| Edition |
First Tiller Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 295 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"A memoir from one of The Voice of Wrestling, during WWE's most successful and turbulent times. Jim Ross was front row as the Sports Entertainment behemoth went from losing money to becoming a multi-billion dollar company. Not only an entertaining read about the inner workings of WWE, but J.R.'s story is also about constant reinvention, entrepreneurism, and fighting against stereotypes of regional bias, body type ideals in the media, ageism, health setbacks, the challenges associated with Bells palsy (and the aesthetic biases associated with that), and great personal loss-but in a way that is about triumphing against the odds through talent, passion, and persistence"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Rick Flair -- Prologue -- Back in the saddle -- Owen -- Cash and creative -- The new and the old -- Talent and television -- The wrestling guy -- Friction and friendship -- The changing of Steve -- Winning and losing -- Different stars, different paths -- Trouble in the sky -- Burned, hired, hired ... and hired -- The corporate ax -- The outhouse -- Smooth sailing ... for now -- Smooth sailing is very much over -- Down the hole, seeing light -- A new lookout -- Please make it stop -- Another turn in the road -- Reset, retire, or reinvent -- Life outside the walls -- Goodbye -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Ross, Jim, 1952-
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| Subject(S) |
Wrestling promoters -- United States -- Biography.
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Sportscasters -- United States -- Biography.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Name(S) |
O'Brien, Paul, author.
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| ISBN |
9781982130527 (hardcover) |
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1982130520 (hardcover) |
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