Wrestling Rewritten: Reimagining Professional Wrestling’s Greatest Missteps and What-Ifs

by BJ Pickard

What if the Montreal Screwjob hadn’t happened? What if the WCW Invasion would have worked? What if John Cena had turned heel? In Wrestling Rewritten, award-winning sports writer and lifelong pro wrestling fan BJ Pickard tackles some of professional wrestling's most often discussed and debated instances of what might have been. Through both historical and counterfactual examinations of the industry’s seminal angles and events over the last quarter-century, Wrestling Rewritten is an entertaining and informative read for fantasy bookers and casual fans alike.

399 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 13, 2021

About the author

BJ Pickard is a veteran athletics administrator and executive in the sports industry. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (B.A.) and the University of Washington (M.Ed.), his career has included stops with the Philadelphia 76ers, Arena Football League (AFL), and Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). In 2018, Pickard was recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as the recipient of the Best in Nation award for Event Coverage at the record-setting Saint John’s University versus University of St. Thomas college football game at Target Field in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Pickard currently serves as the Associate Commissioner of the MIAC (NCAA Division III), the Assistant Director of the National College Athlete Honor Society (Chi Alpha Sigma), and the Executive Director of Pick-6 Scouting; however, his favorite title is “dad.”