Road Warriors: Danger, Death and the Rush of Wrestling - Softcover

Joe Laurinaitis And Andrew William Wright; Foreword By ""Precious"" Paul Ellering

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9781605425788: Road Warriors: Danger, Death and the Rush of Wrestling

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ISBN 10: 1605425788 ISBN 13: 9781605425788

Publisher: Medallion Press, 2014

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They snacked on danger, dined on death, and lived life on the edge. The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling is the captivating true story of The Legion of Doom: The Road Warriors, presented by Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis. Alongside Mike "Hawk" Hegstrand, Laurinaitis stormed onto the wrestling scene. With a monstrous style and image like no other, the Road Warriors went on to become two of the most influential and celebrated wrestlers the world has ever known. In his first book ever, 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 that is unmatched to this day. Joe takes readers behind the scenes of their most famous matches, including what it was like ...to be twenty feet in the air on the scaffold at Starrcade '86 as it nearly fell apart underneath, to legitimately injure J.J. Dillon during the first War Games at The Great American Bash in 1987, and to witness Hawk so inebriated while fighting in SummerSlam '92, it was miraculous he could even walk.

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Review:

"A riveting memoir that pulls no punches and is every bit as powerful as the pair that once dominated the wrestling scene." --Mike Mooneyham, Post and Courier (March 2011) "In a business where so many copy so many others, the Road Warriors stand tall as originals in both performance and presentation and are undoubtedly the greatest professional tag team wrestling duo of all time." - Powerlifting USA "This excellent book will bring him back, hopefully to the WWE Hall of Fame."- Alan Wojcik, Gerweck.net: Pro Wrestling and MMA News (March 4, 2011) "If you are a fan of The Road Warriors, then you definitely want to read this book. The writing is easy to follow, and once you pick it up, you won't put it down. In the end, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling was a 'rush.'" --Rick Rockwell, The Examiner "An extraordinary tour de force, enthusiastically recommended to wrestling fans in general and Road Warrior fans in particular." --James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review (March 2011) "A unique insight into professional wrestling... Laurinaitis speaks with a welcome candor." -- Publishers Weekly (February 2011)

About the Author:

Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis, best known as Road Warrior Animal, is an internationally recognized professional wrestling superstar, devoted husband, and proud father. Joe, along with late partner Mike Road Warrior Hawk” Hegstrand, also developed the 1990s sporting clothes company Zubaz, popularized by top professional bodybuilders and NFL players. A faithful Christian, he is an avid motivational speaker to youth groups across the United States. Joe currently lives with his wife, Julie, in Minnesota.

Andrew William Wright, a Jersey Shore based producer and award-winning author, produced both The Hardy Show (featuring Matt and Jeff Hardy) and RVD TV (with Rob Van Dam) and has written pieces for several New Jersey newspapers, including specialty features and high school sports for both the Ocean County Observer and the Asbury Park Press.

His first book, which released in 2011, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling,/i>, coauthored with WWE Legend and Hall of Famer Joe Animal” Laurinaitis, is one of Medallion’s best-selling titles, reaching number one on Amazon.com multiple times and led to a major release in Japan.

Wright’s second book, Booker T: From Prison To Promise, penned alongside current WWE Superstar and Hall of Famer Booker T. Huffman, released in 2012. It became an Amazon best seller as well and won a bronze Independent Publisher Book Award in 2013. This success prompted an immediate follow-up, Booker T: My Rise To Wrestling Royalty, which will hit all major retail outlets in late 2014.

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