the mindset and life events that have shaped the man, the wrestler, and the coach.

Through stories funny, heartfelt, intense, and always engaging, Gable shares more about the life he has led and what can be learned from those experiences. He goes on to detail what have come to be known as the Gable Trained principles that he follows to keep his life full of "wins", the revelations about how to cultivate success at the highest levels, and the reasons behind these steps for living well.

A Wrestling Life spent two months on the New York Times sports best seller list and has become an instant classic of sports memoirs. A Wrestling Life 2 is sure to add to Gable's ever-growing legacy and entertain and inspire wrestling fans everywhere.

Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven by Brandon Easton (2016-06-14)

Brandon Easton

Dominate: Become a Point Scorer and Get the Little Voices to Talk: Wrestling U - Train Your Brain

JohnA Passaro

We have all seen the contest where a person is in a bank vault and has 360 seconds to grab as much money as possible.

If it were you, would you stop grabbing money after you had "just enough" in your hands? Would you stop grabbing money when there were only 60 seconds left? Would you ever be too tired to keep grabbing more money? Obviously not. Why? Because the reward of what that money can do for you overrides any of the reasons to stop.

A wrestling match is the same type of contest. You need to have the same kind of mindset. To a wrestler, points are money. In each match, you have 360 seconds to score as many points as possible. When the whistle blows, the allure of scoring points must override any and all obstacles. Have a safe lead? Need to score more points. Have short time? Need to score more points. Have a fear of losing? Need to score more points. Like with the money grab, the only time you stop scoring points is when there is no time left in the contest.

Dominate: Become a Point Scorer and Get the Little Voices to Talk is part of the Wrestling U Series - Train Your Brain. A series dedicated to the wrestler who is looking to get to the next level. A wrestler who understands the value of training his mind along with his body.

Each book in the series tackles and breaks down a key aspect of the sport of high school and collegiate wrestling. Each book is specifically designed to be short in length and direct to the point, thus creating an easy listen. The series is not about piling on minutes of information on the topic; it is about presenting key aspects of the topic in a simplistic but powerful manner.

Choice: The Most Underutilized Asset in Wrestling: WrestlingU - Train Your Brain

JohnA Passaro

Have you ever wondered why two wrestlers can wrestle multiple times with drastically different results?

Or why:

Wrestler A beat wrestler B,

Wrestler B beat wrestler C,

But wrestler A lost to wrestler C?

The answer is hidden in plain sight.

Styles make matches.

Choosing to create advantaged positions and avoid disadvantaged positions is the most underutilized strategic asset in wrestling.

The wrestler who wrestles in his highest advantage position, for the longest time in the match, will have the greater probability of winning.

That is the reason why two wrestlers wrestle multiple times with drastically different outcomes, and why the logic doesn't hold that if one wrestler beat another he should be able to beat the wrestler his prior opponent beat.

If you watch and research matches between the same wrestler's you will see, more times than not, the reason there was a different outcome was because one wrestler was able to wrestle in his highest advantage position in one match and was not able to do so in the other.

Your job is to understand which position is your most favorable matchup position versus your opponent.

Where you have the greatest advantage.

Where you have the highest probability of scoring points as quickly.

And to get to that position.

I believe, you don't get to that position by chance,

I believe, you get to that position by choice.

" Choice, not chance, determines your destiny" - Aristotle

Choice is part of the Wrestling U Series - Train Your Brain

Each book in the series tackles and breaks down a key aspect of the sport of high school and collegiate wrestling

Drawing Heat the Hard Way: How Wrestling Really Works (English Edition)

Autor: Larry Matysik

Inside Out: How Corporate America Destroyed Professional Wrestling (English Edition)

Autoren: Ole Anderson, Scott Teal

Our Fight: A Memoir (English Edition)

Autor: Ronda Rousey

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