Wrestling Sport

Looking back over my time in this sport, it is clear to me that there are two types of former wrestlers. Wrestlers who successfully bridged into life by applying the discipline and principles they learned on the mat, and those wrestlers who hadn’t. I noticed that it didn’t matter what a wrestler’s accolades were, each type of former wrestler existed at every level of success or non-success in the sport.

Pro wrestling is performance art, and trying to occlude that fact for decades has in many ways prevented the evolution of the art form. Little has been written about the challenges modern pro wrestlers face and the ways in which they engage with audiences. 7 Keys to Becoming a Better Performer - A Book for Fellow Pro-Wrestlers offers a fresh, frank examination of the skill set every professional wrestler needs to hone, regardless of where they ply their trade.

Welcome to Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, a small, dead-end town with nothing to do and no way out. At least that’s how Ben, a high school senior and the second-best 135-pound wrestler in school, sees it. But Ben’s fed up with being stuck on the bench, watching as his friend Al, the state champion, gets all the glory. If Ben doesn’t get his life in gear, he could end up like his father and the other men in Sturbridge—working on the line in the cinder block factory.

In this revised edition, with a note by the author, he recounts the inspiring moments of his wrestling career in hopes of helping you reach your goals. As you dive into this book, you will get a unique glimpse into the mental, emotional, and physical aspects of wrestling. Bonora reached his goals through unrelenting dedication and is now passing his knowledge onto you.

In this audiobook you receive an actual audiobook about the history of pro wrestling and wrestling figures as well as a wrestling figures price guide combined in one. Wrestling figures and other wrestling collectibles are easily available and at affordable prices. However, to get the best deal, you must find out how much each wrestling figure/set is worth. After you've listened to this audiobook or wrestling price guide, you'll know what wrestling collectibles are available and what their price is.

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person, Irving began writing when he was 14, the same age at which he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, was certified as a referee at 24, and coached the sport until he was 47.

A riveting, emotional story of one wrestling family's refusal to give up, to be able to endure tremendous emotional pain, and to keep moving forward toward achieving their ultimate goal: to care for and to cure their daughter Jessica, who as a normal 18-year-old college student, has suddenly been placed in a medically induced coma, and to continue to live and love life. Without dying inside. One, without the other was just unacceptable. JohnA must fight to keep living in order to keep his daughter from dying.

Get ready for an amazing peek inside the journey of fathers and sons in our oldest sport. The story taking place inside this book will warm your heart. This is one of those rare books you’ll wish that someone had written earlier in your life. If you’re a wrestler, a family member of a wrestler, or a wrestling enthusiast, you must experience this book!

Life is messy. Having a life goal of doing something very hard very well helps lay the path to a better future. In Trying to Take the Mat, Dakota wants to use his quest to become a state champion wrestler as the vehicle for developing himself into a good man someday. He wants to be tough enough to lead himself and those he loves to a better life where they all win more often. In this sequel, Dakota continues to have to overcome injuries, periods of low morale and self-doubt, and now a pandemic. Dakota must train harder than he has ever trained before.

You get a book about the history of mixed martial arts and MMA figures as well as a mixed martial arts figures price guide combined in one book. MMA, or mixed martial arts, is the hybrid contact sport that combines the best set of techniques from Muay Thai, karate, jujitsu, judo, wrestling, and boxing - just to name a few of the disciplines. Initially, MMA was considered to be a brutal blood sport because of its critics, but it slowly transitioned into a no-holds-barred competition, and it has maintained this persona to date.

For 21 years, Dan Russell trained for four to six hours a day, six days a week in pursuit of winning an Olympic Gold medal in the sport of wrestling. He pushed his body to the limits, enduring brutal weight loss regimens, shattering injuries, personal tragedy, and constant inner battles with the voices from his past telling him that he wasn't good enough.

Are you settling for less than your full potential? Ryback, also known as "The Big Guy", may seem like he has it all - success as a professional athlete, health, money, and a physique to envy. But in Wake Up! It's Feeding Time he reveals that he hasn't always been so successful; he had to earn it. The key to his success - and yours too, if you heed his advice - is to "believe in yourself, even when nobody else does", set smart goals, and work toward achieving them.

How to Start, Run, and Promote a Successful Independent Professional Wrestling Show provides guidance on setting a vision and goals, assembling a team, choosing a business structure, understanding the market, and conducting market research. It offers strategies for promoting and marketing shows, managing finances and budgets, and exploring revenue streams. The book covers various aspects of show production, including venue selection, talent acquisition, show format and storyline development, technical production, and ensuring crowd safety.

After a demonic possession at the biggest wrestling show of the year, the Vatican sends exorcist Gabriel Blackwell to infiltrate the company, pose as a wrestler, and expel the demon. Blackwell has a complicated history with the wrestling business and must adapt or die, fighting for his soul on pay-per-view! An all-out battle between good and evil with the squared circle as the stage!

Pinned follows Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane, two high school seniors, as they embark on the most important winter of their lives in a quest for the New Jersey state high school wrestling championship.

In 2003, I began running my own website, World Wrestling Optimum, which consisted of news, articles, and interviews. This eBook contains interviews that I conducted for the website, along with an interview that I conducted in 2009 for the HULKAMANIA - Let the Battle Begin tour.

If you want to learn how to become an independent professional wrestler, then check out Independent Pro Wrestling Guide. This guide is written by a former indie pro wrestler who will show you step by step to get started in the independent wrestling world. Learn how to get your start in as a professional wrestler on the independent circuit. Hear tales and get advice from someone who knows what it's like to wrestle as an independent wrestler. Find out how to find the perfect wrestling school as well as how to pay for your wrestling education. Having trouble getting booked in your first match? This book lets you know what tools you need to get yourself between the ropes!

Like Foxcatcher meets The Art of Fielding, Stephen Florida follows a college wrestler in his senior season, when every practice, every match, is a step closer to greatness and a step further from sanity. Profane, manic, and tipping into the uncanny, Stephen Florida a story of loneliness, obsession, and the drive to leave a mark.

Step into the world of professional wrestling as we journey back to the year 2000 and relive one of the most pivotal events in sports entertainment history: the WWF Royal Rumble. In this unofficial look back, we explore the unforgettable moments, iconic matches, and backstage stories that defined an era and helped to shape the future of the industry.

John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. Mat Memories is Arezzi's chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back - he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond.