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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Stanley Hansen, Jr. (born August 29, 1949) is a retired American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Stan "The Lariat" Hansen.Stan Hansen began his wrestling career in 1973 for his hometown promotion in Amarillo, Texas. He had initially taken up wrestling as a part-time job while trying for the Detroit Wheels, but he began wrestling full-time with the team's folding. Hansen first teamed with future partner Frank Goodish (who later became Bruiser Brody) in 1975 while in Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State territory. ... Read more

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Chapters: All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Pancrase, Toryumon, Dramatic Dream Team, Dragon Gate, Hustle, Universal Wrestling Federation, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Pro Wrestling Noah, Uwf International, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, Inoki Genome Federation, International Wrestling Association of Japan, El Dorado Wrestling, Super World of Sports, Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling, Gaea Japan, Kaientai Dojo, Universal Lucha Libre, War, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Jdstar, Fighting Network Rings, Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance, Noah Junior League, Battlarts, Dragondoor, Tokyo Pro Wrestling, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, Kingdom, Pioneer Senshi, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, Osaka Pro Wrestling, Big Mouth Loud. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 148. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Zennihon Joshi Puroresu), nicknamed Zenjo (: meaning "All", meaning "Woman") was a joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card in June 4 of that year. For many years it had a TV program on Fuji TV. The All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Corporation, established in 1968, was the successor to the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association, which had been formed in August 1955, to oversee the plethora of women's wrestling promotions that had sprung up in Japan following a tour in November, 1954, by Mildred Burke and her World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). These promotions included the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Federation, and the All Japan Women's Wrestling Club, started in 1948, which was the first women's wrestling promotion in Japan. By the mid-60s, the Association had fallen ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1018959 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Hall of Fame was an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was established in 1993 to honor wrestlers who began their careers long before the 1990s, mostly alumni of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), the predecessors of WCW. Inductees received commemorative plaques that had their names inscribed on it. Wrestlers were inducted by Gordon Solie, a senior announcer in professional wrestling, and received their plaque during the "Legends Reunion" segment at WCW's May pay-per-view event, Slamboree. The WCW Hall of Fame was the second hall of fame established to honor professional wrestlers, after the creation of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Hall of Fame in February 1993. After the 1995 Hall of Fame ceremony, WCW stopped the production of the Hall of Fame without a formal announcement. In 2001, after WCW filed for bankruptcy, the WWF acquired all of its assets; this led to the formal stoppage of the WCW Hall of Fame. ... Read more

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Stranglehold by former AWA wrestling announcer and personality Larry Nelson is one of professional wrestling's obscure treasures. Amazon.com is the exclusive source for remaining copies of this limited edition collectors item.This self-published and promoted piece was lost in the shadows of higher-budget, glossier rasslin' publications when released in 2001. Amazingly, used copies of Strangleholdhave sold for as much as $27 on e-Bay. Get yours NEW, while they last, for less than ten bucks!. ... Read more

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I really wanted to like this book.
...I really did. Larry Nelson's perspective on the AWA and the wrestlers there in the 80's, on paper, should have been a slam-dunk for an AWA fan like myself. Unfortunately, Nelson's book doesn't just miss the mark by a little bit, it's so far off the map that it reads like he wasn't there at all.
His timeline for the events in the AWA during his time with the promotion are wrong far, far more than they are right. His recollections of matches are most often completely off-base. While he admittedly was in a drug-and-booze-filled haze through most of his tenure as the AWA's top announcer,It would only have taken a simple check of the facts available in any wrestling history-based publication to get his timelines sorted out. As a fan of that era and that wrestling promotion, the mistakes are so blatant that quite frankly it's insulting to me.
This book could ahve been a really good, rarely told account of how the third-biggest wrestling promotionin North America in the 1980's went from Boom to Bust, from someone that was on the inside and watched it all unfold. Instead, it ends up reading much like the AWA's final few years of existence: Aimless, mistake-prone, and VERY minor league in production and content.

