Review: Season's Beatings By John Cosper

Season's Beatings: Holiday Greetings From Wrestling's Golden Age
John Cosper
Create Space, 2017
Paperback

Eat, Sleep, Wrestle's John Cosper has released Season's Beatings: Holiday Greetings From Wrestling's Golden Age. The book is a collection of Christmas messages harvested from a late 1940s California wrestling event program. 

The book is a very unique and enjoyable title. While not a typical wrestling book, - it is essentially promo shots with Christmas messages from wrestling personalities - it is a great choice for those looking for a short form coffee table book, those with an interest in the era or looking for a unique - but well compiled - title in the pro wrestling genre.

Released: Wrestling Dreams By Colt Cabana and Erica Weisz

Wrestling Dreams by Colt Cabana with Illustrations by Erica Weisz was released on November 8. This title is geared toward young readers, however, if Cabana's trademark wit is present, the book is very likely to appeal to all ages.

Wrestling Dreams is available in Hard Cover and Ebook formats at Amazon US CA UK

Notice: Cuttin' & Stuttin' By Brutus Beefcake & Kenny Cassanova Available for Pre-Order.

Cuttin' & Struttin' by Brutus Beefcake and Kenny Cassanova is now available for pre-order via Beefcake's website. The book is due for a late December release.

Review: Louisville's Greatest Show: The Story of The Allen Athletic Club By John Cosper

Louisville's Greatest Show: The Story of The Allen Athletic Club
John Cosper
Create Space Independent Publishing, 2017
Paperback, Ebook

When one thinks of the hotbeds of professional wrestling history, Louisville, Kentucky does not immediately jump to mind. While it may not have the profile of New York or The Carolinas, the emotional roller coaster of Dallas or the Game of Thrones like political backdrop of Tennessee, the history of professional wrestling in and around Louisville is no less intriguing. What makes the history of Louisville wrestling so interesting is that it is the story of a continuous ebb and flow of success and failure. It is filled with stories of professional and personal strife and conflict. It features a eclectic mix of history's biggest names at various stages of their careers and personalities who, through choice or fate, are not known to the average wrestling fan. In many ways Louisville could be considered the Everyman of wrestling territories.

Newly Released: Louisville's Greatest Show: The Story of the Allen Athletic Club by John Cosper

Kentucky wrestling history John Cosper brings the story of Louisville, KY's first professional wrestling promotion. Released in February 2017, Cosper covers the early years of pro wrestling in one of the most often overlooked wrestling hotbeds in the United States. Whereas his earlier book Bluegrass Brawlers was a big picture look at the history of the region, Louisville's Greatest Show focuses on the area's Golden Age (1935-1957). Cosper has also written Eat, Sleep, Wrestle and co-authored Kenny Bolin's I Probably Screwed You Too...  Cosper also runs the website eatsleepwrestle.com.

Louisville's Greatest Show: The Story of the Allen Athletic Club, is available on paperback at Amazon US

Review: The Three Count: My Life In Stripes As A WWE Referee By Jimmy Korderas

The Three Count: My Life In Stripes As A WWE Referee
Jimmy Korderas, Adam "Edge" Copeland (Foreword)
ECW Press, 2013
Paperback, Ebook

For over 20 years, Jim Korderas was a main stay with the WWF/E. While best remembered as a referee, Korderas began his career with the WWF in 1985 as a driver and member of the ring crew working for Jack Tunney at the WWF Toronto office. Korderas soon became a full-time referee and held the position - apart from a brief hiatus - until 2009. The book recounts Korderas' career from his entry into the business - at the apex of the Hulkamania era, through the New Generation, Attitude and Ruthless Aggression Eras - until the years immediately following his 2009 departure. Since leaving the WWF/E, Korderas has made a name for himself in the broadcasting world as a regular co-host of

Review: The History of Professional Wrestling Vol. 1: WWF 1963-1989 By Graham Cawthon

The History of Professional Wrestling Vol. 1: WWF 1963-1989
Graham Cawthon, Grant Sawyer (Editor)
Self Published, 2013
Paperback, Ebook

Graham Cawthon runs the website thehistoryofwwe.com.  According to the site's FAQ page, Cawthon began gathering live pro wrestling event results in late 2001 / early 2002 and founded the website in February of 2002. Over the past number of years, Cawthon's site has become one of the leading sources for all things wrestling having been frequently cited in shoot interview videos and numerous podcasts. This is the first of four (a fifth is due in June 2015) volumes of the many results compiled by Cawthon. Cawthon's site is an a as complete as possible collection of results from the world of pro wrestling. On the sites FAQ page, the author refers to himself as "just a devoted fan with time on his hands," but his work is (both the in the books and on the site) are regarded much more highly than perhaps any other pure fan work.

Review: Nick Gulas: Southern Wrestling Promoter By Bill Coleman

Nick Gulas: Southern Wrestling Promoter
Bill Coleman
Self Published, 2013
Ebook

Coleman's Nick Gulas: Southern Wrestling Promoter is a very short book concerning long-time pro wrestling promoter Nick Gulas and some of the talent that worked in his Tennessee based territory. Published in ebook format only, Coleman's book is very short (only 70 pages, many of which are half blank) and only devotes a few pages (~10) to Gulas while the remainder of the book touches, very briefly, on the careers of some of the wrestlers who worked for Gulas.

As it features some forgotten names from Tennessee wrestling, Coleman's book is suited for die-hard fans of area/era or hardcore wrestling book collectors.  There are some photographs in the book that, though uncredited, enhance the bits of text