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Title: The Legends of Wrestling - "Classy" Freddie Blassie : Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks by Keith Elliot Greenberg, Classy Freddie Blassie ISBN: 0-7434-6317-X Publisher: WWE Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Last Of A Dying Breed, Literally...
Comment: Not only did MTV destroy rock and roll and everything it ever stood for, they were also present at the beginning of professional wrestling's long, painful disintegration from a closed-society fan base/cult into mindless pap for the masses. Cyndi Lauper as manager or "Hulk Hogan's Rock & Wrestling" anyone? Once televised matches graduated from small, intimate studio settings to arenas and stadiums with full-blown pyrotechnics, concert lighting and sound, and wrestlers who looked as though they ate a bowl of steroids for breakfast masquerading as rock stars, it was all over but the shouting. Letting the public in on the "secret" that matches were pre-scripted was merely the last nail in the coffin.
Freddie Blassie, the self-proclaimed "Hollywood Fashion Plate" is probably best known to the music video generation as manager of such no-neck wonders as the Iron Sheik, furry-backed George "The Animal" Steele, and leather-jacketed, Hell's Kitchen thug Adrian Adonis, whose later transformation into "Adorable" prompted one fan to fashion a homemade sign proclaiming him an "AIDS victim." By that point, the sandpaper larynxed Blassie had been in the biz nearly 50 years, making his wrestling debut in 1935 at the tender age of 17, a time when men were men and what went on backstage stayed backstage.
Blassie soon rose, or sank to become probably the most hated heel in wrestling, showing a geniune gift for raising the collective blood pressure of a crowd, selling an opponent and/or match, and having a helluva great time doing it. Spinning tales of life on the road, in the locker room, and in the squared circle, nothing is sacred and his prose style is as salty as anyone could ever hope for. Along the way, Blassie worked for three generations of McMahons, terrorized Japan and still managed to find the love of his life Miyako there, lost enough blood to deplete the Red Cross, found a true friend in the late Andy Kaufman, and birthed the Dr. Demento cult classic "Pencil Neck Geek." What else is there, except for maybe a really good record collection?
If you love wrestling or maybe just a story with a happy ending, Blassie's tome is for you, although co-author Keith Elliot Greenberg's epilogue made me cry like a baby. What the hell ever happened to the human race, Freddie? R.I.P. - you left us too soon.
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Title: Bobby the Brain: Wrestling's Bad Boy Tells All by Bobby Heenan, Steve Anderson ISBN: 1572434651 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Sex, Lies, and Headlocks : The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation by SHAUN ASSAEL, MIKE MOONEYHAM ISBN: 0609606905 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 16 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring by Marsha Erb ISBN: 1550225081 Publisher: ECW Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Hardy Boyz : Exist 2 Inspire by Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy ISBN: 0060521546 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title:WWE - The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection ASIN: B0000DIJOW Publisher: Sony Music (Video) Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $30.41 |
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