Blood, Tables and Chairs
Blood, Tables and Chairs
A back jarring, bone breaking, bloody look at life on the road as an independent professional wrestler. A combat veteran of Desert Storm, Marine, Dennis McHawes, left the military and began his battles in the squared circle. He enters the brutal, secretive and sometimes hilarious world of professional wrestling. From packed arenas to empty banquet halls, The Drill Instructor takes you through a career that span the better part of 9 years and thousands of miles. It is an honest look of how the business works and the people that make up one of America’s favorite hobbies. This explores the dark side of wrestling as well as bright, comical side of what happens in the ring. The story is told from a unique perspective that is rarely told, the guy trying to make it and having short trips to the big stage and then returning to the small venues. The travels include spots around the entire Midwest and the names are some of the biggest in the sport today and yesterday. A must read for the wrestli
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Comment by Matt Murphy, Author of THE SOMEBODY OBSESSION...
Read the whole book on Kindle, ordered print copy,
In Blood, Tables and Chairs, author Dennis McHawes gives readers an inside look at the subculture of independent pro wrestling, where combatants with dreams of stardom ply their trade in small arenas for little-to-no pay.
McHawes wrestled across the Midwest, most notably for former world champion Harley Race’s promotion, and earned some big-time opportunities. He shares stories of life in the ring and on the road, exposes some of the best and worst sides of the business, and recalls his experiences with some of the biggest names in wrestling in an honest, plain-spoken, and entertaining way.
I definitely recommend this book. I bought it on Kindle, read it all in one sitting, and ordered the print copy. McHawes is a great storyteller who kept me, as a reader, flipping pages.
I can’t wait for Volume II.
Give this book a chance. You won’t be disappointed.
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|Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:55 pm