Pronounce names correctly!

C’mon man ... if you want your audiobook to present as a legitimate take on the industry, hire a voice actor who knows how to pronounce wrestler names correctly!

(Kuh-mah-la not Cam-a-lah; Marty Jah-net-ee not Marty Jan-nah-tee; Dee-no Bravo not Di-no Bravo).

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Could have done without the snarky editorializing

After listening to the book “Nitro” about WCW, I was hoping to find the equivalent WWF book. I was looking for a similar journalistic work, but this is not that. I get that the author used to be a humorist, and that he works for SB Nation (and not ESPN, for example). But the constant smarta**, judgmental, pithy one-liners, in addition to the author’s frequent first-person self-references, distract from an otherwise enjoyable historical tome.

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pronunciation goes a long way

there are a lot of mispronouncing of names and false facts. if that doesn't bother you though, it's a great book

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Terrible

The information is third or fourth hand and apocryphal at best. It’s like the author just listened to the Something to Wrestle podcast and transcribed it. In fact, several of the stories in the book had to have been directly derived from that podcast, that’s the only way the author could come up with certain information. I hope Conrad Thompson and Bruce Prichard get a cut of the profits. The tone is typical internet wrestling fan: snarky, holier-than-thou and pompous. Terrible.

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Great ballance

Wrestleing fans had devided loyalties until Vince Mcmahon took over. This book begins with the story of that event/
It moves forward to the modern era. The auther shows a biting sarcasm for the benifit of old school fans like me.
There are also pop culture refferences that I don't get from time to time. This book is for adults wanting to know more about wrestleing history. Personally I would not let kids read it. To a new reader I believe this book does a good job letting them know what sports entertainment is all about. The narration is excalent. I would recomend this book to any adult fan

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Enjoyed a fresh narrative take

Often it’s the same few recounting the eras and companies of pro wrestling and when a fresh voice aware of the complexity of wrestling? It’s a treat to recap the WWE both from the spectrum of absolute hilarity, to the stunningly speechless tragedies that the company has navigated.

Great kinda Summary of WWE/WWF

As a pro wrestling die hard, I had this book pre ordered months in advance. I have to say well worth it, I enjoyed going down memory lane and reliving some historic moments in the world that is World Wrestling Entertainment, I do disagree with a statement made in the end of the book, because yes AEW has changed the world of wrestling by just simply giving us all an alternative option, that’s not cartoonish or so damn predictable. Recommend any wrestling or non wrestling fan pick this one up and enjoy!!!!