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May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 12/4/07: Review of BENOIT in Canada’s Quill & Quire

BENOIT: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport, by Steven Johnson, Heath McCoy, Irvin Muchnick, and Greg Oliver, is reviewed in the December issue of the Canadian book publishing trade magazine Quill & Quire.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 12/3/07: Mr. Kennedy Still Can’t Shut Up

Because he has the trust of wrestlers and just lets them talk, Mike Mooneyham of the Charleston Post and Courier can be an indispensable primary source for their apparently straight-faced malarkey. Last week it was Batista, master of the torn triceps, decrying a “witch hunt” and making a comical and garbled defense of the WWE wellness policy. (See the November 25 posts on this blog.) This week it’s Ken Kennedy.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/30/07: Bret Hart on Steroids

As someone who has been critical of Bret Hart for not speaking out more forcefully about steroids and drugs, I think it’s only fair to present his extended statements on the topic, which perhaps have more nuance than I’ve given him credit for.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/28/07: Dave “Angel of Death” Sheldon Is 11th Pro Wrestler to Die Young in 2007

Dave Sheldon, 43, who wrestled for several major promotions (though never for World Wrestling Entertainment or its predecessor), has died in Texas.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/26/07: Batista, Master of the Torn Triceps

Blog reader Jake Butikas (a writer who also manages Jake “The Snake” Roberts’ MySpace page) further points out that Batista has been bothered throughout his WWE career by torn triceps tendons.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/25/07: Batista P.S.

A blog reader points out that my earlier item about Dave Bautista’s interview with Mike Mooneyham is, if anything, far too gentle.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/25/07: Batista: Touchy, Touchy

Mike Mooneyham of the Charleston Post and Courier has an interesting interview with Dave “Batista” Bautista, WWE star and author of the new book Batista Unleashed. See http://web.charleston.net/news/2007/nov/25/batistas_climb_top_took_toll/.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/23/07: Holiday Shopping

Both WRESTLING BABYLON (http://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Babylon-Piledriving-Drugs-Scandal/dp/1550227610/sr=1-1/qid=1162384171/ref=sr_1_1/102-2628163-5820164?ie=UTF8&s=books) and BENOIT (http://www.amazon.com/Benoit-Wrestling-Horror-Destroyed-Crippled/dp/1550228129/ref=pd_rhf_p_1) are selling strong at both Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.
May 13, 2009

ARCHIVE 11/19/07: WRESTLING BABYLON home page redesigned

WRESTLING BABYLON home page redesigned Monday, November 19th, 2007 http://wrestlingbabylon.com
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick