Pronounce names correctly!

C’mon man ... if you want your audiobook to present as a legitimate take on the industry, hire a voice actor who knows how to pronounce wrestler names correctly!

(Kuh-mah-la not Cam-a-lah; Marty Jah-net-ee not Marty Jan-nah-tee; Dee-no Bravo not Di-no Bravo).

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Could have done without the snarky editorializing

After listening to the book “Nitro” about WCW, I was hoping to find the equivalent WWF book. I was looking for a similar journalistic work, but this is not that. I get that the author used to be a humorist, and that he works for SB Nation (and not ESPN, for example). But the constant smarta**, judgmental, pithy one-liners, in addition to the author’s frequent first-person self-references, distract from an otherwise enjoyable historical tome.

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Terrible

The information is third or fourth hand and apocryphal at best. It’s like the author just listened to the Something to Wrestle podcast and transcribed it. In fact, several of the stories in the book had to have been directly derived from that podcast, that’s the only way the author could come up with certain information. I hope Conrad Thompson and Bruce Prichard get a cut of the profits. The tone is typical internet wrestling fan: snarky, holier-than-thou and pompous. Terrible.

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pronunciation goes a long way

there are a lot of mispronouncing of names and false facts. if that doesn't bother you though, it's a great book

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Great ballance

Wrestleing fans had devided loyalties until Vince Mcmahon took over. This book begins with the story of that event/
It moves forward to the modern era. The auther shows a biting sarcasm for the benifit of old school fans like me.
There are also pop culture refferences that I don't get from time to time. This book is for adults wanting to know more about wrestleing history. Personally I would not let kids read it. To a new reader I believe this book does a good job letting them know what sports entertainment is all about. The narration is excalent. I would recomend this book to any adult fan

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Much better Wrestling Books out there

There are several issues with this book. The Narrator keeps mispronouncing names of big name wrestlers. Pac, Marty Jannetty, Finn Balor, Kamala, Dino Bravo, just to name a few. He even referred to Bam Bam Bigelow as Bam Bigelow
There are several mistakes and inaccuracies scattered through the book as well.
For example, the book said Shawn Michaels left the arena immediately following the Montreal Screwjob. However, in The Documentary Wrestling with Shadows, it shows Bret talking with Shawn in the locker room immediately afterwards, asking if Shawn was in on it.
Also, I don't know if this is a mistake by the Author or Narrator, but at one point, he talks about The Big Boss Man crashing Big Show's father's WEDDING, the driving off with his father's CASKET. The event was actually the Kayfabe funeral of Big Show's father.
Also, when talking about a woman's dark match before Wrestlemania 32, the match featured Brie Bella, NAOMI, Natalia, Eva Marie, Paige def Emma, Lana, NAOMI, Summer Rae, Tamina.Brie got the win for her team when she made NAOMI tap out.
Also, the book spends way too much time talking about Donald Trump in this wrestling book.
Just give this book a pass.

Flat and boring

What a total waste. Save your money. Get what you want from Wiki and YouTube. And I am an easy grader!

A triumph!

Mr Hanstock perfectly encapsulated the experience of being a lifelong fan of pro wrestling. Well written and researched and well performed. I look forward to future work from Mr Hanstock.

Good

Started out great but towards the end it really fell off. New WWE blows what a waste.

Great story and reading performance.

I loved this book, it was very well researched and was very informative and entertaining.