Announcers view esoteric
If you want a very brief inside look at what the AWA was like after Hogan and Okerland left and the ultimate demise of the AWA then this is a good book for you. The author has no real insight into the glory years of the AWA but he does cover the waning years from his fill in standpoint. The author is very sincere in his writing however there are tons of better wrestling insider books out there. If you have run out of wrestling reading material then get this if not wait awhile

Don't Waste Your Money
If you're expecting a book that's half as insightful as Jerry Lawler's or Mick Foley's, look somewhere else.The author was a minor player in a second rate organization.The "behind the scenes" stories are weak and give you no new insight into the interesting people that made up the world of Professional Wrestling at the time.I've read many wrestling books and biographies and would recommend Mick Foley, Jerry Lawler and especially Pure Dynamite by Tom Billington.If someone gives you this book, give it back.

Entertaining book
I didn't know what to expect when I ordered this book, and I was pleasantly surprized. Larry Nelson is completly out of the business by now and he doesn't have to protect anyone (like DDP's book for example) so he tells some pretty shocking story and mention some pretty huge names in doing so. While most books talks about WWE, this one is a refreshing change as I don't know of any other book about the AWA, who was my favorite brand in the '80's. Younger fans may like it also because some of the characters in the book are still around. Also the book came to me autographed, which was a nice touch. All of us who tough Winnipeg was a dull city change their minds after reading this book. I would recommend it to everyone, unless you're not into dirt stories or only care about WWE.

Only for the fan who reads EVERYTHING!
I finally picked up this book and my expectations were met perfectly.That's because I didn't expect much.Nelson was never a top announcer in the biz and comes across as a guy who wasn't even allowed on the "inside", because he is wrong on so many accounts and names.Some of these may be editor's mistakes, but some are just plain stupid and unexplainable, since this guy should have known everything about his company.Claiming that Jerry Lawler beat NICK BOCKWINKEL to win the AWA title was just one big mistake that almost any fan should know...(Lawler beat Curt Hennig by the way).Nelson did not mention any of the last days of the AWA (including the laughable title reign of his buddy Larry Zbyszko).A few of the stories are entertaining, but with so much totally incorrect info and an overall lack of depth, only the fan who reads EVERY and ANYTHING about wrestling should buy this book. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Owen Hart, Mitsuharu Misawa, Gary Albright, Daniel Quirk, Chris Candido, Oro, Michael Dibiase, Larry Latham, Plum Mariko, Malcolm Kirk, Emiko Kado. Excerpt:Chris Candido Christopher Raul Candito (March 21, 1972 April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido . Throughout most of his career, he was accompanied by his high school sweetheart Tammy Lynn Sytch . Candido held major titles in Extreme Championship Wrestling , the National Wrestling Alliance , World Championship Wrestling , and the World Wrestling Federation . His highest-profile role was in the World Wrestling Federation as Skip , part of the tag team known as The Bodydonnas with Zip , and his girlfriend and valet Sunny . Early life Candito was the grandson of "Popeye" Chuck Richards, a wrestler for the World Wide Wrestling Federation , a precursor to the WWF. He started training at age 14 with Larry Sharpe and wrestled for Sharpe's World Wrestling Association. He began using the alternate spelling of "Candido" for his ring name . While in high school, he met and fell in love with Tammy Lynn Sytch , and the two began a lifelong relationship. Sytch would later become his valet . Career In the early 1990s, Candido was a part of Eastern Championship Wrestling (later Extreme Championship Wrestling). While in ECW, he was part of a stable called "The Suicide Blonds" with Johnny Hotbody and Chris Michaels . The trio had two stints as the Tag Team Champions; the first from April 2, 1993 to May 15 after winning them from Tony Stetson and Larry Winters. They lost the titles to the Super Destroyers, only to regain them the same day. They later vacated the titles when Candido left the promotion. Candido became famous in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), alongside his manager and gir... ... Read more

