Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers

by Dave Meltzer

Book by Meltzer, Dave

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction, History, Biography

182 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much more than mere obituary, Dave Meltzer's Tributes acts as a fascinating historical account of the greatest wrestling stars. The articles are pulled from his Wrestling Observer newsletter and always contain an abundant amount of history that let's properly understand the business and pop culture impact provided by the lost ring star. I often find myself returning to these books to be reminded about the great stars that existed before I was a wrestling fan and those I adored as a kid.

[Simen Oem · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr. Meltzer's prose can be torturous at times but his passion, knowledge, work ethic, and research are second to none.

[Jordan Welsh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great in-depth dive into the great stars of the past, Dave Meltzer when it comes to recapping one's life nobody does it better in wrestling. Pulling from so many sources, it's fascinating reading on the history of the craziest entertainment spectacle and it's many ups and downs and culture crossovers.

I love reading history in general so the entire period of the 30's to the 70's is so interesting.

Can wax on a bit really is the only complaint.

[Alex Johnston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its depressing to read a book of obituaries, but it's a good history lesson, and provides some great insight into the lives and careers both well known names and a number of wrestlers who are less well known, either because their careers were cut tragically short before achieving wide recognition, or because they were from an older era that current fans have largely forgotten.

[Joseph Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read for pro wrestling fans, especially if you're a fan of pro wrestling history....

[Oliver Bateman · Rating 4 out of 5]

not bad, but it suffers from meltzer-itis: just saying stuff, fact after fact, no real organization. in fact, only a handful of the pieces in here full like fully-rendered obits (owen hart's tribute is certainly the best of the bunch; others, like dino bravo, get 2-3 pages). great pictures, which is consistent with tributes 2, though this volume appears to have the better images

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written, but hauntingly sad. Wrestling has a grim past.

[Tim Chizmar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Respect meltzer

[Ethan S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tributes is a collection of obituaries that Dave Meltzer has written in his newsletter, the Wrestling Observer. This collection is a good mix of the widely known (Andre the Giant, Owen Hart) to one's that would be more obscure to the modern reader (Jumbo Tsuruta, Buddy Rogers, Ray Stevens). Many of the stories are sad, they are obituaries after all and not many of the wrestlers featured got to make it too old age. That being said Dave is the best in the business and this is a very good book, he gives an overview of the life and career of everyone featured, including pictures from different matches and points in their careers from Japan to the territories from the 50's to know this has got a bit of everything in it.