Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal
by Irv Muchnick
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Author: Irv MuchnickEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-01
ISBN: 1550227610
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Ecw Press
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Book Review: Wrestling Babylon: Interesting, but not enough.
Summary: 3 Stars
Wrestling Babylon is a series of articles regarding pro wrestling written over a long period of years by Irvin Muchnick that have been put together to form this book which bills itself as 'piledriving tales of drugs, sex, death and scandal'. Muchnick's grandfather was a famous nwa (national wrestling allience) promoter whose buisiness sufffered when the WWF (now WWE) begin its world domination in the early/mid 1980's. Upon learning this fact it's obvious that Muchnicks opinion of Vinny Mack and the WWF is a very negative one.
Although it has to be said that this book lifts the lid on many factors of pro wrestling that Mcmahon would rather of swept under the rug, including the sex and drug scandals that rocked the WWF in the early nineties. This makes for a very interesting read and it definately covered new ground that i haven't seen covered before. I especially liked the arcticle discussing the sad story of the Von Erich family, with many many premature deaths. However Muchnick lets himself down by spending too much time attempting to bury McMahon, Hulk Hogan and the WWF as a whole when he should be providing the reader with more sustinance than he does, the book is very short and quick to read. It only took me an evening and a morning. Muchnick also has a tendency to repeat himself.
In conclusion the book is very interesting and is written in a witty, academic style and is probably best used as a starting point for anyone who wishes to find out more about what goes on in pro wrestling behind that curtain.
But if you require a more detailed read that does more than simply scratch the surface of 'piledriving tales of drugs, sex, death and scandal' then you should probably look elsewhere.
3/5
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