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Chapters: Lucha Libre. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 69. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lucha libre (Spanish for "free wrestling" or "free fighting") is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries referring to a form of professional wrestling involving varied techniques and moves. Mexican wrestling is characterized by rapid sequences of holds and moves, as well as "high-flying moves", some of which have been adopted in the United States, and colorful masks. Lucha libre has also transcended the language barrier to some extent as evidenced by works such as ¡Mucha Lucha! and Nacho Libre. Lucha libre performers are known as luchadores (singular luchador) ("fighter(s)"). Luchador MísticoThe rules of lucha libre are similar to American singles matches. Matches can be won by pinning the opponent to the mat for the count of three, making him submit, knocking him out of the ring for a pre-determined count (generally twenty) or by disqualification. Using the ropes for leverage is illegal and once a luchador is on the ropes, his opponent must release any holds and he will not be able to pin him. Disqualifications occur when an opponent uses an illegal hold, move (such as the piledriver, which is an illegal move in lucha libre and grounds for immediate disqualification, though some variations are legal in certain promotions), or weapon, hits his opponent in the groin (faul), uses outside interference, attacks the referee, or rips his opponent's mask completely off. Most matches are two out of three falls (dos de tres caídas), which had been abandoned for title bouts in North America and Japan in the 1970s. A rule unique to lucha libre applies during tag team matches, which is when the legal wrestler of a team touches the floor outside the ring, a teammate may enter the ri...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1015304 ... Read more

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Chapters: Cue Sports Event Promotion Companies, Professional Wrestling Promotions, International Pool Tour, List of Professional Wrestling Promotions, Israeli Pro Wrestling Association, Img, Pro Wrestling America Live, Matchroom Sport, Proserv, Independent Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Association, Excel Sports Management. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The International Pool Tour is a professional sports tour created in 2005 by Kevin Trudeau. It aims to elevate pool (pocket billiards) to the level of other modern sports. Closely modeled on the PGA Tour, the IPT offered the largest prize funds in pool history in its first year. The tour has attracted the top pool players in the world. It is also different from the many nine-ball tournaments, as all IPT events are eight-ball games. The company is based in Hinsdale, Illinois. Many pool enthusiasts were skeptical initially at the launch, but the first event was successful, and at the time was the biggest tournament in billiards history. However by the end of 2006 the tour was in serious financial difficulties, and it was forced to stop staging major tournaments. The IPT was not in a financial position to continue hosting large world-class events, so they shifted their strategy to live streaming matches that pitted the best players against each other. These professionally produced events started around the same time as the final payment installment was sent to the players from the World Open. The IPT cited these matches as promotional and their intent was to promote the sport and build up web traffic once again in order to deploy a new strategy. IPT Starship Stage at North American Open held in Las Vegas, July 2006, for TV rounds and Finals IPT Tour Members Colin Colenso, Keith McCready, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4978773 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 104. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to the sport. It was founded in 1996 by Dave Meltzer, editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Unlike many halls of fame, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is not contained in a building, and there are no ceremonies for inductions. Inductees include wrestlers, managers, promoters, trainers, and commentators. On five occasions, tag teams have been inducted rather than the individual members of the team. This first occurred in 1996, when The Dusek Family, The Fabulous Kangaroos, and the Road Warriors entered the hall. The Fabulous Freebirds and The Midnight Express have also been inducted as a group. The hall of fame was created to recognize people associated with wrestling. Other halls of fame existed, but they were owned and operated by specific professional wrestling promotions, such as the WWE, WCW, and NWA Halls of Fame. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame now serves as one of three major independent wrestling halls of fame, along with the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Meltzer began the hall of fame by choosing a list of 120 inaugural inductees in 1996. Since then, people employed in the professional wrestling industry have been selected by Meltzer to cast secret ballots to determine annual groups of inductees. Because of the scripted nature of professional wrestling, inductions are not based on win-loss records or titles held. The criteria used when voting include the length of time spent in wrestli...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2267673 ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: The Wrestler. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 88. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Wrestler is a 2008 drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Robert D. Siegel, and starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and Ernest Miller. Production began in January 2008, and the film premiered at the 2008 Venice Film Festival in August, winning the Golden Lion Award. Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired rights to distribute the film in the U.S.; it was released in a limited capacity on December 17, 2008 and was released nationwide on January 23, 2009. The Wrestler was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 21, 2009 in the United States. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2009. Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke), is a professional wrestler who was a celebrity in the 1980s. He is now past his prime and wrestling on the weekends for various independent promotions in the Elizabeth, New Jersey, area. After a show, a promoter proposes a 20th anniversary rematch in Wilmington with his most notable opponent, the Ayatollah (Ernest Miller), who now owns a used car dealership in Arizona. Their last match sold out Madison Square Garden, and Randy agrees to the rematch. Randy goes home and is locked out of his trailer for not paying the rent; we learn that he loads boxes at a supermarket and that his boss, Wayne (Todd Barry), does not hold him in high esteem. He frequents a strip club where he has befriended a faded stripper named Pam, stage-named Cassidy (Marisa Tomei). He continues the training rituals for his wrestling appearance, including steroid use, hair-bleaching and tanning. At his next show, Randy wrestles a brutal hardcore match with Necro Butcher (as himself). Post-match, Randy is treated for his wounds backs...http://booksllc.net/?id=15122117 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Montreal Screwjob, Chris Benoit Double Murder and Suicide, Over the Edge, Fingerpoke of Doom, Black Saturday, Mass Transit Incident. Excerpt:Vince McMahon appears on TBS Superstation to announce the World Wrestling Federation 's takeover of the World Championship Wrestling program. In professional wrestling , Black Saturday refers to Saturday, July 14, 1984. On that date, Vince McMahon and his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) took over the Saturday night time slot on Superstation WTBS that had been home to Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and its flagship weekly program, World Championship Wrestling , for twelve years. Background Georgia Championship Wrestling's first weekly television series had premiered on then-WTCG in 1972 when station owner Ted Turner purchased the rights to air the program from station WQXI . From that date, GCW's program aired for two hours (from 6-8 PM and later from 6:05 to 8:05 following the introduction of TBS' "Turner Time" in 1981) every Saturday night. In 1976, GCW became the first National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory to earn a national cable television contract as the soon-to-be-renamed Superstation WTBS began to be carried by various cable and satellite providers nationwide. In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling , a name that most wrestling fans would consider to still be part of the NWA throughout the 1990s. Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. GCW's program, hosted by NWA announcer Gordon Solie , was famous for providing a more athletic showcase rather than cartoonish characters and therefore had a completely different fanbase. In 1983, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Japan Grand Prix, Chickfight, Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: the First Ladies of Wrestling, the Brawl to End It All, Pwi Woman of the Year, Pwi Girl Wrestler of the Year. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotion's highest achievement, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. The tournament was held in the summer every year from 1985 to 2004. In 2005, AJW was closed for good, and the WWWA Championship was abandoned. The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 25, 1985. The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 22, 1986. The 1987 Japan Grand Prix was a 13-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 28, 1987. The 1988 Japan Grand Prix was an 11-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 26, 1988. The 1989 Japan Grand Prix was a 19-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 25 to August 24, 1989. The 1990 Japan Grand Prix was a seven-woman single-elimination tournament concluding on June 17, 1990. The 1991 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 7 to August 18, 1991. The 1992 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two 10-woman blocks, held from June 27 to August 30, 1992. The 1993 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two eight-woman blocks, with the top two finishers from each block advancing to a single-elimination tournament. It was held from May 3 to August 21, 1993. The 1994 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament held from June 3 to August 28, 1994. The 1995 Ja...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7421282 ... Read more

