WWE Encyclopedia Book

The Icon · 29-03-2009, 06:02 PM

Book Description:

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Step into the ring and get up close and personal with the superstars of WWE! Experience the excitement of WWE in this definitive slam-by-slam look at the ultimate wrestling experience. Get detailed histories on all of the championships, profiles of your favourite wrestlers past and present and take a look at all the incredible wrestling moves you have ever seen. Plus, come face to face with your favourite WWE stars including John Cena, The Rock, Kane, Triple H and many more. It's what every WWE fan has been waiting for.

Buy It:

UK: £16.99 (Amazon UK)
USA: $28.67 (Amazon USA)

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Review @ Wrestling 101:

WWE Encyclopedia Book Review

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I pawed through the new WWE Encyclopedia book tonight at Barnes and Noble, and I must say I'm impressed. This book is thorough, covering just about everything of importance in the companies history, and profiling nearly every single wrestler / gimmick to appear, including one shots like Friar Ferguson and Phantasio, and Ed Leslie's unidentified masked character that appeared twice and vanished. I'm sure someone will eventually come up with a list of everyone who was ommited, but just from my quick look through the book, TL Hopper and Jim Neidhart's "Who" character are absent, which I find odd seeing how they were at least as noteworthy as Battle Kat or Freddy Joe Floyd, both of whom do appear. Velvet Macentyre is also absent from the book, and she held the Women's title! Other than that however, I couldn't find anyone else they had missed, regardless of obscurity.

It even has a half page for Chris Benoit, but the blurb just ends with basically "He won the World Title at WM XX, and after losing to Orton, he stayed in top contention for the next few years".

**Darkstar** · 30-03-2009, 06:23 PM

Well if this mentions Dynamite I may buy it.

JamesMXPX · 30-03-2009, 06:28 PM

I was interested in this. How much will it set me back?

The Icon · 30-03-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesMXPX

I was interested in this. How much will it set me back?

Sorry I didn't check the price as at that time I didn't plan to buy. Dynamite is in of course.

ScottyB · 30-03-2009, 06:44 PM

It's £16 with free postage and packaging on amazon.

Y2James · 30-03-2009, 07:00 PM

Encyclopideas are pretty much pointless since the invention of the internet, although this looks decent for 16 pounds.

Da Showstoppa · 31-03-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ScottyB

It's £16 with free postage and packaging on amazon.

May have to invest then.

**Saz** · 31-03-2009, 05:11 PM

I have been sent a copy from the publisher to review on Wrestling101, just waiting on the cover image they are going to send me and I will send my review to Kam to pop up.

It has dymnamite, but don't expect long life descriptions and it is very corporate image.

Da Showstoppa · 01-04-2009, 05:43 PM

Of course I think we're all missing the big question:

Does it have an entry about the Mountie?

Laffy · 01-04-2009, 05:51 PM

Apparently and i have no idea if it is true i read it on Wrestlezone. Benoit was not meant to be in the book but they forgot to take him out which is why he is in it.

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