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9780822598640

Pro Wrestling: From Carnivals to Cable TV

by Greenberg, Keith Elliot
  • ISBN13:

    9780822598640

  • ISBN10:

    0822598647

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-08-01
  • Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

The War Zone
7(4)
The Roots of Pro Wrestling
11(12)
Gorgeous George
23(8)
Women's Wrestling
31(6)
The Age of Territories
37(8)
Rock `n' Wrestling
45(14)
The Flight for Power
59(10)
Japanese Pro Wrestling
69(12)
The Murder of Bruiser Brody
81(8)
Scandal
89(8)
The New World Order
97(8)
Attitude
105(12)
A Sad Farewell
117(9)
Further Reading 126(1)
Index 127

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