WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling (WrestleCrap series)

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.

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.

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. Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Stand Back! That Egg Is Ready to Blow! -- 2 The Circus Comes to Town -- 3 You Oughtn't Be in Pictures -- 4 Warrior Wisdom -- 5 Welcome to Oz! Welcome to Oz! -- 6 The Boat Goes Boom -- 7 Hulkster's in the House! -- 8 Moonlighting -- 9 nWoverkill -- 10 Sex as a Weapon -- 11 Vince Russo Presents: How To Lose 60 Million in Just 12 Months! -- 12 The Less Things Change, The More They Stay the Same -- Sources Features the costumes, characters, and storylines used to attract viewers, including the failed ideas of an evil one-eyed midget and having a wrestler emerge from an egg, and offers a humourous critique of wrestling organizations