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    Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death and Scandal (Paperback) By (author) Irvin Muchnick

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    Short Description for Wrestling Babylon Professional wrestling's most notorious scandals and drug-fueled spectacles are laid out using insider details and investigative journalism in this powerful expose of the sport. Featuring pieces previously published in magazines such as "Penthouse" and "People," this book examines the demise of the old Mafia-like territories, whose wake, with the help of cable television and deregulation, helped f...
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    Title
    Wrestling Babylon
    Subtitle
    Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death and Scandal
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Irvin Muchnick
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 200
    Width: 152 mm
    Height: 229 mm
    Thickness: 11 mm
    Weight: 286 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781550227611
    ISBN 10: 1550227610
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: SPO053000
    Dewey: 796.812
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T15.9
    BICMainSubject: WSTC
    Illustrations note
    30
    Publisher
    ECW Press,Canada
    Imprint name
    ECW Press,Canada
    Publication date
    07 April 2007
    Publication City/Country
    Montreal/CA
    Main description
    Professional wrestling’s most notorious scandals and drug-fueled spectacles are laid out using insider details and investigative journalism in this powerful exposé of the sport. Featuring pieces previously published in magazines such as Penthouse and People, this book examines the demise of the old Mafia-like territories, whose wake, with the help of cable television and deregulation, helped fuel the astonishing growth of professional wrestling. These solemn and thoroughly investigated accounts—of Hulk Hogan’s drug use, the untimely death of Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka’s girlfriend, the ill-fated Von Erich clan, and various scandals associated with World Wrestling Entertainment’s Vince McMahon—go beyond the theatrics to illustrate what really goes on behind the curtain and where the sport now stands.
    Review quote
    "A few hundred years from now some archeologist is going to dig up a copy, alongside a box of men's neckties, and wonder which aspect of our culture was stranger . . . In a world of timid, formulaic scrivenings on sports and entertainment and sports entertainment, "Wrestling Babylon" is a sock on the jaw." --Bert Randolph Sugar, from the Foreword
    Biographical note
    Irvin Muchnick is a writer whose work has appeared in publications ranging from The New York Times to Penthouse. He is the nephew of legendary wrestling promoter Sam Muchnick. He lives in Berkeley, California.