Wrestling In Britain

Author : Benjamin Litherland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351180428
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wrestling in Britain written by Benjamin Litherland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the intersection of sport, entertainment and performance, wrestling occupies a unique position in British popular culture. This is the first book to offer a detailed historical and cultural analysis of British professional wrestling, exploring the shifting popularity of the sport as well as its wider social significance. Arguing that the history of professional wrestling can help us understand key themes in sport, culture and performance that span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it addresses topics such as: attitudes towards violence, representations of masculinity, the media and celebrity culture, consumerism and globalisation. By drawing on a variety of intellectual traditions and disciplines, the book explores the role of power in the development of popular cultural forms, the ways in which history structures the present, and the manner in which audiences construct identity and meaning through sport. Wrestling in Britain: Sporting Entertainments, Celebrity and Audiences is fascinating reading for all students and researchers with an interest in media and cultural studies, histories and sociologies of sport, or performance studies.

Author : Carrie Dunn
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1909626023
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spandex, Screw Jobs and Cheap Pops written by Carrie Dunn and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun look at the thriving UK professional wrestling scene, and how it's reviving itself for a smart, sceptical 21st-century audience after the World of Sport glory days were tarnished when fans found out that &“it's not real&”. Carrie Dunn talks to some of the top British wrestlers, some of them now international stars, and finds out about their careers, what motivates them to risk their necks on a weekly basis, and their dreams of mainstream fame. They reveal what really happens behind the scenes at shows and training schools, and how they balance their dangerous part-time job with family life and &– in most cases &– a 9-to-5 job that pays the bills. She asks promoters what they believe their audiences want to see, about the sport's resurgence, uncertain finances and turf wars. And she talks to the scene's hardcore fans about wrestling's chances of a return to prime-time TV.

Author : Navdeep Rehill
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781482179
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's Heroes and Villains written by Navdeep Rehill and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a time when people in Britain weren't interested in the antics of American wrestlers. We had our own grappling superstars. Navdeep Rehill looks back at how the likes of Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Les Kellet and Young David used to entertain us on ITV'S World of Sport show every Saturday afternoon. He also reminisces about British heroes and villains that didn't compete in the wrestling ring.

Author : Greg Lambert
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781477243169
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Grail written by Greg Lambert and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pro wrestling in America is a multi-billion dollar business. Pro wrestling in Britain is skint and hasn't been on national television since the days of Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. For British Wrestling, a resurrection is long overdue. But with no money and no TV deal, the revival was never going to be easy Greg Lambert was just a wrestling fan until one night, he innocently turned on the radio and life was never the same again. As Britains unlikeliest ring villain and head of its most famous wrestling company, the FWA, Greg embarked on the quest for British Wrestlings Holy Grail - a five-year odyssey of ecstatic highs, depressing lows, extreme violence, financial meltdown and encounters with wrestling superstars like CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Mick Foley, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart and Jake 'The Snake' Roberts. Crammed with Greg's personal experiences, opinion and insight into some of the biggest British Wrestling events, issues and personalities of the past decade, this is the inside story of how a hungry new generation of UK wrestlers fought to emerge from the shadows. This is the true story of British Wrestlings revival.

Author : George de Relwyskow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783318353
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Wrestling written by George de Relwyskow and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... I consider it has been of great value in the training of the soldier and the bringing out of those qualities of grit and determination which have been seen in all ranks..." - Capt Daniels.

Author : Martin Gillott
Publisher : Memoirs Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1861510691
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions Of A Wrestler written by Martin Gillott and published by Memoirs Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Gillott, better known in the wrestling world as Jackie 'Glitterboy' Evans, knew early in his career that life in the ring would be no walk in the park. Posing as a blond, Lurex-clad gayboy who liked to fight dirty was great for ticket sales, but not so good for his health. He was knocked out five times in his career - always by a furious fan, never by his opponent. Yet Martin loved the game, and wouldn't change a day of his 12-year professional wrestling career. Now he tells all, including hilarious accounts of adventures in and out of the ring, fans violent and amorous, landladies who were scarier than Giant Haystacks and girls who were faster than Mick McManus. And then there were the many well-known names he rubbed shoulders with along the way, from Brian Glover to John Le Mesurier. Confessions Of A Wrestler will have you in stitches - just like 'Glitterboy'.

Author : Greg Lambert
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781326921019
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ROPES & GLORY written by Greg Lambert and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the follow up to his hit book Holy Grail: The True Story of British Wrestling's Revival, GREG LAMBERT tells the inside story of how British wrestling reached new heights thanks to a golden generation of UK stars like Grado, Rockstar Spud, Drew Galloway and Kris Travis, and dynamic new promotions like PCW, ICW, Revolution Pro and PROGRESS. Told through Greg's own eyes and experiences as a journalist, promoter and wrestling personality, Ropes and Glory: The Emotional Rise of British Wrestling is the tale of a turbulent decade of tragedy and triumph as British wrestlers continued their fight for mainstream acceptance.

Author : William Regal
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451604475
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking a Golden Mile written by William Regal and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bare-fisted brawler from Blackpool, England tells his story of fortune and fumbling on the road to the WWE’s higher ranks. Since joining the WWE in 2000 as a goodwill ambassador from Great Britain, William Regal has established himself as an up-and-coming Superstar. He took the wrestling world by storm defeating many of the WWE’s best wrestlers to win both the European and Intercontinental championships—although he’s probably best known for getting back in WWE owner’s Vince McMahon’s good graces by kissing his naked backside on national television. While fans may still chuckle at Regal’s humiliation, his in-ring success is no laughing matter. In this no-holds-barred look at his life, Regal for the first time talks about how he has dragged himself out of a life of poverty and adversity on the street of Blackpool, England and battled his own inner-demons to reach the top of the WWE’s roster. He also discusses how he has overcome his recent life-threatening medical condition to return to triumphantly to the WWE.

Author : Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular History of France written by Elizabeth Missing Sewell and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aubrey Sitterson
Publisher : Ten Speed Graphic
ISBN 13 : 0399580506
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling written by Aubrey Sitterson and published by Ten Speed Graphic. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the host of the critically acclaimed pro wrestling podcast Straight Shoot, this graphic novel history of wrestling features the key grapplers, matches, and promotions that shaped this beloved sport and form of entertainment. As a pop culture phenomenon, professional wrestling--with its heroic babyfaces and villainous heels performing suplexes and powerbombs in pursuit of championship gold--has conquered audiences in the United States and around the world. Now, writer/podcaster Aubrey Sitterson and illustrator Chris Moreno form a graphic novel tag team to present wrestling's complete illustrated history. Featuring legendary wrestlers like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, and The Rock, and modern-day favorites like John Cena, Kenny Omega, and Sasha Banks, the book covers wrestling's progress from the carnival days of the Gold Dust Trio to the dominance of the WWF/WWE to today's diverse independent wrestling scene, and it spotlights wrestling's reach into Mexico/Puerto Rico (lucha libre), the U.K. (all-in), and Japan (puroresu).