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NEW BOOK CAPTURES THE HISTORY OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

By Mike Johnson on 2014-05-26 10:32:11
The latest book from historian Graham Cawthon of www.TheHistoryofWWE.com focuses on World Championship Wrestling.

Featuring a preface from longtime WCW ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta and a foreword from Bobby Eaton "The History of Professional Wrestling: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994" looks at the entire run of the company from the day Turner Broadcasting purchased Jim Crockett Promotions until 1994, when the promotion would change greatly upon the arrival of the WCW Monday Nitro era.

The promotional details for the book: "Since 2002, The History of WWE.com has served as the premiere online resource for the in- and out-of-the-ring histories of multiple wrestling companies. Now, for the first time in print, you have access to the thousands of dates, cities and ring results that comprise pro wrestling's past. You can now find the hidden gems, the main events that drew thousands and the ones that only drew flies. This fourth volume in "The History of Professional Wrestling" series contains EVERY known result from World Championship Wrestling from 1989 through 1994! Plus, newspaper clippings promoting shows from high school gyms to major pay-per-views; tales from some of the names that played a role in the company at the time including William Regal, Dustin Rhodes, Terry Funk, Scott Hall, and many more! Plus, a preface by the Midnight Express' "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton and a foreward by ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta! Now relive the glory days of WCW's infancy! WCW - We Wrestle!"

For more details and to order Cawthon's books, click here.

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