‘The Iron Claw’: In the Company of Men
Ostensibly a biography about wrestler Kerry Von Erich, The Iron Claw grips viewers with its dark tale about the company of men.
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The Pro-Wrestling Story Collectors: An Interview with Sports Authors Steve Johnson and Greg Oliver
As discussed with sports authors Steve Johnson and Greg Oliver, The Storytellers is a celebration of the strange magic behind professional wrestling matches.
How Professional Wrestling Flung Itself Into the Arena of the Opinionated Class
The Mountain Goats’ Beat the Champ and TV show
It’s All True!: Weston Magazines and Wrestling’s “Creative Journalism”
Stanley Weston's small pre-WWF line of wrestling magazines featured writing staffs that made up pull-quotes and headlines on the spot. Just what fans were clamoring for.
R.D. Reynolds, the Monday Night Wars, and the Death of World Championship Wrestling
It was going to be a powerhouse alternative to the World Wrestling Federation, but through mismanagement and unforeseen rivalries, Reynolds' book follows the league from its inception to its final tap-out.
Fact and Fiction: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Wrestling and the Creative Process
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on the “most musically interesting record by a country mile”, the wrestling-themed album Beat the Champ.
Philadelphia Cartoonist Box Brown Explores the Man Who Lived the Myth of Andre the Giant
In telling his story in such an accessible and sympathetic way, Box Brown helps even non-wrestling fans understand what made Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff so unforgettable.