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Chapters: List of Cmll Super Viernes Shows in 2010, January 4 Dome Show, Wrestlemania Xxvi, Royal Rumble, Wwe Elimination Chamber, Tna Epics, Genesis, Roh World Television Championship, Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, Rey de Reyes, Dgusa Freedom Fight, Against All Odds, Lockdown, Evolve, Destination X, Roh the Big Bang!, Dgusa Fearless, Extreme Rules. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 135. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: CMLL Super Viernes is professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) Friday night wrestling show that takes place in Arena México every Friday night unless a Pay-Per-View or a major wrestling event is scheduled to take place on that night. CMLL began holding their weekly Friday night "Super Viernes" shows as far back as 1938, with 2010 continuing the trend. Some of the matches from Super Viernes are taped for CMLL's weekly shows that air in Mexico the week following the Super Viernes show. The month of January started out slowly with the shows on January 1 and January 8 not having any major storyline developments. The January 8 show saw Garza and his team defeat Último Guerrero's team, leading to a singles matche the following week which Garza also won. The win earned Garza a match for Guerrero's CMLL World Heavyweight Championship on January 22, which he lost. January also saw Pequeño Black Warrior win a Mini-Estrellas Torneo Cibernetico match over seven other wrestlers. The dominating storylines of January, 2010 was the Nacional Parejas Increibles tournament and the beginning of Místico's Rúdo ("Villain") turn and building storyline feud with Volador, Jr. February saw the finals of the Nacional Parejas Increibles tournament where Atlantis and Mascara Dorada defeated Negro Casas and La Máscara. The biggest storyline through out February was th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26441145 ... Read more

