I concur on your fond memories of Flair vs Rhodes from mid-80s NWA and also the long-term impact it had on me as a pro wrestling fan. That feud is among my earliest memories as a wrestling fan. The NWA from that era remains my all-time favorite wrestling. Those shows were so much fun to go to live too every month back then.
Looking forward to Fight Forever. I have a huge collection of pro wrestling books spanning late '70s to present and this one has a unique narrative focus to it.
I need to stop buying physical copies of books because I'm running out of room but this one's been on my radar for a while since it was announced (I think you had mentioned it or put out a list of wrestling books a while back) and I just had to buy the physical copy because I'd regret it otherwise and nothing beats the touch and feel of a book. I'm very excited for it to just show up in my mailbox.
I concur on your fond memories of Flair vs Rhodes from mid-80s NWA and also the long-term impact it had on me as a pro wrestling fan. That feud is among my earliest memories as a wrestling fan. The NWA from that era remains my all-time favorite wrestling. Those shows were so much fun to go to live too every month back then.
Looking forward to Fight Forever. I have a huge collection of pro wrestling books spanning late '70s to present and this one has a unique narrative focus to it.
I have so many wrestling books. I just love that people are writing and thinking about it. For so long, being a fan felt vaguely scandalous.
Yeah, it use to be you had to defend pro wrestling most of time when someone found out you watched and liked it. Times have changed a lot.
(This made me pre-order the book)
Wow, that's great to hear. The sample book is great looking and they are printing them now!
I need to stop buying physical copies of books because I'm running out of room but this one's been on my radar for a while since it was announced (I think you had mentioned it or put out a list of wrestling books a while back) and I just had to buy the physical copy because I'd regret it otherwise and nothing beats the touch and feel of a book. I'm very excited for it to just show up in my mailbox.
I know exactly what you mean. There's something about feeling a book in your hand.