Wrestling's Golden Era

1985 - 1992

von James Ditchfield

570 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In January 1984, a peroxide-blonde Californian in yellow trunks tore the short from his back, struck a double-bicep pose, and changed the wrestling business forever.This is the story of what happened next.From the closed-circuit gamble of the first WrestleMania to the steroid scandals that nearly tore it apart, Wrestling's Golden Era charts the rise, peak, and stumble of professional wrestling's most transformative era. Vince McMahon's brash expansion. Hulk Hogan's three-year coronation. The mega powers and their messy explosion. The Ultimate Warrior's neon ascent. The arrival of "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, The Hart Foundation, "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase - and the slow, bewildering decline that followed.James Ditchfield walks readers through every pay-per-view of WWF's golden age, with sharp match analysis, a feel for the storyline architecture behind it all, and an in-depth recounting of every major behind-the-scenes happening.Comprehensive, controversial and unflinching.This is the definitive chronological account of WWF between 1985 and 1992 - the years that built the empire, and very nearly broke it.This book attempts to explore those ambitious early years, before pay-per-view was a totally proven concept, through the so-called 'Golden Age' of the 1980s, until WWF's precipitous decline in the early nineties.This isn't just a history of WWE pay-per-view events, but of the company itself. By providing context to each show, as well as doing an extensive deep dive on the events themselves, every major happening in WWE will be explored, from steroid scandals to the unceremonious departures of several top names.As told through a chronological exploration of their pay-per-view events, this is the story of the world's biggest wrestling company...

• Themen: Sport & Freizeit Kampfsport und Selbstverteidigung Ringen
• ISBN: 9781764800600
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: James Ditchfield