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Chapters: Meter. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 115. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a form of sporting theatre which contains strong elements of mock combat and catch wrestling. Matches are prearranged by the promotion's booking staff and contain choreographed content and scripted outcomes. Its origins date to 19th-century carnival sideshows and music halls, as part of displays of athleticism and strength. Modern professional wrestling usually features striking and grappling techniques, which are modeled after diverse sets of wrestling and pugilistic styles from around the world. Professional wrestling is especially prevalent in Japan and North American countries like the U.S. and Mexico. In Brazil, it was very popular from the 1960s to the early 1980s, where it was called Telecatch. High-profile figures in the sport have become celebrities or cultural icons in their native or adopted home countries. Although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows, traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is a billion-dollar industry. Revenue is drawn from ticket sales, television broadcasts, branded merchandise and home video. Recently, internet programming has also been utilized, adding to the aforementioned methods. Broadcasting, known on the internet as streaming, of live and past events is foremost in internet-related revenue earnings. Pro wrestling was instrumental in making pay-per-view a viable method of content delivery. Annual shows such as WrestleMania, Bound For Glory and the Royal Rumble are among the highest-selling pay-per-view programming each year. Home video sales dominate the Billboard charts Recreational Sports DVD sales, with wrestling holding anywhere from 3 to 9 of the top 10 spots every week. Billboard'...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24864 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bash at the Beach, Starrcade, Survivor Series, Wrestlemania Xii, Royal Rumble, Mass Transit Incident, Summerslam, Triplemania Iv-C, Triplemania Iv-B, Triplemania Iv-A. Excerpt:Bash at the Beach (1996) item Bash at the Beach (1996) chronology item Bash at the Beach (1995) : Bash at the Beach (1996): Bash at the Beach (1997) Bash at the Beach (1996) was the third annual Bash at the Beach professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on July 7, 1996 from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida . This event is best remembered for the formation of the New World Order , which contributed greatly to the success of WCW until 1998. The main event was a tag team match between The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall ) and their mystery partner (Hulk Hogan ), and Randy Savage , Sting and Lex Luger . Matches on the undercard included Ric Flair against Konnan for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship , and Dean Malenko against Disco Inferno for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship . Background The predominant storyline heading into the event was centered on The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash ). It began on the May 27 episode of WCW Monday Nitro when Hall made his first appearance on WCW television, unnamed and unannounced, and declared his intention to invade WCW, making a challenge to face three of WCW's wrestlers. On the June 10 edition of Nitro , Nash appeared and joined Hall. Both were then referred to as The Outsiders. At The Great American Bash , Eric Bischoff (as Executive Vice-President of WCW) announced that WCW is accepting the challenge to a 3-on-3 tag team match at Bash at the Beach. Hall and Nash then came out and demanded the identities of the three men. Bischoff refused, and Nash performed a powerbomb ... ... Read more

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Chapters: World Heavyweight Championship. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The World Heavyweight Championship is the name given to certain championships in professional wrestling. Although various professional wrestling promotions have used the term "world heavyweight championship", it is almost exclusively used as a moniker for the championship that is under competition between the top contenders of major organizations. The territorial nature of early professional wrestling, in which promotions would each operate in different regional territories across the nation, suggested that few organizations could legitimately promote a World Heavyweight Championship, in the sense that the title could theoretically be defended against any challenger anywhere in the world. However, with the emergence of professional wrestling in mainstream and popular culture during the 1980s professional wrestling boom, many organizations grew to receive national and international exposure and thereby gained the platform to promote worldwide. Most of the well-recognized World Heavyweight Championships today are derived from the first recognized version held by Georg Hackenschmidt in 1905 and Frank Gotch in 1908. Established in 1948, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) directly traces its lineage to these reigns, thus making it the oldest active world title. With many regional territories appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as a governing body in professional wrestling, operating as a talent and brand name franchiser for the territory system. Though promotions that were members of the NWA retained their ownership and recognition of its champions, they were to recognize the NWA World Heavyweight Champio...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3647972 ... Read more

