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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Nov 20, 2007 19:15:38 GMT -5
I am looking to buy this book and actually read it as Lou Thesz is obviously a very lauded and very respected wrestler from any generation. I personally felt that Benoit would have turned out to be like Thesz had the events that occured hadn't happened.
Anyone here actually read the book or have anything they have heard about it.
I would have to say that there are tons of wrestlers from the gas light era that I would love to read their biography's. Frank Gotch, George Strechler, Farmer Burns, and of course Gorgeous George Wagner come to mind.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Nov 21, 2007 9:13:24 GMT -5
I am looking to buy this book and actually read it as Lou Thesz is obviously a very lauded and very respected wrestler from any generation. I personally felt that Benoit would have turned out to be like Thesz had the events that occured hadn't happened. Anyone here actually read the book or have anything they have heard about it. I would have to say that there are tons of wrestlers from the gas light era that I would love to read their biography's. Frank Gotch, George Strechler, Farmer Burns, and of course Gorgeous George Wagner come to mind. I highly recommend this book. I was lucky enough to get my copy direct from Thesz, autographed to me, before he died. It's probably my most prized wrestling possession. The book itself is great if you like hearing about the early days of pro wrestling directly from the guy who was one of the top stars for decades. He tells cool stories about going to matches as a kid (remember, this is the early 1900s, so these are very unique stories) and about meeting & training with Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Lots and lots of stories about Lewis in the book. He talks about the politics with promoters back in the day, the personalities of guys like Gorgeous George, Buddy Rogers and Toots Mondt, and his memories of working with the father of Japanese wrestling, Rikidozan, when both were considered the top two wrestling stars in the world. He also talks about the Yakuza murdering Rikidozan, which is pretty fascinating. Yeah, if you're curious about that era, this book is a must-have. Definitely track it down. |
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Nov 21, 2007 18:14:03 GMT -5
I definitely will. I keep getting mixed feelings about how he felt about Buddy Rogers too. He wouldn't job to him but at the same time he felt that Rogers was a decent champion.
Training with Strangler must have been just a great time as Lewis at the time really could go ad could beat anyone he wanted.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Nov 21, 2007 18:45:07 GMT -5
I definitely will. I keep getting mixed feelings about how he felt about Buddy Rogers too. He wouldn't job to him but at the same time he felt that Rogers was a decent champion. Training with Strangler must have been just a great time as Lewis at the time really could go ad could beat anyone he wanted. Thesz explains the whole situation with Buddy Rogers in the book, but basically, Rogers got on Thesz's bad side by making fun of Ed "Strangler" Lewis in front of him (this was when Lewis was getting older). Thesz felt like Buddy Rogers was arrogant and had no respect for wrestling, so he wouldn't job to him. I guess they became friends when they got older though. |
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Nov 23, 2007 13:57:47 GMT -5
Gotcha. Kudos ot you reading the book. I have tried to track it down on Ebay bt maybe Amazon.com would have been a better choice. Ed Santel is I'm sure discussed in his book and Santel is probably the best hooker of that time period.
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