The main event : the moves and muscle of pro wrestling / Patrick Jones.
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- 0761386351 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- 9780761386353 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 796.812 J78 | Available | 33111007093079 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Nothing can match the excitement of the main event! Author Patrick Jones takes readers deep inside the world of pro wrestling and shows how its stars--and the wild characters they portray--have turned pro wrestling into a billion-dollar industry.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: It's time for the main event -- History of wrestling : from Ancient Greece to pay-per-view -- Ten great main events -- Stars : great wrestlers of the past and present -- Wrestling's most devastating finishing moves -- Wrestling's most memorable moments -- Looking forward : the future of pro wrestling.
This is not the story of the sport or of two Olympians or high schoolers going at it for pin or points, but of the art of making the blows and throws look like the real thing while the outcome has been predetermined.