Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers

by Meltzer, Dave

• ISBN13: 9781582618173
• ISBN10: 1582618178
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-19
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

This detailed chronicle looks at the lives, times, and deaths of the biggest names that the sport of professional wrestling has produced. Picking up where Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers left off, author Dave Meltzer focuses on sports entertainment's most recent and high-profile losses, including Road Warrior Hawk, Curt Henning, Elizabeth, Stu Hart, Tim Woods, Davey Boy Smith, Gorilla Monsoon, Terry Gordy, Wahoo McDaniel, Johnny Valentine, The Sheik, Freddie Blassie, and Lou Thesz. Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Wrestler also offers expanded versions of some of the most popular profiles from Tributes, including Owen Hart, and Andre the Giant. Offering candid and detailed accounts of bona fide wrestling legends and a foreword by Bret Hart, Tributes II takes its place among the most important books ever written on the world of pro wrestling.

Author Biography

Dave Meltzer is considered the pioneer of pro wrestling journalism

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Introduction	x
Acknowledgments	xiv
About the Author	xv
Owen Hart	2	(12)
Freddie Blassie	14	(14)
Davey Boy Smith	28	(22)
Curt Hennig	50	(16)
Andre the Giant	66	(16)
The Sheik	82	(12)
Stu Hart	94	(16)
Gorilla Monsoon	110	(10)
Johnny Valentine	120	(12)
Road Warrior Hawk	132	(24)
Wahoo McDaniel	156	(18)
Tim Woods	174	(16)
Terry Gordy	190	(18)
Elizabeth	208	(12)
Lou Thesz	220