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Author
Publisher
ECW Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Documenting the rise of women's wrestling from sideshow to WWE main event. Sisterhood of the Squared Circle presents the fascinating history of women's wrestling, from the carnival circuit of the late 1800s to today's hugely popular matches. With more than 100 wrestler profiles, find out how backstage politics, real-life grudges, and incredible personalities shaped the business. The careers of many well-known trailblazers, including Mildred Burke,...
Publisher
WWE Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When a guaranteed opportunity to compete for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship hangs high above the ring, WWE Superstars must compete against each other in a multi-Super Ladder Match to take their careers to the next level on their path to WWE Championship gold." --
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era when a petite midwesterner used her beauty and brawn to dominate America's most masculine sport. At only five feet two, Mildred Burke was an unlikely candidate for the ring. A waitress barely scraping by on Depression-era tips, she saw...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1953 and seventeen-year-old Leonie Putzkammer is cartoonishly tall and curvaceous, destined to spend the rest of her life waiting tables and living with her widowed father Franz in their Philadelphia row house. Until the day legendary wrestling promoter Salvatore Costantini walks into the local diner and offers her the chance of a lifetime. Leonie sets off for Florida to train at Joe Pospisil's School for Lady Grappling. There, she transforms...
8) Crazy is my superpower: how I triumphed by breaking bones, breaking hearts, and breaking the rules
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that I've been labeledSHORT, NERDY, SKINNY, WEAK, IMPULSIVE, UGLY, TOMBOY, POOR, REBEL, LOUD, FREAK, CRAZYturned out to be my greatest strengths. I didn't become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them. Growing up AJ was a quiet girl trying to act "normal" when she felt anything but. As her family struggled with drug addiction, poverty, and...
10) Incomparable
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A raw, honest, and revealing co-memoir by Brie and Nikki Bella: twin sisters, WWE Hall of Fame inductees, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and stars of the hit E! shows Total Bellas and Total Divas."--Dust Jacket.
11) Beth Phoenix
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and career of the wrestling star, from her early years to her success in the WWE.
12) Charlotte Flair
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of Charlotte Flair and how she has worked to make a name on her own and become a dominant force in the women's division.
14) Bucket nut
Author
Series
Eva Wylie ; 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
©1993.
Language
English
Description
In this first book in the Eva Wylie series, Eva cuts a swathe through London low-life. Big, ugly and irresistible, she's a female wrestler with criminal tendencies and large pectorals. When she's not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, she's a security guard living in a breaker's yard.
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Zoya the Destroya, Liberty Belle, the rest of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (and Sam, of course), find out there's no such thing as 'free' when they face off against new opponents: real lady wrestlers."--Provided by publisher.
18) Bayley
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of Bayley and how she grew up to become the sparkly personality she is today, including her training, her time at companies other than the WWE, and her greatest achievements.
19) Musclebound
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The out-of-work English wrestler, Eva Wylie, has a drink too many and steals a car containing a bag of money. It's the start of the good life, until the owner comes looking for it. But is he really the owner, or just another thief?
20) Ronda Rousey
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A photo-illustrated biography for early readers on UFC champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey. Describes her childhood, her early skill in judo and how she became the first woman to compete for and win the UFC title. Includes a fact sheet with highlighted accomplishments, glossary, books, and websites"--
