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BOOK REVIEW: “Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America” by Abraham Riesman

March 22, 2023 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America” by Abraham Riesman on the life of wrestling’s biggest promoter.

BOOK REVIEW: “The Woman Who Would Be King” by Debrah Miceli (with Greg Oliver)

March 17, 2023 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews “The Woman Who Would be King” by Debrah “Madusa” Miceli.

BOOK REVIEW: “Grateful” by Eric Bischoff

February 3, 2023 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews the new release “Grateful” by Eric Bischoff chronicling his time in TNA and most recent stint at WWE in 2019.

BOOK REVIEW: “Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19”

October 5, 2022 Brandon Sears

Following the success of his book, Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution, author Keith Elliot Greenberg already had a sequel in mind.

BOOK REVIEW: There’s Just One Problem – True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in the WWE

August 16, 2022 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews Brian Gewirtz’s new book covering his long tenure as the head writer at WWE and working for Vince McMahon.

BOOK REVIEW: Dynamite And Davey – The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs

June 17, 2022 Brandon Sears

In 1996, at the age of thirty-seven, The Dynamite Kid Tom Billington returned to Japan to compete alongside Dos Caras and Kuniaki Kobayashi as a part of a six-man tag team bout that was being billed as his final match.

BOOK REVIEW: “Blood & Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling’s Original Sheik” by Brian R. Solomon

April 13, 2022 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews Brian Solomon’s new book “Blood & Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of The Original Sheik” on Ed Farhat.

BOOK REVIEW: “MOX” by Jon Moxley

December 31, 2021 Brandon Sears

Jon Moxley tells of his unconventional rise to prominence and the subsequent frustrations that led to him looking for an escape out from inside Vince McMahon’s wrestling empire.

BOOK REVIEW: “Glorious Wrestling Alliance: Ultimate Championship Edition”

October 27, 2021 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews “Glorious Wrestling Alliance: Ultimate Championship Edition” by Josh Hicks.

BOOK REVIEW: “Chris Candido – No Gimmicks Needed”

June 14, 2021 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews “Chris Candido – No Gimmicks Needed”, the biography of the late Candido and written by his brother Jonny & John Cosper.

BOOK REVIEW: The Wrestlers’ Wrestlers by Dan Murphy & Brian Young

April 23, 2021 Brandon Sears

What exactly is a wrestler’s wrestler? You often hear the phrase thrown around a lot when looking at those who have excelled in their chosen profession throughout history.

REVIEW: “Mat Memories: My Wild Life in Pro Wrestling, Country Music, and with the Mets”

March 22, 2021 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews “Mat Memories: My Wild Life in Pro Wrestling, Country Music, and with the Mets” by John Arezzi & Greg Oliver.

BOOK REVIEW: The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling

January 9, 2021 Brandon Sears

Writer, podcaster, and big-time wrestling fan Aubrey Sitterson joined up with artist Chris Moreno to take on the herculean task of producing a comprehensive yet constrained history of professional wresting within the medium of a comic book.

BOOK REVIEW: The People’s Champion – From WWE to Hollywood

December 11, 2020 Brandon Sears

Aside from a few WWE-licensed fluff pieces, several coffee-table style photo books, and a ghostwritten 2000 memoir (THE ROCK SAYS…), there has yet to be that truly comprehensive biography on the life (to-date) of Dwayne Johnson.

BOOK REVIEW: “We Promised You a Great Main Event”

November 8, 2020 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews Bill Hanstock’s new book “We Promised You A Great Main Event” chronicling the history of WWE.

BOOK REVIEW: “Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Revolution”

August 27, 2020 Brandon Sears

Our resident reviewer Brandon Sears looks at Keith Elliot Greenberg & ECW Press’ latest release looking at the indie wrestling revolution.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics’

November 25, 2019 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews ‘Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics’, the story of Glenn Jacobs rise through professional wrestling and becoming Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.

BOOK REVIEW: “The Storytellers” by Greg Oliver & Steven Johnson

September 17, 2019 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears reviews the latest offering from Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson with “The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Storytellers” that is available now through ECW Press.

BOOK REVIEW: “Life is Short and So Am I” by Dylan ‘Hornswoggle’ Postl

August 29, 2019 Brandon Sears

POST contributor Brandon Sears reviews the upcoming biography “Life is Short and So Am I” by Dylan Postl a.k.a Hornswoggle, which will be released through ECW Press in September.

BOOK REVIEW: Soulman – The Rocky Johnson Story

August 19, 2019 Brandon Sears

Brandon Sears provides a review of “Soulman: The Rocky Johnson Story” that was recently released by Johnson and co-author Scott Teal through ECW Press.