The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadians

by Greg Oliver

Book Overview

The Canucks worthy of a spot in the pro wrestling hall of fame

Bret Hart, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Chris Benoit... did you know they were Canadian? By population, no other country on Earth has sent as many top performers to the upper echelon of the squared circle. But to this day, the origins of these superstars have been hidden or played down by promoters -- Canada has been the dark secret of professional wrestling. But everything's about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550225316
• ISBN13: 9781550225310
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Greg Oliver is Tops

I must say I have read all of Greg Olivers wrestling related books and the guy is tops in his profession when it comes to Pro Wrestling and knowledge of its culture, of the sport and colorful characters. Greg does his homework and these books will and should be used as reference books on the sport for a long long time. I recommend this book and all his others to anybody.

Count Grog- Wrestling manager/promoter

Greg Oliver's The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadains is a informative look a the wrestling greats that have called Canada their home. My only complaint is I wish it was another 100 pages longer. The top Canadian Wrestlers of all time are given several pages each and the author goes in depth into their careers. Such stars as Whipper Billy Watson, Killer Kowalski, Mad Dog Vachon and Gene Kiniski are among the Canadain greats that we learn pages of highlights of their careers. The great Families in Canadain wrestling like the Rougeaus, The Harts and Vachons get good coverage. No book on Canadain Wrestling History could be written without mentioning Jack Britton and his midget wrestlers. Little Beaver and Sky Low Low get the extra coverage as they deserve. The rest of the book gives short biographies that range from a few paragraphs to several pages. Here Greg covers the next teer of Canadain stars like Gilles Poisson, Billy Red Lyons and Rocky Johnson. Chapters are devoted to Managers, Tv commentators and adopted Canadains like Sweet Daddy Siki, Baron Scicluna and Wolfman Willie Farkas (Who I got to meet in September 2004 in Toronto and is a great guy. Even the Canadain stars of today like Chris Benoit, Chris Jerico and Steve Corino get biographic thumnails of their careers. I highly reccomend this book for the wrestling history buffs out there. Excellent resource for the who's who in Canadain wrestling history.