Straight from the Hart / Bruce Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, Bruce, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wrestlers--Canada--Biography.

Wrestlers.

Wrestling--Alberta--History.

Wrestling.

Hart, Bruce, 1951-.

Hart, Bruce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ont. : ECW Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bruce Hart is the son of legendary wrestler and promotor Stu Hart and a member of what may be wrestling's true first family. Here, he reveals what it was like growing up in a house where men like Andre the Giant and Killer Kowalski might be sat at the breakfast table. He also reveal what it was like to be trained by his father. A no-holds-barred account of the often surreal, physically and psychologically brutal and politically cut-throat world of professional wrestling that fans everywhere - from the most casual or sceptical observer to the most rabid, hardcore aficionado - have truly been waiting for. Hart gets to the heart of the wrestling business, taking readers behind the scenes to discuss how wrestling should be booked, the toll steroids and other drugs have taken on his friends and family and what it was like to write his brother Bret's columns while The Hitman was on the road.

Contents:

Front Cover

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Foreword

1: As Far Back as I Can Remember...

2: Back in the Day

3: Saturday Mornings Coming Down

4: Sam the Sham

5: Riches to Rags

6: The Big Comeback

7: A Whole New Outlook

8: The Stomper

9: The Summer of '69

10: "A Skinny, Wet Behind the Ears Punk

11: Making My Debut

12: Bumps in the Road

13: Wasting Away in Jabroneyville

14: Not Getting It

15: The English Revolution

16: Dynamite

17: Oktoberfest

18: You've Got to Pay Your Dues

19: Half Nelson

20: Hawaiian Punch

PHOTO SECTION 1

21: Taking the Book

22: Silencing the Critics

23: Glory Days

24: Wake-Up Call

25: The Asian Invasion

26: The Caribbean Caper

27: Bad News

28: The Great Stomper/"Bad News" Allen Debacle

29: Play It Again, Sam

30: Down Under

31: On the Threshold

32: Grasping at Straws

33: Kick-Starting the Promotion, Again

34: Remember the Corral

35: The Young Guns

36: Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure

37: "Having Too Much Fun

38: The Great Crash of '88

39: The Dinosaur

40: Masters of Disaster

41: The Northwest Nightmare

42: Throwing in the Towel

43: Farewell, Neverland

44: "Only the Good Die Young

45: Hitman's Ghost

46: Trials and Tribulations

47: "There, Dignity Begins

48: The Saskatchewan Mirage

PHOTO SECTION 2

50: The "Really Big" Story Line

51: The Hart Attack Tour

52: Drugs, 'Roids 'n' Wrestling

53: A Night to Remember

54: More Fun and Games

55: The Not So Big Apple

56: The Raw Deal

57: Another One Bites the Dust

58: The Infamous Montreal Screwjob

59: PMS

60: Reviving the Franchise

61: Owen

62: Battle Lines Drawn

63: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

64: The Disorder of the Order of Canada

65: A House Divided.

66: The Triple Threat Dogfight with No Winners

67: Bret's Stroke

68: The World According to Stu

69: Passing the Torch

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781770900042

1770900047

9781770900035

1770900039