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As presented by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., the most well-known promoter of professional wrestling, it is hard for the uninitiated to tell.
". . . [A] fascinating history and engaging personal account of pro-wrestling's background figures, center ring personalities, and day-to-day realities. Informed and informative, Headlocks and Dropkicks will prove to be a popular addition to academic and community library Sports & Athletics reference collections, and is especially commended to the attention of non-specialist general readers with an interest in the colorful and raucous world of professional wrestling." - Midwest Book Review - Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Kluch is a sports writer and columnist who previously tackled boxing, professional football and college football, and he underwent his own training program to become a professional wrestler in order to provide general readers with insights into the industry, the personalities and the “tricks of the trade.” The author interviews wrestlers, promoters and bookers to detail the workout regimens, politics and the still popular themes of good vs. evil that define most competitions. Appendices include a glossary of wrestling terminology as well as a critique of modern wrestling publications." - Reference & Research Book News
". . . [A] fascinating history and engaging personal account of pro-wrestling's background figures, center ring personalities, and day-to-day realities. Informed and informative, Headlocks and Dropkicks will prove to be a popular addition to academic and community library Sports & Athletics reference collections, and is especially commended to the attention of non-specialist general readers with an interest in the colorful and raucous world of professional wrestling." - Midwest Book Review - Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Kluch is a sports writer and columnist who previously tackled boxing, professional football and college football, and he underwent his own training program to become a professional wrestler in order to provide general readers with insights into the industry, the personalities and the “tricks of the trade.” The author interviews wrestlers, promoters and bookers to detail the workout regimens, politics and the still popular themes of good vs. evil that define most competitions. Appendices include a glossary of wrestling terminology as well as a critique of modern wrestling publications." - Reference & Research Book News
Ted A. Kluck is the author of Facing Tyson: Fifteen Fighters, Fifteen Stories (2006), Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football (2007), and Game Time: Inside College Football (2007). His work has appeared in many of the most prominent sports publications, including: ESPN the Magazine, Sports Spectrum Magazine, ESPN.com, and several small literary journals. A bi-monthly column for Sports Spectrum Magazine entitled Pro and Con won the Evangelical Press Association award for best standing column.