by R. D. Reynolds, Randy Baer
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Outrageous costumes, cartoonish characters, and scripted storylines are featured in this retrospective look at the no-holds-barred stunts pro wrestling promoters have used to attract viewers. Covering such entertainment catastrophes as an evil one-eyed midget, George Ringo the Wrestling Beatle, and Goobledy Gooker, the wrestler who emerged in the arena from an egg, this merciless evaluation of such organizations as World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation will leave wrestling fans and critics alike in stitches. The choices of promoters and producers are reviewed in an effort to understand the motivations and imaginations behind the often incomprehensible and laughable stunts that have baffled even die-hard fans.
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Great read for any hardcore wrestling fan, 2008-11-11
Wrestlecrap: The very worst of pro wrestling is a great read for any hardcore wrestling fan and a must have for any fan of the Wrestlecrap web site. Good descriptions of classic crappy characters and story lines- a great refresher especially for those of us who grew up in the '80s.
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What? No Golddust?, 2008-05-18
I loved this book. It brought back so many memories of idiocy in the wrestling world. But how could they omit Dustin Runnels a.k.a. Golddust?! The single most humiliating ring identity of all time? It destroyed Runnels' career. And where was the mention of what Vinny Mac also did to Dustin"s father, Dusty? After putting "the American Dream" in a polka dot outfit and saddled with the worse valet ever, you'd figure these incidents would deserve special mention as it seemed Vince was going out of his way to discredit the Runnels family.
I also noticed there was no mention of Rowdy Roddy Piper's unfortunate Wrestlemania VI appearance where he painted half his body black in responce to his facing Bad News Brown. Truly embarrassing.
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 A Very Short Trip Down Memory Lane, 2008-01-04
As a fan of RD Reynolds / Randy Baer as a person and a writer I bought this book a few years ago. I read this book cover to cover 1 time and have had no desire to pick it up ever again. Due to the many factual and writing errors in the book as well as its lack of depth, the book just has no re readability. This is especially true for any fan of the Wrestlecrap web site, which I have been for a long time, because the entire book is just reprinted and rehashed from the Wrestlecrap site.
Every entry about an old wrestlecrap gimmick in the book is the same as "Gimmick A was a stupid idea because Wrestler X looked stupid in his costume while playing a wrestler with blank day job." Outside of the comments from the late, great, John Tenta on being Earthquake / Shark / Avalanche there is no depth to any of the characters or why they existed and failed. The remainder of the book is just the usual "smart fan" opinionated garbarge that can be read on any wrestling web page about how Hart, Flair, Benoit and all wreslers under 6 feet tall are gods and Bischoff, Russo, McMahons, Nash, Hogan, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels are all the spawn of the devil who have conspired to destroy the greatness of professional wrestling. These problems with the book come from the fact that Reynolds did no research on the book and has no inside knowledge of the wrestling business.
My advice is to read the Wrestlecrap web site once per week for an entire year. If you do this you will read everything that is in this book for free and in a more entertaining fashion with video / sound clips. This book is okay to check out from a friend or a library once for a trip down memory lane. If you buy this book you will find it mildly amusing once and then it will just gather a lot of dust.
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 RD Reynolds is funny, 2007-11-28
I visit the site Wrestlecrap at least once a week to check out whats new. Its a funny site about how many stupid things wrestling companys tried to put out as a good idea. I read the book in less then two days because its so funny and you can tell he enjoys wrestling. He is refreshing and writes the truths about some of the dumbest stuff WWE and WCW ever put out. I highly recommend this book, I laughed alot while reading the book. Also check out his book, Death of WCW. Ive read that book at least ten or more times and it never gets old. I cant wait for the next book.
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Most of the worst, but still required wrestling reading., 2007-10-17
I bought this because I saw the rave reviews and thoroughly enjoyed RD's other book 'the Death of WCW'. I enjoyed the presentation of that, and figured this was continuing in the nature. It did just that, but included far more humorous affair. The book spotlights several, not every single one, but a big chunk of some of the worst gimmicks and events to happen in the modern sport of entertainment we know as Professional wrestling.
Two of the key things I was concerned about was that the book not just be a repetition of 'Death of WCW', and that they didn't just rip on Hogan the entire time. They did a good job keeping that stuff separate, although everything example they give about Hogan in this book is sadly valid.
But make no mistake about it, this book isn't solely about cheesey 80s to the failure of WCW in the last chapter, it keeps going, further proving there will always be more Wrestlecrap to write about.
I strongly recommend you read this book as well, it's a very educated read and will shock you:
The Death of WCW: WrestleCrap and Figure Four Weekly Present . . . (WrestleCrap series)
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