National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling

Name: National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling
Rating: 4.153846263885498 (26 reviews)

Tim Hornbaker

Jan 2007 · ECW Press

4.2

26 reviews

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300

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About this ebook

In the 1950s, in Las Vegas, a businessmen’s conglomerate dominating a $25 million-a-year sports industry hid their illegal practices from the U.S. Department of Justice until they were caught. The sport that privileged cold hard cash over honest competition was professional wrestling, and the conspirators were members of the famed National Wrestling Alliance.

National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling examines the NWA promoters’ overwhelming success, and the relationships to influential politicians and writers that protected their financial interests for over 50 years. Breaking the façade of sports production, it shows how promoters actually twisted arms to edge out their opponents.

Hornbaker documents the life of the NWA, from its humble beginnings in the Midwest after World War II, to its worldwide expansion. He chronicles the Department of Justice’s investigation, providing sports fans with a never-before-told side of wrestling’s legacy.

The most noteworthy exploits of the National Wrestling Alliance were behind locked doors. Now, the conspiracies of a century-old brand of entertainment will finally be revealed.

Ratings and reviews

4.2

26 reviews

mrwrestlingII

February 15, 2019

Too many facts, not enough storytelling. More like a history book than an untold story. Slightly disappointed with this purchase.

Brent

April 16, 2019

Interesting story about the rise and fall of the National Wrestling Alliance, which once dominated the professional wrestling world.

1 person found this review helpful

Jossph D'Acquisto

June 11, 2016

The story of the National Wrestling Alliance

About the author

Timothy Hornbaker has been a professional-wrestling researcher for 10 years. He lives in Miami.

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