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The Road Warriors : danger, death, and the rush of wrestling / by Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis ; with Andrew William Wright ; foreword by "Precious" Paul Ellering.

by Laurinaitis, Joe.

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[St. Charles, Ill.] : Medallion Press, 2011.

Laurinaitis, Joe.

Hegstrand, Michael.

Wrestling -- History -- United States

Wrestlers -- United States -- Biography.

9781605421421 (hbk.)

1605421421 (hbk.)

368 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Foreword: Monsters of the Midway / Paul Ellering -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Animal's abridged prehistory -- Bouncing around and taking a chance -- Education of a road warrior -- Assault on Georgia Championship Wrestling -- Destroy everything that moves -- Unleashed on the AWA -- Boom of professional wrestling -- Face-to-face with Vince -- Getting hitched, being cloned, and spiking our image -- Snacking on danger and dining on eeath -- Scaling dizzying heights -- Golden age of Jim Crockett Promotions and the NWA -- And it all comes crumbling down -- When one door closes, smash yourself a new one -- Legion of doom dominates the WWF -- Hawk soars too close to the sun -- Resurrection of the road warriors -- Our continuing journey into the unknown -- Spiritual rebirth and the end of an era -- Laurinakis legacy -- Afterword: The it factor.

"Joe 'Animal' Laurinaitis shares his perspective of the dangers of being in the ring, the death of his lifelong friend and tag team partner 'Hawk,' and the rush of leaving a legacy in tag team wrestling unmatched to this day"--From publisher description.

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