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And, hey, apologies in advance.
The STRAP: A Complete History of Sam Muchnick's Missouri State Championship
The definition of a biography is "the account of someone's life written by someone else." This book isn't about "someone's" life, but author Roger Deem does bring life to the story of the Missouri championship belt, the "crème de la crème" of professional wrestling's title belts, second only to the world heavyweight title. Deem covers everything about the title, from the creation of the belt in 1972 to its demise with the death of the St. Louis Wrestling Club in 1987.
Held by legendary superstars like Harley Race, Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Jack Brisco, Ted DiBiase, Bob Backlund, Dick Murdoch, Kerry Von Erich, David Von Erich, and many others, the Missouri title was what every wrestler who appeared in St. Louis hoped to win, and each titleholder has been given a section of their own.
But this book isn't only about the title. It's a look at the history of the St. Louis wrestling promotion itself during the time the title was in use; the genius of promoter Sam Muchnick; the behind-the-scenes manipulations that determined who would be given the opportunity to hold the title, or have it taken away; and the problems that beset the promotion both from within and without.
Several of the wrestlers who held or wrestled for the title Kevin Von Erich, Ted DiBiase, Jerry Brisco, Bob Backlund, Ric Flair, Dory Funk Jr., Terry Funk, Harley Race, and Ken Patera as well as others close to the promotion, weigh in on the subject by sharing their memories of the times, and, in many respects, the most important contribution to the story come from Larry Matysik, someone who never wrestled, but was a key figure in the offices of the St. Louis Wrestling Club.
Also included are: listings and descriptions of every match wrestled when the Missouri title was at stake, the television matches in which the champion wrestled on the famous "Wrestling at the Chase" television program, reprints of the "Wrestling" arena program covers, and over 150 photos and images of the wrestlers and the events that took place during that time.
Deem attacks the subject from the viewpoint of a fan who was on the outside of the wrestling business looking in and a photographer on the fringe who made friends with many of the personalities who graced the wrestling ring in both Kiel Auditorium and the St. Louis Arena.
Relive the memories of the days when St. Louis was the wrestling capital of the world and the Missouri heavyweight title was the goal of every wrestler.
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is CZW still a thing?
I saw that - might give it a go when I order Thesz's book. I know jack squat about St. Louis wrestling.
I think I'm going to get my dreamcast out.
I wish my Dreamcast still worked...the laser died. Which was the cause of death of the previous 3 DC's I owned. Such weak build quality for such an awesome console. Really wish I could play some Garou right about now
Also, Blue Stinger! Super underrated game. And Under Defeat, best shooter on the system. Thankfully it got a HD re-release a few months back.
WWE.com just ruined the chances of Paul Heyman making a new Dangerous Alliance. Sorry IWC.
http://wwe.me/hl0og
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My work blocks wwe.com. Any chance someone could give a quick summary?
"Is Paul Heyman making another Dangerous Alliance?" basically since they say it, it can't happen.
Garou is what XBLA is for brah. My launch unit still runs great, lucky me.
I don't know what the hell you mean by Blue Stinger being super underrated. It was bad, but had Sega style. I guess it still deserves a lot of shit...but not as much as it gets.
It's underrated because everyone seems to dislike it except me, lol. It may be nostalgia talking, but I got a lot of fun from Blue Stinger - it was the game I turned to once the 'wow' factor had worn off of Sonic Adventure & Soul Calibur.
As for Garou, fuckers won't release it on PSN
Man, been a crap 24 hours or so....
Hope things get better soon.
They can only get better! You're here in the midst of your pals.
Here, have a video guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfZjS4P4Ws
(if you like odd shit)
Man, been a crap 24 hours or so....
Hope things get better soon. I'm really down...
Thank you for that...
You gotta go multiplat man. And Blue Stinger's thrills on launch (which I was fortunate enough to be in the midst of, I love my DC most of all systems, the best) couldn't match SC's and House of the Dead 2's. Man, I was one happy ass guy.
I remember the day Shenmue released. I planned ahead and bought food and holed up, ready to be a part of this amazing experience. And it WAS!
Man, been a crap 24 hours or so....
Hope things get better soon. I'm really down...
I need to start my own wrestling news site, that's where the big bucks are.
Mr. Sandman said:I fully expect Jon Davis to take the FIP title.
Sunflower said:You gotta go multiplat man.
I dunno...it sounds like a lot of work. I mean, you have to spend practically all week making up Hot Scoopz for the front page, recording podcasts where you disinterestedly complain about the weeks Wrasslin' programming and then you probably need to do the same for MMA to even keep people coming to the site. I don't know how Dave does it.
I did, but too many RROD'ed 360's made me abandon Microsoft for Sony. Now I only have a JP 360 for bullet hell shmups. Ah well, I can still load up Garou on MAME, I guess.
Yeah, they need to start making Davis look strong after suffering loss after loss to Gargano. Also, Uhaa's back? Awesome.
Hmm you're right, I'd have to actually watch Raw and stuff I dunno if I could deal with that. I could make vague statements like I watched it though, nobody would be able to tell the difference!
Hmm you're right, I'd have to actually watch Raw and stuff I dunno if I could deal with that. I could make vague statements like I watched it though, nobody would be able to tell the difference!
For the podcast you could just read posts from this thread in a bunch of different voices. Make sure to introduce all the voice as Jay in Philly, Steve in New York, etc. to give that live radio feel.
Hang in there buddy, I know that feeling sometimes.
Can we do a wrestling podcast? Or a wrestling GAF site?
It prolly wouldn't last a week but it still be fun to try!
I just have to go to the Doc for a follow up. It just sucks.
I always assume the worst. Hoping I can laugh about it later.
I honestly think if we wanted to, we could start a VERY good pro wrasslin' wiki.
Basically log all matches for all shows ever, offer the option to do writeups of particular shows, let members add to these along with youtube/dailymotion/etc links to the matches in question.
Pretty much to the point where if you want to see the results, opinions, and video of a match from WCCW in 1987, you could see the results and opinions and any existing footage.
Basically think of it like strobogo's WCW reviews, but split up and easy to search.
Logging all matches for all shows ever would be so damn hard. There is no way I can do that.
However, what I always wanted to do is have us all review a show. Say SummerSlam 98. Give our thoughts on matches, build up, what was right/wrong, etc.
A personal goal of mine is just to gif everything. For example, you pick an episode of Raw from March in 1996. What you have is the show in gifs. Just the cool spots and a gif showing who won. Have a nice resource for all of that. Look at that Rhyno gif that has been posted recently. There are tons of great moments like that just waiting to be discovered via a gif.
Sure. If we do nothing with it, I will reimburse you with cash.