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Job Man : My Life in Professional Wrestling. by Multerer, Chris

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Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed. by Lentz, Harris M., III

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The Suffering Body in Sport : Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury

Table of Contents: “…Regulating the Harmful, Injurious and Risky Business of Professional Wrestling /…”
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Sports fans, identity, and socialization exploring the fandemonium

Table of Contents: “…Dynamics of identity in the communities of local professional wrestling /…”
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Historical dictionary of wrestling by Grasso, John

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Reader's Note -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Appendix A: Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductees -- Appendix B: Nicknames and Ring Names -- Appendix C: Professional Wrestlers Who Used Their Real Names -- Appendix D: Early Professional Wrestling Heavyweight Champions -- Appendix E: Wrestlemania Events -- Appendix F: Royal Rumble Events -- Appendix G: Professional Wrestling Promotional Groups -- Appendix H: Fédération Internationale de Luttes Associees (FILA) Hall of Fame Inductees -- Appendix I: Olympic Wrestling Champions Greco-Roman Style -- Appendix J: National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Champions -- Appendix K: Dan Hodge Trophy Winners -- Bibliography -- About the Author.…”
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Thrashing seasons : sporting culture in Manitoba and the genesis of prairie wrestling by Hatton, C. Nathan, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Before the boom : wrestling to 1896 -- Manitoba's pros : professional wrestling during the western boom, 1896-1914 -- Wrestling with ethnicity, 1896-1914 -- The "Simon Pures" : amateur wrestling to 1914 -- Grappling with the Great War, 1914-18 -- Professional wrestling's "golden age", 1919-29 -- Amateurism expands : amateur wresting in Manitoba, 1919-29 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Manitoba amateur wrestling champions 1908-30 -- Appendix 2 Manitoba islendingadagurinn Glima Champions before 1930.…”
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Parts unknown : wrestling, gimmicks and other works by Holmes, Michael, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Parts Unknown; Battle Royal; 10 Bell Salute; Finishing Moves; Parts Unknown: A Selected Professional Wrestling Glossary; Notes and Acknowledgements.…”
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Sport, Crime and Deviance. by Wagg, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Covers; Introduction; Sport exceptionalism and the Court of Arbitration for Sport; Amateurism, scientific control, and crime: historical fluctuations in anti-doping discourses in sport; Sexual violence and collegiate athletics: US federal law, adjudication and the media spotlight; In plain sight -- examining the harms of professional wrestling as state-corporate crime; Challenging popular representations of child trafficking in football; The problems and causes of match-fixing:are legal sports betting regimes to blame?…”
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Marketing sports through the ages

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Toward a history of sport branding; Spectator consumption practices at the Roman games; Six-day racing entrepreneurs and the emergence of the twentieth century arena sportscape, 1891-1912; "Winter sports under a summer sun": the marketing of Sun Valley ski resort in the 1930s; Selling punches: free markets and professional wrestling in the UK, 1986-1993; A preview of the Mark H. …”
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Gaea girls.

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Gaea girls

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Straight from the Hart by Hart, Bruce, 1951-

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Hemingway on a Bike. by Freeze, Eric

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One ring circus : extreme wrestling in the minor leagues by Howell, Brian, 1966-

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Drawing heat the hard way : how wrestling really works by Matysik, Larry

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Gaea girls

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Say uncle! : catch-as-catch-can and the roots of mixed martial arts, pro wrestling, and modern grappling by Shannon, Jake

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Quote, double quote : aesthetics between high and popular culture

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The spectacle of the real : from Hollywood to 'reality' TV and beyond

Table of Contents: “…Hell in a Cell and Other Stories : Violence, Endangerment and Authenticity in Professional Wrestling / Leon Hunt -- 10. Docobricolage in the Age of Simulation / Bernadette Flynn -- Part III: Film -- 11. …”
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Bodies Built for Game : the Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing. by Diaz, Natalie

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; In Defense of Allen Iverson; Bolting into Throat; last summer of innocence; American Pharoah; Takes Enemy; Professional Wrestling Holds; He takes me; The Hit Man; Psych Ward Visitation Hour; The Wars; After Simone Manuel's Olympic Victory in the Women's 100m Freestyle; In the outfield, daydreaming; The Meaning of Serena Williams; Serena Williams Walks; Boxing Out; Summertime; Aaron Hernandez is my brother; The Church of Michael Jordan; Built For It; Federer as Irreligious Experience; prayer when knees give; Days of '95 II; Baseball…”
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Coming Close : Forty Essays on Philip Levine. by L'Esperance, Mari

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Their Invisible Great Good Luck / Jane Mead; A Laureate in Letters: Philip Levine in Correspondence, 1994 -- 2011 / Aaron Belz; Rhymes with Deer / Ciaran Berry; Philip Levine, Professional Wrestling, and Me / Paula Bohince; Mine Own Philip Levine / Shane Book; Changed Utterly / B.H. …”
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