WrestleCrap
Derrière les paillettes et les muscles, la catch se révèle parfois absurde, voire caricatural. WrestleCrap plonge dans les pires idées, personnages et scénarios qui ont marqué l’histoire du catch, entre rires et incrédulité.
WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling examines some of the ridiculously horrible characters and storylines that pro wrestling promoters have subjected their fans to over the past twenty years. Why would any sane person think that having two grown men fight over a turkey was actually a reasonable idea? Was George Ringo, the Wrestling Beatle, really the best gimmick that a major promotional organization could come up with? And who would charge fans to watch a wrestler named the Gobbeldy Gooker emerge from an egg?
In an attempt to answer such questions and figure out just what the promoters were thinking, authors Randy Baer and R.D. Reynolds go beyond what wrestling fans saw on the screen and delve into the mindset of those in the production booth. In some instances, the motivations driving the spectacle prove even more laughable than what was actually seen in the ring.
Covering such entertainment catastrophes as an evil one-eyed midget and a wrestler from the mystical land of Oz, not to mention the utterly comprehensible Turkey-on-a-Pole match (a gimmick which AWA fans might recall), WrestleCrap is hysterically merciless in its evaluation of such organizations as the WCW and the WWF. This retrospective look at the wrestling world's misguided attempts to attract viewers will leave wrestling fans and critics alike in stitches.
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In an attempt to answer such questions and figure out just what the promoters were thinking, authors Randy Baer and R.D. Reynolds go beyond what wrestling fans saw on the screen and delve into the mindset of those in the production booth. In some instances, the motivations driving the spectacle prove even more laughable than what was actually seen in the ring.
Covering such entertainment catastrophes as an evil one-eyed midget and a wrestler from the mystical land of Oz, not to mention the utterly comprehensible Turkey-on-a-Pole match (a gimmick which AWA fans might recall), WrestleCrap is hysterically merciless in its evaluation of such organizations as the WCW and the WWF. This retrospective look at the wrestling world's misguided attempts to attract viewers will leave wrestling fans and critics alike in stitches.
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WrestleCrap offre un regard unique et décalé sur l’univers du catch, en révélant les pires idées, personnages et scénarios jamais imaginés par les promoteurs. Ce livre est une source inépuisable de divertissement pour les fans de catch, mais aussi pour tous ceux qui aiment rire des excès de la culture populaire. Une lecture qui mêle humour, nostalgie et analyse critique.
Le livre explore les gimmicks les plus ridicules, les storylines les plus incompréhensibles et les personnages les plus improbables de l’histoire du catch. Il s’intéresse aussi aux motivations des promoteurs et aux réactions des fans face à ces choix audacieux, souvent désastreux. Un mélange d’humour et d’analyse qui met en lumière les excès de la WWE, WCW et autres fédérations.
WrestleCrap s’adresse avant tout aux fans de catch, qu’ils soient nostalgiques des années 80-90 ou simples curieux. Mais il séduira aussi les amateurs de culture populaire, d’humour absurde et de récits insolites. Aucun besoin d’être un expert : l’ouvrage est accessible à tous, même aux néophytes.
Avec ce smartbook, vous pourrez interroger directement le texte sur les pires gimmicks de l’histoire du catch, les scénarios les plus fous, ou encore les réactions des fans face à ces moments mémorables. Demandez-lui aussi des anecdotes sur les promoteurs, les catcheurs ou les fédérations les plus critiquées. Une façon interactive de revivre les moments les plus drôles et les plus improbables du catch !
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