101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die eBook Samuel 'Plan
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Professional wrestling is not what it once was. Kayfabe is dead; the internet is in full swing; old habits die hard. The time has come to reassess the industry’s identity.
101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die hopes to do just that, challenging orthodox preconceptions of the world’s greatest performance art.
The methodology is simple select 101 matches from WWE history that highlight the most important issues permeating professional wrestling today. But don’t call them match reviews. These are moral, historical, philosophical must-read muses of must-see art that will enrich your experience as a follower of WWE; question your responsibilities as a fan; ponder your right to be a critic; present a new, different way to watch professional wrestling; and, ultimately, challenge your existing ideas of what professional wrestling can be at its very core.
101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die eBook Samuel 'Plan
This book was an instant buy because I'm a sucker for pro wrestling lists, particularly of those "must see" matches. Were this book a simple "here are my favorite matches & a few paragraphs why" extended listicle, as I expected, I would've said "$5 well spent." I just wanted some decent Network match recommendations with their historical context but without excruciating verbal play-by-plays. All good on that front. But this book is much more, using each match on the list to highlight the multitude of aspects of professional wrestling that make it such a captivating performance art. Every obsessive wrestling fan has tried to convince non-fans that wrestling has theatrical substance, that intelligent people can actually like it; and we all know the pain & frustration of failure to do so. Sometimes it gets hard just to convince ourselves of that substance and validate our own fandom. This book provided reassurance that I'm not alone in viewing wrestling through the lens of existentialist melodrama, and that there are those endeavoring to capture our strange love in words and organize them into such a brilliant, well-written book.It's worth mentioning a previous reviewer's comparison to Roland Barthes. Barthes' essay on wrestling as performance art & popular mythology obviously influenced this book and he instantly came to mind reading this. Every writer walks the line between regurgitating what previous experts have already said vs. applying and expanding on those concepts, and in my opinion the author definitely achieved the latter. When my HS English teacher gave me Barthes' essay over a decade ago knowing of my interest, it was fascinating that ideas derived from 50's French wrestling still rang true a half-century later & I wished to see those ideas applied to the modern wrestling I cared about. This book scratches that itch, but because modern wrestling is such a complex beast it goes far beyond what Barthes or anyone has previously said.
That said, to me this didn't read as a cold academic attempt to analyze the thing to death. Others have done that as found in the collection of essays "Steel Chair to the Head," some of which certainly feel like one. Instead this is a book about true passion for wrestling written for smart wrestling fans about some randomly awesome or significant matches and what made them so awesome or significant, and everything is spot on in my opinion. It's a delightful, engaging read filled with witty, intelligent writing. And most importantly the author was never dull nor cynical which is the main challenge in finding decent writing about wrestling.
I could go on and on about how much I love this book. How genius it is that instead of beginning from "wrestling is a performance art & here's why," it presents itself as a list of 101 great matches & "here's how they demonstrate that wrestling really is an art." But if you've made it this far in my review you're already probably a wrestling fan who enjoys reading so there's nothing more that needs to be said other than buy & enjoy!
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101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die eBook Samuel 'Plan Reviews
pretty good book not bad
its a better book than most i
recommend to all fans
very fun t read
not the best though
What do you want from a book about professional wrestling?
I’ll tell you what I want, from the perspective of a fellow pro wrestling enthusiast. I want a book that discusses the pertinent topics that we all love to analyze – the greatest wrestlers, the greatest matches, and the greatest moments – and gives a unique perspective on them; that challenges the way that I think about historical events or the context in which I’d previously viewed various performances. I want a book that readily engages my memory bank and brings to the forefront that which I hadn’t thought about in years. I want to book that reminds me why I spend so much time writing and conversing about pro wrestling.
101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die might well then be the best book that I’ve ever read about pro wrestling…and I’ve pretty much read them all.
It's interesting though. Written in a pseudocademic style ( i.e. pompous prose, but none of the clarity or references which would make it acceptable to a journal).
There is no structure or logic as to which matches are included. They are supposed to offer examples of everything out there or some such. All are relatively recent WWE matches skewing to the last decade, so no room for seminal stuff like Dynamite vs Tiger Mask etc. The author makes some needless backhanded swipes at fans of other wrestling organizations (WCW and ECW).
