The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling: 100 Years of History, Headlines & Hitmakers

by Kristian Pope

The second edition of this entertaining retrospective of professional wrestling features one thousand new photographs as well as coverage of more than five hundred wrestlers, highlighting ring names, aliases, career highlights, and best matches, as well as famous matches by Andy Kaufman, Muhammed Ali, and others. Original.

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

Kristian Pope, a life-long wrestling fan, began writing about the sport as a teenager and has published numerous wrestling fanzines since the 1980s. He's a journalist, with experience at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dallas Morning News, St. Paul Pioneer Press, and News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Press Sports Editors. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Pope resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with Babe, his English springer spaniel.