Gotch: An American Hero
by Mike Chapman
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Author: Mike ChapmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-11-22
ISBN: 0967608007
Number of pages: 279
Publisher: Culture House Books
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Book Review: A GREAT BOOK ABOUT A GREAT ATHLETE!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book that reads like a movie and should be a movie! Before the 1930s professional wrestling was actually a legitimate sport. It's been my observation that a lot of modern professional wrestlers and fans would like to believe that "worked" matches always existed so that they themselves and/or their heroes don't appear as con-artists and so forth. I think this is unfortunate because I think most top modern pro wrestlers are incredible athletes as well as incredible performers. Just look at Ken Shamrock and Brock Lesnar and so on. However, if you seriously research this subject you will find that pro wrestling was once real and so was Frank Gotch and a whole host of other great wrestlers from a very exciting bygone era.
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