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The Death of WCW

By: R.D. Reynolds, Bryan Alvarez
Narrated by: Bryan Alvarez
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What went wrong with WCW?

In 1997, World Championship Wrestling was on top. It was the number-one pro wrestling company in the world, and the highest-rated show on cable television. Each week, fans tuned in to Monday Nitro, flocked to sold-out arenas, and carried home truckloads of WCW merchandise. Sting, Bill Goldberg, and the New World Order were household names. Superstars like Dennis Rodman and KISS jumped on the WCW bandwagon. It seemed the company could do no wrong.

But by 2001, however, everything had bottomed out. The company - having lost a whopping 95% of its audience - was sold for next to nothing to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. WCW was laid to rest.

How could the company lose its audience so quickly? Who was responsible for shows so horrible that fans fled in horror? What the hell happened to cause the death of one of the largest wrestling companies in the world? The Death of World Championship Wrestling is the first book to take listeners through a detailed dissection of WCW's downfall.

©2014 R.D. Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Combat Sports & Self-Defense Wrestling Biographies
Comprehensive History • Behind-scenes Insights • Entertaining Narration • Chronological Storytelling • Detailed Analysis
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I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook. The narration by Bryan Alvarez was well done and did a great job not only entertaining, with the use of sarcasm, but kept me engaged in the life and The Death of WCW. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in wrestling - casual fans and smarks alike.

Well written and narrated book.

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whether you know the history, or don't, watched it happen or lived theough it, this book takes you back and brings you into a world which many fans thought they knew. its a good listen. and some of the things you hear will have you shaking your head more time than not. i love pro wrestling and this book made me appreciate what these guys do in the ring, behind the scenes and in back of the curtain that much more.

a great read for any fan!

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Absolutely amazing!!!!! You will love every second of it. Bryan paints a perfect picture of a very imperfect company and what led to their downfall (:cough: Russo :cough:)

Amazing

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Classic book that's an entertaining read or listen for any wrestling fan, regardless if you grew up during WCW's rise and fall or are a newer fan.

Bryan Alvarez did a fantastic job narrating as well, but anybody who's heard him before would probably already know that going in.

Recommended for any wrestling fan

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This was a great book. I’ve read a few wrestling books and this ranks right up there as one of the best. Bryan Alvarez goes in great depth detailing WCW’s fall and I really appreciate it. I learned a lot. Great narrating too.

Terrific wrestling book

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it's hilarious, snarky, highly informative and downright cathartic to wrestling fans. a must read or listen for everyone who loves the sport.

best wrestling rant book ever

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I watched the Monday night wars as it happened. listening to this gave me a new appreciation for that time.

One of the best book on pro wrestling ever.

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Fond memories of watching WCW and RAW in my teens when wrestling was scorching hot. Excellent performance by Bryan. Wrestling is so weird, beautiful, stupid and awesome.

10 Stars

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This story actually turns out to be the death of professional wrestling. When the competition was gone wrestling became unwatchable. All in all the book was very good and definitely worth a listen.

What they didn’t know back then….

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The book is extremely entertaining, well researched, and insightful.

The only issues are that the writer can be a little pretentious and smarmy at times. Same thing with the narrator.

And the narrator pronounces WCW in a weird way every time. It’s so distracting. It’s like he tries to speed through it since he has to say it so much. So it comes out sounding all slurred.

The narrator slurs WCW everytime he says it and it’s SO distracting.

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