The Legends Of The Ring And The Touching Tributes

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	• Tributes II: Remembering More of the Worlds Greatest Wrestlers (Wrestling Observer) Dave Meltzer Sports Publishing LLC, 2004 - 239 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Another Strong Outing from Dave Meltzer

A solid, well written work for those interested in the real people behind the characters of wrestling. A well considered foreword from Bret Hart showing how far things have come from the "kay fabe" days.
Mr. Meltzer's book puts a very human perspective on the individuals who punish themselves physically and mentally and the unfortunate toll that befalls some of these athletes/entertainers. A very good read for those with even a casual interest in wrestling.

Another Hit

Very well written tributes to some very interesting people in the sports entertainment business. Honest and forthright; this is an excellent collector's item.

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The Legends Of The Ring And The Touching Tributes

Dave Meltzer - through his Wrestling Observer Newsletter - has brought to fans the true business of professional wrestling as seen through the eyes of sources in the corporate boardrooms and the trust he has obtained over the years with wrestlers worldwide.

But pro wrestling has a rich tradition that is oftentimes overlooked or quickly forgotten after a star from yesterday passes away. Some of Meltzer's most powerful writing has been remembering the greats who have passed, as his candid accounts of their lives inside the squared-circle and outside the arena truly brings the legends to life, perhaps for the first and/or last time.

In Tributes II, his second book of profiles from the newsletter, Meltzer includes his articles on Lou Thesz, The Sheik, Johnny Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Rick Rude and Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig, along with an expanded tribute to Andre the Giant.

The forward is written by Bret Hart and the book touches his family in such a tragic way. The lives of his father - Stu Hart - and brother-in-law, Davey Boy Smith, are chronicled by Meltzer, along with a new profile on Bret's brother, Owen Hart, who tragically fell to his death before a sold-out arena and cable TV pay-per-view audience in a risky stunt that went so terribly wrong.

Included in the book is a one-hour DVD where Meltzer provides additional information on the wrestlers. The DVD alone is worth the purchase price.

Each profile is a touching tribute that celebrates the lives of those who entertained with style and class.

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So many greats died so young. WHY?

For Chris Benoit (1967-2007)

Young & strong beautiful one
One that we embraced so close
Is gone
Was torn away

With candles with flowers
He was one of ours
One of ours

Why don't you let him be?
He's gone
We know
Give his mother & father peace
Your vulture's candor
Your casual slander
Will murder his memory
He's gone
We know
And it's nothing but a tragedy

Lay to rest your soul and body
Lay beside your name
Lay to rest your rage
Your hunger and amazing grace

With candles, with flowers
You were one of ours
One of ours

I saw cameras expose your life
I heard rumors explode with lies
I saw children with tears
Cry and crowd around the sight
Of where you had collapsed that day
Where your last breath & word
Had been sighed
Where your heart had burst
Where you had died

I saw how they were lost in grieving
All half-believing you were gone
The loss and pain of it
Crime and the shame of it
You were gone
It was such a nightmare raving,
"how could we save him
From himself?"

(Natalie Merchant - River)

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Tributes II.

I have read Tributes II once in Barnes and Nobles and it was a great read. Professional Wrestling has always lost wrestlers in their prime. This is a perfect example of those we lost to heart failure, overdoses and living the hard life. The exception was Owen Hart, who died very tragically in the ring due to a faulty harness, basically doing what he did best, WRESTLING. As I read the book, and the beautiful tributes by Mr. Meltzer, I shed a few tears and remembered these men we lost as wrestling fans. Two more names can be added to those tributes, as we lost the Big Boss Man in 2004, and Eddie Guerrero in 2005. Although all these men are all in a better place, they never left us, and neither do the memories.

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This detailed chronicle looks at the lives, times, and deaths of the biggest names that the sport of professional wrestling has produced. Picking up where Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers left off, author Dave Meltzer focuses on sports entertainment's most recent and high-profile losses, including Road Warrior Hawk, Curt Henning, Elizabeth, Stu Hart, Tim Woods, Davey Boy Smith, Gorilla Monsoon, Terry Gordy, Wahoo McDaniel, Johnny Valentine, The Sheik, Freddie Blassie, and Lou Thesz. Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Wrestler also offers expanded versions of some of the most popular profiles from Tributes, including Owen Hart, and Andre the Giant. Offering candid and detailed accounts of bona fide wrestling legends and a foreword by Bret Hart, Tributes II takes its place among the most important books ever written on the world of pro wrestling.

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