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020			_a9780306831553 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0306831554 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1393525159
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092			_a796.812 _bB198
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBalukjian, Brad, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe six pack : _bon the open road in search of WrestleMania / _cBrad Balukjian.
246	3		_a6 pack
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHachette Books, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024
300			_axiv, 302 pages : _billustrations, _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-299).
505	0		_aAuthor's note -- Kayfabe glossary -- Part I: The entrance. Prologue -- Part II: The lock-up. Back on the road -- The Iron Sheik vs. Khosrow Vaziri -- Part III: The highspots. Mr. USA Tony Atlas vs. Anthony white -- Mr. McMahon vs. Vince McMahon -- Tito Santana vs. Merced Solis -- Sgt. Slaughter vs. Bob Remus -- The masked superstar/demolition Ax vs. Bill Eadie -- Conquistador #1/The Red Demon/Mac Rivera/Jose Luis Rivera/The Black Demon/Shadow #2/Juan Lopez/El Sultan vs. Marcelino Rivera -- Part IV: The finish. Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Bollea -- Javanmardi -- Part V: The final bell. Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- And much, much more!
520			_a"In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose real name was Khosrow Vaziri), to write his biography. Things quickly went south, culminating in the Sheik threatening Balukjian's life. Now seventeen years later, Balukjian returns to the road in search of not only a reunion with the Sheik, but something much bigger: truth in a world built on illusion. Balukjian seeks out six of the Sheik's contemporaries, fellow witnesses to the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) explosion in the mid-'80s, to unearth their true identities. As Balukjian drives 12,525 miles around the country, we revisit the heady days when these avatars of strength, villainy, and heroism first found fame and see where their journeys took them. From working out with Tony Atlas (Tony White) to visiting Hulk Hogan's (Terry Bollea) karaoke bar, we see where these men are now and how they have navigated the cliffs of fame. The Six Pack combines the spirit of a fan with the rigor of an investigative reporter, tracking down former WWF employees, childhood friends, and mutually curious archivists. Wrestling is perceived as a subculture without a cultural home, somewhere between sport and theater--often dismissed as silly and low-brow. But what makes this book so compelling is the humanity beneath each wrestler. The Iron Sheik, Hulk Hogan, and the rest of the cast were not characters in a comic book movie. They were real people, with families and feelings and bodies that could break. Most of them did, in fact, break; some have been repaired, but none of them will ever be the same."--Amazon.com.
600	1	0	_aBalukjian, Brad _xTravel _zUnited States.
610	2	0	_aWorld Wrestling Federation. _9134659
611	2	0	_aWrestleMania. _9369337
650		0	_aWrestling _xTournaments _zUnited States. _9395270
650		0	_aWrestling matches. _9306283
650		0	_aWrestlers. _9332700
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c386156 _d386156