Turning the Tables: The Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
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Book Description
ECW was the upstart promotion which revolutionised the wrestling industry. Turning The Tables is the first published history of the company which grew from a run-down bingo hall to become a national pay-per-view competitor... then crashed in a sea of debt.
John Lister (author of Slamthology) gives an independent, objective and informative account that reveals hidden secrets and shatters common myths. From a little-known truth about ECW's most famous feud to a blow-by-blow account of what really happened in Revere, this book will give you the true story behind America's most controversial wrestling group.
About the Author
John Lister has been writing for wrestling publications since 1990, but is best known for his time at commercial magazine PowerSlam.
Turning The Tables is his second book, following Slamthology, a collection of travelogues and articles written between 1991 and 2004.
Among the titles he has written for are Spiked Piledriver, Hulk Who? Wrestling Insight, Suckerpunch, Wrestling Wrap-Up, Moonsault Xtra, Wrestling's Last Hope and Pro Wrestling Press.
He has made several trips to the United States to watch wrestling, attending shows in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, New York, Texas, Ohio, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Washington State.
He is a qualified journalist with a BA in Print Journalism, with bylined pieces in The Mirror, and wrote the three front-page splashes that won the Guardian/NUS Best Newspaper title at the 1998 Student Media Awards.
From 1998-2005 he was press officer and spokesman for Plain English Campaign, an independent pressure group fighting for clearer public information. This work included appearances on BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky News, more than 500 local, national and international radio interviews, and countless press articles including front page pieces in The Times and The Independent.
Turning the Tables: The Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling,John Lister,Exposure Publishing,1905363788,Sports,Sports & Recreation,Wrestling
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