WrestleCrap
The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling
Randy Baer, John McFetridge, Bill Kennedy and Darren Wershler-Henry, Randy Baer and R.D. Reynolds, R.D. Reynolds
ECW Press
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WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling examines some of the
ridiculously horrible characters and storylines that pro wrestling promoters
have subjected their fans to over the past twenty years. Why would any sane
person think that having two grown men fight over a turkey was actually a
reasonable idea? Was George Ringo, the Wrestling Beatle, really the best
gimmick that a major promotional organization could come up with? And who
would charge fans to watch a wrestler named the Gobbeldy Gooker emerge from an
egg? In an attempt to answer such questions and figure out just what the
promoters were thinking, authors Randy Baer and R.D. Reynolds go beyond what
wrestling fans saw on the screen and delve into the mindset of those in the
production booth. In some instances, the motivations driving the spectacle
prove even more laughable than what was actually seen in the ring. Covering
such entertainment catastrophes as an evil one-eyed midget and a wrestler from
the mystical land of Oz, not to mention the utterly comprehensible Turkey-
on-a-Pole match (a gimmick which AWA fans might recall), WrestleCrap is
hysterically merciless in its evaluation of such organizations as the WCW and
the WWF. This retrospective look at the wrestling world's misguided attempts
to attract viewers will leave wrestling fans and critics alike in stitches.
ridiculously horrible characters and storylines that pro wrestling promoters
have subjected their fans to over the past twenty years. Why would any sane
person think that having two grown men fight over a turkey was actually a
reasonable idea? Was George Ringo, the Wrestling Beatle, really the best
gimmick that a major promotional organization could come up with? And who
would charge fans to watch a wrestler named the Gobbeldy Gooker emerge from an
egg? In an attempt to answer such questions and figure out just what the
promoters were thinking, authors Randy Baer and R.D. Reynolds go beyond what
wrestling fans saw on the screen and delve into the mindset of those in the
production booth. In some instances, the motivations driving the spectacle
prove even more laughable than what was actually seen in the ring. Covering
such entertainment catastrophes as an evil one-eyed midget and a wrestler from
the mystical land of Oz, not to mention the utterly comprehensible Turkey-
on-a-Pole match (a gimmick which AWA fans might recall), WrestleCrap is
hysterically merciless in its evaluation of such organizations as the WCW and
the WWF. This retrospective look at the wrestling world's misguided attempts
to attract viewers will leave wrestling fans and critics alike in stitches.
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