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WWE Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide To World Wrestling Entertainment (2009)

by Brian Shields(Favorite Author)

4.39 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

075664190X (ISBN13: 978075664190)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Dorling Kindersly

review 1: I have been a pro wrestling fan for over 20 years, so it was nice to read a ton of the entries of WWE's past history.I noticed a few factual and continuity errors here and there on some things, but on a project with over 1,000 wrestlers over the course of 50+ years, you can't be 100% perfect. My absolute biggest complaint was the deliberate omitting of Hulk Hogan on the front cover (Working for a competing company will do that I guess). Nitpicking aside, this tome of a coffee-table book is a fun read.I had a floodgate of childhood memories rushing to the surface while reading about the many great feuds from the 1980's, 1990's, and the 2000's. Just about everything made me at one point think "Oh yeah... that was a hell of a great match" or "Oh man, I remember being so an... moregry when that happened."I was even surprised they had an entry on Chris Benoit. It mentions nothing of his double-murder and suicide, but it acknowledges his many accomplishments in the wrestling ring, where there were many. In a very odd way, I'm kind of glad. The character of Chris Benoit is different from the real life monster he ended up being.I got this from my library because I don't think this is worth 45 bucks out of pocket. But if you are the adamant die-hard fan, this book is certainly a must have.
review 2: This book has info on wrestlers that were even only in WWE for a few months. Gunnar Scott, Stupid Goldman, and the GobbledyGooker. They do include stuff from WCW even though at some times it was competition. No Sting, but most everyone who was part (before or after) of WWE like Miss Hancock and the Most Hated Man in Mexico. The biggest omission has to be Pete Doherty, the Duke of Dorchester.That and there's no mention of the wrestling show in Avon,CT High School when I was in second grade when I met Blackjack Mulligan and became a fan of bad guys. Avon Connecticut had pro wrestling at it's high school gymnasium."Viva los Rudos!" I learned the attitude, not that phrase from him. Villians are people too.I do wish it listed alternate names beyond the guys who took weird names in WWE, DOB and even DOD. I looked at spirit squad and some of them looked familiar, the Conquistadors, Body Donnas and a few others too. less

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