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Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979) is an Americanprofessional wrestler. He is best known under his ring nameLow Ki and for his stints in Total Nonstop ActionWrestling. He is currently signed to World WrestlingEntertainment under the ring name Kaval. ... Read more

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Chapters: January 4 Dome Show, Wrestlemania X8, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, Vengeance, Tna X Division Championship, Armageddon, List of Wwa Pay-Per-View Events, Summerslam, No Way Out, No Mercy, Unforgiven, Cmll Apocalypsis, Backlash, Judgment Day, Verano de Escandalo, Triplemania X, Guerra de Titanes, Cmll 69th Anniversary Show, Gauntlet for the Gold, Rey de Reyes, Tna Xplosion. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 163. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is a professional wrestling major show, some times broadcast as a Pay-Per-View (PPV), held by Japanese Professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The shows often feature wrestlers from North American promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and has on these occasions been shown either partially or in full in the United States. NJPW often invites other promotions to participate in their January 4 Dome Shows as well including several companies that have been involved in scripted inter-promotional rivalries such as UWF International (UWFi), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH), as well as representatives from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. It has become an annual event that starts the new year in NJPW since it's inception in 1992. NJPW have held shows at the Tokyo Dome as far back as April 24, 1989 but their January 4 show has become the most anticipated shows on NJPW calendar, similar to what the Super Bowl is to the NFL or WrestleMania to the WWE. As of 2010 all the Dome shows have featured championship matches, including several titles not owned by NJPW. On three occasions (in 1998, 2006 and ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3644729 ... Read more

