Various News: Wrestling Books & DVD Trailers, & More

— Here is the trailer for the Wrestling’s Most Controversial Moments DVD, from kayfabecommentaries.com…

— Here are some upcoming pro wrestling related books:

– June 1st, 2011 – Jake Shannon: Say Uncle!: Catch-As-Catch-Can and the Roots of Mixed Martial Arts, Pro Wrestling, and Modern Grappling

“Serious students of Western combat sports know that catch-as-catch-can men were twisting up their opponents like balloon animals before Gracie jujitsu was eve a twinkle in Carlos or Helio Gracie’s eye,” writes Jake Shannon, author of Say Uncle! Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling and the Roots of Ultimate Fighting, Pro-Wrestling, & Modern Grappling (ECW Press, June 2011). Shannon’s fascinating new book reveals the history, players, and techniques of catch-as-catch-can grappling and dispels many of the myths surrounding the origins of modern mixed martial arts.

Catch-as-catch-can is a nearly lost form of Western martial art that is rich in history and full of painfully brutal techniques. Also known as “catch wrestling” for short, it is the great-granddaddy of today’s mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and many reality-based self-defense systems such as krav maga, a combat technique practiced by the Israeli Defense Forces.

Say Uncle! traces the background of this unique sport through America and Japan back to England and Ireland and is chock full of exclusive interviews from catch wrestling legends such as Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson, Josh Barnett, and more. As an added feature, the book includes a fully illustrated photo section with over twenty positions and techniques that will help readers learn how to incorporate these powerful grappling skills in their mixed martial arts game.

Jake Shannon is an author, the founder of ScientificWrestling.com, inventor of the Macebell, and a master hypnotist. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a M.Sc. in financial engineering from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

– June 1st, 2011 – Wrestling’s 101 Strangest Matches by Oliver Hurley
– June 28th, 2011 – Countdown to Lockdown in Paperback by Mick Foley
– June 28th, 2011 – Wrestling the Hulk: My Life on the Ropes by Linda Hogan.
– October 1st, 2011 – Hot Shots and High Spots: George Napolitano’s Amazing Pictorial History of Wrestling’s Greatest Stars by George Napolitano.

“Hot Shots and High Spots: George Napolitano’s Amazing Pictorial History of Wrestling’s Greatest Stars”. The official blurb for the book reads, “Bringing the best of professional wrestling into focus, from the glare of the spotlights to rare, behind-the-scenes candid photos, George Napolitano has created the most far-reaching and beautiful visual history of its kind. For five decades he has been ringside, documenting wrestling’s biggest main events, photographing its most famous—and infamous—stars. His images have captured the blood, sweat, and tears spilled in the squared circle. In the process, they have become as iconic as the men and women in them. Covering those who have made professional wrestling one of America’s great passions and pastimes—Bruno Sammartino and Classy Freddie Blassie, Gorilla Monsoon battling Muhammad Ali, Andre the Giant and Mil Mascaras thrilling crowds all over North America, and Cyndi Lauper and Captain Lou Albano bringing wrestling to MTV—this chronicle shows it all. For the fans of the nWo or ECW’s hardcore revolution, those who love the attitudes of DX, The Rock, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, and those who still tune in every Monday night for Cena, Triple H, and Orton, this compilation is the ultimate pictorial of the glories and humiliations of the wrestling world.”

– October 25th 2011 – The Heyman Hustle – Wrestling’s Most Extreme Promoter Tells All by Paul Heyman
– October 25th 2011 – Blood Brothers by Daniel Joseph (WWE Studios novelization)
– November 11th 2011 – Wrestling Reality: The Life and Mind of Chris Kanyon Wrestling’s Gay Superstar
– November 29th 2011 – The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship (paperback) by Kevin Sullivan

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