HBK
I don’t know how many people out there who stop by this little place of mine are wrestling fans, but I’m sure there are a few.
The SGM and I have been fans for years — going through dry spells of not watching — then fascination and can’t miss it. Right now we’re in a dry spell. Since the buy out of WCW by WWE, the lack of real competition out there has caused WWE to not have to work as hard for their fans (our opinions). We do watch on occasion, but to be honest – the T&A is not necessary or adds to the show. And how many times can you listen to The King ooh and aah over “puppies”?
Anyway … the SGM surprised me with an extra book for Christmas.
Heartbreak & Triumph : The Shawn Michaels Story. A lot of the reason for the book purchase is that Shawn Michaels is from the old school of wrestling. Honor was still in play in and out of the ring. Wrestlers worked together to make a great show. Shawn Michaels came from that old school.
From the blurb on Amazon.com:
… the side “HBK” has allowed you to see…until now. Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story introduces us to Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (“Everyone called me Shawn”
, the youngest of four children whose “really conservative upbringing” made him shy and “afraid that people wouldn’t like me if I showed who I really was.” But upon discovering Southwest Championship Wrestling (SWCW) on TV one Saturday night, the preteen Hickenbottom realized instantly what he wanted to become, and years later would convince his father — a colonel in the U.S. Air Force — to let him drop out of college and pursue his dream.
The book is a “can’t put” down read. I was pleasantly surprised how absorbed I was and both of us finished it in 2 sittings each.
You learn not only the history of Shawn, but the basics of what wrestling was. From his highs to lows and what brought him to God is a read that I would recommend anyone take up – fan or not.
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1Redoubt
wrote on 25 January 2006 at 13:44
I don’t really have much use for pro wrasslin as it is presented today. I’ve lambasted it fairly often over at Sin City. But there was a time that I was a fan.
Back in the 60s and 70s, I used to pay a lot of attention to it and knew a few of wrestlers… well, not quite personally, but close enough to where they would usually say ‘hello’ to me after a match as they were either walking… or being carried out, lol!
I remember quite well sitting in Morrison’s Cafeteria in Savannah, circa 1969, and seeing “Butcher†Vachon a few tables away. I was granted a brief leave from dinner so I could get his autograph… and kept it as a keep-sake until about 1981 when it was lost in a move…
You’re right… there was a degree of honor and fair play back then… something that I don’t see at all in the contemporary version.