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1991 WCW World Championship Wrestling Official WCW Trading Cards - FULL BOX
$10.00
1991 FULL BOX OF OFFICIAL WCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TRADING CARDS. BOX IS BRAND NEW, SEALED, MINT CONDITION.

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
$16.99
When I first heard about this book, I wanted to read it. Bret Hart has long been one of my favorite wrestlers and last yar I came across this book and it did not disappoint me.

When I grew up I became a wrestling fan. In the 1980's the WWF seemed to go with ever bigger and more muscular wrestlers. And in retrospect, many couldn't wrestle worth a lick. Bret hart seemed to havi his stuff together as a wrestler and brings this in his writing as well.
He talks about his entire career and is honest. About everything, his family, juicing, his cheating, the partying that takes place in wrestling, about the careers being ended too soon. All in all it gave me a good view of the world I wanted to join once grown up. In retrospect I am glad I never became a wrestler.

World Wrestling Entertainment WWE As Seen On RAW World Tag Team Championship Belt with Adjustable Waist
$29.99
This is a replica and its great for a kid such as my 8 year old. The straps that hold it arund your waist are not very well made. If your child is not looking for something very close to authentic, its a good value for the money.

The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling
$29.95
After watching and enjoying Heroes of World Class I thought it couldn't hurt to order this video. Heroes of World Class was obviously made with a lower budget but in my opinion was the better, more heartfelt of the two videos.

There were little things about this particular video that didn't make sense. Freebirds Jimmy Garvin and Buddy Rogers sat next to Michael Hayes without introduction for quite a while. It is almost impossible to figure out who these gentlemen are after several years away from the spot light. Also in the segment dedicated to Garvin there was no time allotted for his accounts of the storyline.

It bothered me to hear accounts from WCCW from HHH, Shawn Michael's and Jim Ross. I understand wrestlers can wrestle for years as virtual unknowns before being famous. But there were no documentation what so ever of any of these guys in WCCW. Their accounts were useless and didn't make sense to me. Instead I would have preferred to hear from actual members of the WCCW family.

I figured in the WWE DVD version there would be mention of Kerry's' foot coming off at ringside during a match; if indeed the story is true. During this video it's acknowledged that indeed Kerry's' foot was amputated but throughout the rest of the video you see him wrestling. I think to someone who was not as familiar with the story could easily be confused. I'm aware there is only so much time for the video but I figured they could have substituted a few Freebird stories.

Also, both videos say that Mike Von Erich wrote a note to his family, drank several beers and was found in a sleeping bag. But neither video says how while under the influence of drugs, beer and depression her actually drowned himself. The reason he wasn't found for several days had something to do with him having floated down the river.

This is a very tragic story and I wish it didn't have to be told. This video was a bit disappointing because when we buy videos such as this we think we're being told the whole story and I wish this had told a little bit more of the truth.