Turning the Tables: The Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.51 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1905363788 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
John Lister (author of Slamthology) gives an independent, objective and informative account that reveals hidden secrets and shatters common myths. ECW was the upstart promotion which revolutionised the wrestling industry. From a little-known truth about ECW's most famous feud to a blow-by-blow account of what really happened in Revere, this book will give you the true story behind America's most controversial wrestling group.. Turning The Tables is the first published history of the company which grew from a run-down bingo hall to become a national pay-per-view competitor then crashed in a sea of debt
He is a qualified journalist with a BA in Print Journalism, with bylined pieces in The Mirror, and wrote the three front-page splashes that won the Guardian/NUS Best Newspaper title at the 1998 Student Media Awards. Among the titles he has written for are Spiked Piledriver, Hulk Who? Wrestling Insight, Suckerpunch, Wrestling Wrap-Up, Moonsault Xtra, Wrestling's Last Hope
"ECW was destined to die, and destined to live forever" according to Aiex Halo. Despite the solidly 5 star rating the book has gotten, I was skeptical enough to be detracted by the never lowering price and frequent suggestion by Amazon.com's recommendations that I should try "Hardcore History" or the "novelization" of "The Rise and Fall of ECW", or even the DVD itself, or the DVD "Forever Hardcore".And yet this book manages to both explore the hype of ECW . The real ECW, the real story. Stuart Millard From the author behind acclaimed wrestling travelogue Slamthology, Turning The Tables takes a fascinating and detailed look at the company that revolutionised professional wrestling, the reasons behind both its success, and its downfall, and all with the insight and acerbic wit that readers of his previous book have come to expect from this author.Like many rags to riches to ra. Kenneth A. Mcbride said Thoroughly fascinating!. "Philadelphia was different." So begins "Turning TheTables: The Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling"by John Lister. This is the first of three booksexpected in the near future about the revolutionary"little promotion that could", and that openingsentence almost sums up the whole ECW movement. Eventhe T-shirts invited fans to "experience thedifference", and it was a differen
. He has made several trips to the United States to watch wrestling, attending shows in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, New York, Texas, Ohio, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Washington State. He is a qualified journalist with a BA in Print Journalism, with bylined pieces in The Mirror, and wrote the three front-page splashes that won the Guardian/NUS Best Newspaper title at the 1998 Student Media Awards. This work included appearances on BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky News, more than 500 local, national and international radio interviews, and countless press articles including front page pieces in The Times and The Independent. Turning The Tables is his second book, following Slamthology, a collection of travelogues and articles written between 1991 and 2004. About the Author John Lister has been writing for wrestling publications sin