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Chapters: Lizmark, Thumbtack Jack, Apolo Dantés, Zumbido, Milano Collection A.t., Gilberto Melendez, Foreign Legion, Killer Tim Brooks, Ryouji Sai, Kotaro Suzuki, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Sean Mooney, Kohei Sato, Sandor Szabo, Philip Lafond, Takeo Otsuka, Ann Marie Crooks, Brian Jossie, Miguel Pérez, Jr., Ricky Marvin, Flash Flanagan, Marcel Gauthier, Jules Strongbow, Shoji Akiyoshi, Camille Tourville, Johnny Saint, Takako Inoue, Tsutomu Osugi, Frank Hoy, Sam Mokuahi, Jr., Kazuo Yamazaki, Julio Estrada, Ryan Mcbride, Roland Daniels, Dean Hart, Dynamite Kansai, Marty Jones, Salman Hashimikov, Chicky Starr, Red Bastien, Jesus Castillo, Jr., Victor Rivera, Jack Reynolds, Lance Russell, Hisao Tanaka, Dangerous Damon Leigh, John Cone, Daisuke Sekimoto, Sugi Sito, Shoichi Arai, Don Paysan, Wally Karbo, Malcolm Kirk, Candy Okutsu, Nova Cain, Lia Maivia, Todd Romero, Satoshi Yoneyama, Emiko Kado, James Tighe, Toshiyo Yamada, Diana La Cazadora, Jack Pye, Lord Humongous, Victor Jovica, Smith Hart, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Scott Thompson, Rukkus, Noriyo Tateno, Val Puccio, Farmer Brooks, Jerry Estrada, Alan Kilby, Daniel Garcia Soto, Makoto Hashi, Steve Veidor, Masayuki Naruse, Shaun Cohen, Black Jack Mulligan, Kentaro Shiga, Les Kellett, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Frank Stojack, Los Boricuas, Kendo Nagasaki, Norio Honaga, Kazunari Murakami, Tatsutoshi Goto, Marcelo Rodríguez, Alexander Zass, Francisco Flores, Otto Wanz, Frankie Sloan, Ryuji Hijikata, the Wrestler, Taro Miyake, David Crockett, Tarzan Taborda, Jacques Rougeau, Sr., Hergeleci Ibrahim, Billy Silverman, Heather Lynn, Mitsuo Momota, Larry O'dea, Nobukazu Hirai, L'ange Blanc, Osamu Kido, Nick Gulas, Brian Maxine, Paul Christy, Rip Morgan, Samson Kutsuwada, Karl Abs, Max Bretos, Ray Steele, Randy Hales, Andreas Lambrakis, Luis Magana. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 330. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select fr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9536563 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jesse Ventura, Jack Buck, Cm Punk, Vince Mcmahon, John Layfield, Randy Savage, Jerry Lawler, Gregory Helms, Lacey, Scott Levy, Amy Dumas, Ted Dibiase, Shane Mcmahon, Diamond Dallas Page, Curt Hennig, Konnan, Shane Douglas, Eric Bischoff, Bruno Sammartino, Dusty Rhodes, Larry Zbyszko, Tazz, Paul Heyman, Matthew Kaye, Rick Rude, Joe Pedicino, Christy Hemme, Lisa Moretti, Al Snow, Bobby Heenan, Shoichi Funaki, Arn Anderson, Michael Hayes, Jim Ross, Juventud Guerrera, Billy Graham, Terri Runnels, Jim Cornette, Gorilla Monsoon, Steve Rizzono, Carl Ouellet, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Greg Lambert, D'lo Brown, Jonathan Coachman, Lilian Garcia, Kristal Marshall, Bryan J. Kelly, Jack Meléndez, Lane Huffman, Michael Cole, Boni Blackstone, Dave Prazak, Kevin Kelly, Bill Dundee, Nick Bockwinkel, Magnum T.a., Michael Buffer, Stacy Carter, Stan Lane, Chet Coppock, John the Body Johnson, Jon Dalton, Jeremy Borash, Johnny Weaver, Josh Mathews, Gene Okerlund, Mark Madden, Missy Hyatt, Mike Adamle, Todd Grisham, Allen Coage, Alfred Hayes, Howard Finkel, Rebecca Budig, Bruce Prichard, Jack Brickhouse, Socal Val, Blackjack Mulligan, Don Callis, Eric Gargiulo, Don West, Don Owen, Tony Schiavone, Ray Forrest, Rob Bartlett, Jeff Hammond, Riki Rachtman, Tim Welch, Mike Tenay, Hugo Savinovich, Joel Gertner, Gordon Solie, Bill Mercer, Ring Announcer, R. D. Reynolds, Jaden, Tony Chimel, Todd Pettengill, Joey Styles, Justin Roberts, Raymond Rougeau, Ralph Strangis, Marc Lowrance, Mike Mcguirk, Lauren Brooke, Bob Caudle, Rod Trongard, Sean Mooney, David Penzer, Leticia Cline, Crystal Louthan, Bill Cardille, Michael Porter, Kenny Bolin, Lance Russell, Carlos Cabrera, Gary Michael Cappetta, Chris Nelson, Ryan Katz, Shoichi Arai, Wally Karbo, Kent Walton, Todd Romero, Ed Whalen, Lee Marshall, Freddie Miller, Marcelo Rodríguez, Craig Minervini, Jimmy Lennon, David Crockett, Rue Debona, Herb Abrams, Dan Coates, Gabriel Guguianu, Mihai Braşoveanu. Source: Wikiped...http://booksllc.net/?id=1656784 ... Read more

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Chapters: January 4 Dome Show, Taboo Tuesday, No Mercy, Wrestlemania Xx, Bad Blood, Survivor Series, Turning Point, No Way Out, Unforgiven, the Great American Bash, Victory Road, Summerslam, Backlash, Tna Impact!, Armageddon, Vengeance, Royal Rumble, Monster's Ball Match, Cmll 71st Anniversary Show, Judgment Day, Rey de Reyes, King of the Mountain Match, Guerra de Titanes, Triplemania Xii, Verano de Escandalo, Tna 2004 World X Cup Tournament, Tna 2004 America's X Cup Tournament. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 220. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is a professional wrestling major show, some times broadcast as a Pay-Per-View (PPV), held by Japanese Professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The shows often feature wrestlers from North American promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and has on these occasions been shown either partially or in full in the United States. NJPW often invites other promotions to participate in their January 4 Dome Shows as well including several companies that have been involved in scripted inter-promotional rivalries such as UWF International (UWFi), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH), as well as representatives from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. It has become an annual event that starts the new year in NJPW since it's inception in 1992. NJPW have held shows at the Tokyo Dome as far back as April 24, 1989 but their January 4 show has become the most anticipated shows on NJPW calendar, similar to what the Super Bowl is to the NFL or WrestleMania to the WWE. As of 2010 all the Dome shows have featured championship matches, including severa...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3644729 ... Read more