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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Wrestling
Step back into the ring and recapture the golden days of wrestling
as we look back on the legendary action figures from the early
1990s. Check out the toy line that rocked the world, featuring
wrestling legends such as Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Ric
Flair. As well as lavish illustrations of the heroes and villains
themselves, Kevin Williams follows the story of how these action
figures developed a large number of dedicated followers who have
turned these toys into highly collectible items. A nostalgic
journey back to the heyday of professional wrestling and a golden
era of action figures, this book is sure to delight fans and
collectors both young and old.
'One of the greatest wrestling memoirs I've had the pleasure to
have read... Unladylike was a great reminder of why I fell in love
with wrestling to begin with' Mick Foley Forget what you think you
know about wrestling. In the world of Heather Honeybadger, aka Rana
Venenosa, there are no steroids, no tans, no million-dollar
contracts - there is only lycra, a sweaty underground club and an
unbreakable resilience. From the day that Heather steps into the
ring of the punk wrestling school Lucha Britannia, she finds
herself transformed into a person she never knew she could be. How
do you become a wrestler when you hate sports so much you can't do
a press-up? What makes feminists and wrestlers both mortal enemies
and unlikely best friends? For the first time, an independent
female wrestler talks in depth about how she went from a sad, lost
riot grrrl to an empowered, persevering fighter who has performed
across the world. Unladylike is a feminist romp like no other -
hard-hitting, life-affirming and funny, just like the women who
find themselves in the ring.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Some people are born to be a certain
thing. And I was a born fighter. At the age of eight, Michael
Bisping began his training in martial arts. By the time he was 15,
he was fighting in his first no holds barred competition. When he
turned professional and joined the UFC he was sure about one thing:
only a world championship title would do. A British underdog in the
greatest fighting championship on earth, he spent the next decade
winning some of the championship's most sensational contests to
achieve his dream, becoming the first ever British UFC world
champion in 2016. From his boyhood years learning to fight in the
gyms of Lancashire to his most shocking clashes in the cage, in
Quitters Never Win Bisping tells the raw and unfiltered story
behind his legendary career for the first time, including his
greatest wins, his fiercest rivals and the harrowing injury that
forced him into retirement. As audacious, entertaining and as
candid as the man himself, it's a backstage pass to one of the
world's most extreme sports and an unbridled account of what it
really takes to become a champion, from sleeping in his own car to
reaching the summit of the world's fastest growing sport.
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