4.31 avg rating — 136 ratings

"The best book I've read on the earliest days of pro wrestling, starting in the late 1800s."

4.35 avg rating — 345 ratings

"The rise and fall of maybe the first "extreme" wrestler to hit the big time."

3.76 avg rating — 301 ratings

"Very in depth, behind-the-scenes of the territory days."

4.56 avg rating — 221 ratings

"Solomon's research is second-to-none."

3.92 avg rating — 1,041 ratings

"Solid follow-up to Hornbaker's "National Wrestling Alliance""

4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings

"If you just read one book on professional wrestling, this should be it."

3.71 avg rating — 182 ratings

4.51 avg rating — 63 ratings

4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings

"From the earliest days to the end of the Memphis territory."

4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings

"I am very biased towards the Memphis territory, which I grew up."

4.42 avg rating — 36 ratings

3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings

"Good companion to "Ballyhoo"."

3.75 avg rating — 175 ratings

"The end of the territories and the rise of "Sports Entertainment"."

3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings

"One of the earliest to break kayfabe, with modern annotations."

3.97 avg rating — 258 ratings

"Although the movie has it's flaws, I really liked it as well."

4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings

3.74 avg rating — 147 ratings

4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings

4.10 avg rating — 78 ratings

"Another great survey of wrestlers from different eras."

4.22 avg rating — 241 ratings

"Limited in scope because it is a WWE product, but a worthwhile survey after Solomon's own "Pro Wrestling FAQ""

3.46 avg rating — 170 ratings

3.89 avg rating — 308 ratings

"Read before Flair's autobiography!"

4.28 avg rating — 1,992 ratings

"Great behind-the-scenes story of the only really challenger to the WWF post-territory."

4.30 avg rating — 664 ratings

"Very informative for a comic book!"

4.21 avg rating — 440 ratings

"Anything Cornette does as a historian is worth the effort."

4.08 avg rating — 93 ratings

"Memorials from the Pro Wrestling Observer newsletter."

4.34 avg rating — 155 ratings

3.60 avg rating — 75 ratings

"Post-territory NWA trying to hang on."

3.94 avg rating — 192 ratings

"One of the most tragic stories in wrestling history."

4.31 avg rating — 178 ratings

"Great stories, particularly from Portland and Mid-South."

4.27 avg rating — 64 ratings

"For his early Memphis days, scattered in with stories from later eras."

4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings

"For his early Memphis days, scattered in with stories from later eras."

3.94 avg rating — 757 ratings

"From Amarillo to NWA Champion to ECW."

3.53 avg rating — 763 ratings

"For his early, pre-WWE Memphis days, before he became a comedian."

4.30 avg rating — 10,889 ratings

"For his early, pre-WCW days in World Class and Memphis. His later books are more WWF-heavy."

4.37 avg rating — 5,817 ratings

"For his Smokey Mountain days, his other books are WCW/WWF-heavy."

4.15 avg rating — 2,425 ratings

"For his early, pre-WCW Mid-South days. "

3.90 avg rating — 2,664 ratings

"Recommend reading after the Hornbaker biography. "

3.77 avg rating — 169 ratings

"We still need the definitive history of ECW, but this is the best I've read."

3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings

"For the Memphis years."

4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings

"Very odd semi-fictional writing of one of the most important figures in Memphis wrestling."

3.79 avg rating — 156 ratings

"Not wrestling-focused, but for the training methods of the Russian Lion."

4.18 avg rating — 502 ratings

"A great "where-are-they-now" on six wrestlers who started in the territories."