I enjoyed it.
Really fun book. I would recommend to any fan.
It lists the matches & goes into detail about why it is in that specific position. great read
I became disinterested in the WWE product not too long ago. Nothing really seemed to grab my attention, it just seemed like they were recycling the same things over and over and over.... Then I read this book and I was BLOWN AWAY. I never really thought of wrestling like this before. I damn near read the entire book in a day, and I started looking up those matches on the WWE Network(for only $9.99). Suddenly, watching my favorite matches with the performance art aspect, sucked me right back in and reminded me why I love wrestling. If anyone is feeling down or burnt out with the current WWE product, please, read this book. It’ll help you.
If you love that Max Landis Wrestling Isn't Wrestling video that has millions of hits on YouTube and if it made you get chills a little at the end then this is the book for you.
Seriously I went into this book and the work of the author on Lords of Pain as a pretty standard wrestling fan who enjoyed it sometimes but was constantly frustrated with backstage politics and generally looked at wrestling in a loving yet often negative way. However after absorbing this book it has taught me a new, far more enjoyable way to get lost in the art of professional wrestling that I have always loved but often times been more critical with when my notions of what was 'good' were not met.
If I had to sum it up in one line I'd say that this book helps put emphasis on the fiction of wrestling. The TV show we fell in love with and watch isn't about who has favour backstage or who the company wants to 'get over' it is about fictional characters who fight together and against each other; sometimes they betray each other, sometimes they respect each other, sometimes they fall to their darker desires and sometimes they redeem themselves.
Throughout this book 'Plan will guide you through the matches that exemplify this style of watching and then you can take what you have read and apply it the next time you are watching The Undertaker v Roman Reigns and instead of being disappointed get wrapped up in the story that is being presented.
This book was an instant buy because I'm a sucker for pro wrestling lists, particularly of those "must see" matches. Were this book a simple "here are my favorite matches & a few paragraphs why" extended listicle, as I expected, I would've said "$5 well spent." I just wanted some decent Network match recommendations with their historical context but without excruciating verbal play-by-plays. All good on that front. But this book is much more, using each match on the list to highlight the multitude of aspects of professional wrestling that make it such a captivating performance art. Every obsessive wrestling fan has tried to convince non-fans that wrestling has theatrical substance, that intelligent people can actually like it; and we all know the pain & frustration of failure to do so. Sometimes it gets hard just to convince ourselves of that substance and validate our own fandom. This book provided reassurance that I'm not alone in viewing wrestling through the lens of existentialist melodrama, and that there are those endeavoring to capture our strange love in words and organize them into such a brilliant, well-written book.
It's worth mentioning a previous reviewer's comparison to Roland Barthes. Barthes' essay on wrestling as performance art & popular mythology obviously influenced this book and he instantly came to mind reading this. Every writer walks the line between regurgitating what previous experts have already said vs. applying and expanding on those concepts, and in my opinion the author definitely achieved the latter. When my HS English teacher gave me Barthes' essay over a decade ago knowing of my interest, it was fascinating that ideas derived from 50's French wrestling still rang true a half-century later & I wished to see those ideas applied to the modern wrestling I cared about. This book scratches that itch, but because modern wrestling is such a complex beast it goes far beyond what Barthes or anyone has previously said.
That said, to me this didn't read as a cold academic attempt to analyze the thing to death. Others have done that as found in the collection of essays "Steel Chair to the Head," some of which certainly feel like one. Instead this is a book about true passion for wrestling written for smart wrestling fans about some randomly awesome or significant matches and what made them so awesome or significant, and everything is spot on in my opinion. It's a delightful, engaging read filled with witty, intelligent writing. And most importantly the author was never dull nor cynical which is the main challenge in finding decent writing about wrestling.
I could go on and on about how much I love this book. How genius it is that instead of beginning from "wrestling is a performance art & here's why," it presents itself as a list of 101 great matches & "here's how they demonstrate that wrestling really is an art." But if you've made it this far in my review you're already probably a wrestling fan who enjoys reading so there's nothing more that needs to be said other than buy & enjoy!
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