Overview
A hilarious true story about professional wrestlers and the mayhem they get into on the road. Featuring amazing stories of using The Force, crooked promoters, electrocuted genitals, stolen dreams, and much more. It's a hilarious and heart-breaking collection of stories for anyone who enjoys reading Mick Foley or Tucker Max. Very well done, and at times hilarious. -- Jeff Jarrett The wrestling world is very different from most other aspects of life. Ben has encapsulated the likes of wrestlers, and other shenanigans, perfectly. --Tyson Kidd Any book with a Romeo Adams chapter I have to buy. -- Eric Young Worst Doink Ever. -- Sinn Bodhi Before I became a professional wrestler, everyone told me You're gonna hurt yourself. They were right. But it was worth it. - Ben Nelson Creed **********************************************************This is the funniest, most brutally honest collection of pro wrestling stories you will ever read; all of them are completely unbelievable and completely true. Nelson takes you through his life, the life of a struggling dreamer, as he fights his way up the ranks of professional wrestlers. The text is lucid; the characters raw; and the stories better read about than lived. Think you know what it is like to be a wrestler? Think again. This is stuff you'll never see on TV or read about in any official superstar biography and you probably won't believe that it happened. It did. You couldn't make this shit up. This book is a must-read for any wrestling fan or would-be professional wrestler.
Full Product Details
Author: Ben Nelson Creed
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.268kg
ISBN: 9781507898017
ISBN 10: 1507898010
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 06 February 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Author Information
Ben Nelson is/was/is professional wrestler Nelson Creed. A graduate of SFU and certified English Teacher, Ben spends his weekends wrestling, writing, or walking his dog. He is the author of two books; What Would Shakespeare Say? (2013) and You're Gonna Hurt Yourself(2015). His other ventures include professional wrestling, travel, and blackjack. Ben has appeared in several film and TV projects, including The Jesse Ventura Story, Wrestling Dominion, and Kayfabe He was raised in Victoria, BC and currently lives in North Vancouver, BC.
