IWD Posted January 7, 2004 Report Posted January 7, 2004 I read this quite a while ago, perhaps a year or thereabouts. I thought it was quite good. Anyone else have any thoughts on it?
OldSchoolWrestling Posted January 7, 2004 Report Posted January 7, 2004 Many have blasted it for some inaccuracies but it is one of my favorite wrestling books and I could not put it down.
Guest Dynamite Kido Posted January 7, 2004 Report Posted January 7, 2004 Are the inaccuracies as bad as talked about?
OldSchoolWrestling Posted January 7, 2004 Report Posted January 7, 2004 The book gets dates wrong and some stories you will know to be inaccurate but I still think it is a very good read and learned a lot of things that I didn't know before.
Matt Young Posted January 7, 2004 Report Posted January 7, 2004 I purchased it on a trip to Arizona in August of 2002. It was a good book, not as entertaining as, say, a WWE wrestler autobiography, but as far as non-WWE produced wrestling books go, it's the best I've read yet. I read the thing straight through on the plane ride home.
IWD Posted January 8, 2004 Author Report Posted January 8, 2004 The best wrestling book ever is still Pure Dynamite.
Guest Dynamite Kido Posted January 8, 2004 Report Posted January 8, 2004 The best wrestling book ever is still Pure Dynamite.
Guest drdrainoscott Posted January 8, 2004 Report Posted January 8, 2004 The chapter in Chokehold by Jim Wilson about Vince McMahon is so much more informative than Sex Lies and Headlocks it isn't even funny. I would strongly suggest checking out that book, as I have learned a great deal of wrestling history. Great stuff...
TheFranchise Posted January 8, 2004 Report Posted January 8, 2004 It would be good for a mark trying to get the 'smart' view on things.. but if you have 'net access, then you are gaurenteed to know most of it already. Good read though. And, Pure Dynamite - yes, STILL the best.
Steviekick Posted January 9, 2004 Report Posted January 9, 2004 It was a really good read and I couldn't put it down. A few errors here and there, but they were excusable.
Masked Man of Mystery Posted January 9, 2004 Report Posted January 9, 2004 What is it about, specifically?
OldSchoolWrestling Posted January 9, 2004 Report Posted January 9, 2004 What is it about, specifically? From Amazon.com: Book Description From the cable television ratings to the bestseller lists, professional wrestling is red-hot. How it got that way is not a pretty picture, but it’s one that is painted in more detail than ever before in Sex, Lies, and Headlocks, the first in-depth, journalistic look at the world of wrestling. At the heart of the story is Vince McMahon, the mercurial owner of the World Wrestling Federation. The authors trace his beginnings as the forgotten son of a second-generation wrestling czar who left rural North Carolina to stake his own claim to the family business. They detail his early, ruthless genius in declaring war on the old territory czars who had grown fat and lazy. And they show how his first brush with fame in the 1980s with Hulk Hogan and Cyndi Lauper sowed the seeds for the drug and sex scandals that nearly toppled his empire in the 1990s. They also tell us the inside story of McMahon’s blood feud with Ted Turner, adding some surprising details about the two men’s quests to ruin each other. Throughout the book, the authors examine the appeal of the industry’s biggest stars—including Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Gorgeous George, Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, and, most recently, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock. In doing so, they show us that while WWF stock is traded to the public on Wall Street, wrestling remains a shadowy world guided by a century-old code that stresses secrecy and loyalty. Sex, Lies, and Headlocks is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the history, personalities, back-stabbing, scandals, and high-stakes gambles that have made Vince McMahon the king of the ring and wrestling an enduring television phenomenon.
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