{"product_id":"we-promised-you-a-great-main-event-an-unauthorized-wwe-history-isbn-9780062980847","title":"We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnauthorized. Unrestricted. No\u003cbr\u003eholds barred.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn We Promised You a Great Main\u003cbr\u003eEvent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e longtime sports\u003cbr\u003ejournalist Bill Hanstock pulls back the curtain to give a smart fan’s account\u003cbr\u003eof WWE and Vince McMahon’s journey to the top. Untangling the truth behind the\u003cbr\u003eofficial WWE storyline, Hanstock does a deep dive into key moments of the company’s\u003cbr\u003ehistory, from the behind-the-scenes drama at the Montreal Screwjob, to the\u003cbr\u003ecompany’s handling of the Jimmy Snuka scandal, to the real story of the Monday\u003cbr\u003eNight Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWWE is an extraordinary business success and an underappreciated pop cultural\u003cbr\u003ephenomenon. While WWE soared to prominence during the Hulk Hogan years, as the\u003cbr\u003estakes grew more and more extreme, wrestlers faced steroid scandals and assault\u003cbr\u003eallegations. The whole story is here, good, bad, and ugly, from the heights of iconic\u003cbr\u003ecultural moments like Wrestlemania III to the arrival of global superstars like\u003cbr\u003eThe Rock and John Cena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Promised You a Great Main Event\u003c\/em\u003e is an exhaustive, fun account of\u003cbr\u003ethe McMahon family and WWE’s unprecedented rise. Drawing on a decade of covering\u003cbr\u003ewrestling, Bill Hanstock synthesizes insights from historians, journalists, and\u003cbr\u003eindustry insiders with his own deep research to produce the most up-to-date, entertaining\u003cbr\u003ehistory of WWE available. Full of amazing characters and astonishing stories\u003cbr\u003efrom the ring to corporate boardrooms, it is a story as audacious as any WWE\u003cbr\u003espectacle. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Bill Hanstock loves wrestling more than most people love their families, even though he knows how silly it can be. That's \u003cem\u003eexactly\u003c\/em\u003e the kind of voice you want writing a comprehensive history of the sport, and he nails it, from the early days of the McMahon empire to its future. This is an impressive tome that's required reading for wrestling fans.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant Brisbee, The Athletic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe Promised You a Great Main Event\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating dive into the physical art of modern-day wrestling entertainment and the unbelievable characters who make it work in the ring and the back, and a curiously heartwarming indictment of what neglects we allow in the name of entertainment. Highly recommended for both wrestling and non-wrestling fans alike.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Kluwe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A welcome WWE history that takes us from the very beginning all the way to the new challengers of AEW, streaming wrestling, and COVID-19, Hanstock's (at times personal) history never loses its love for the legend, commitment to the backstory, well-earned heartbreak, and sense of the moral, the metatextual, and the absurd that—to varying degrees—always lie at the heart of loving the squared circle.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeb Lund, former columnist, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Gawker, OOWrestling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bill Hanstock's \u003cem\u003eWe Promised You A Great Main Event\u003c\/em\u003e looks at the complete WWE story with heartfelt nostalgia while still managing to be incisive and deeply analytical about the world of professional wrestling....This may be an \"unauthorized\" history but it's definitive nevertheless.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Dennis Jr., Morehouse Journalism Professor and writer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a ticket to the ridiculous, uniquely American history of WWE, and Bill Hanstock (the funny smart friend who brought you to the show) keeps up a non-stop stream of fascinating, often hilarious, sometimes disturbing backstory as an endless parade of larger-than-life characters charge into the ring.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDC Pierson, author, The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep And Never Had To\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889333498085,"sku":"NP9780062980847","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062980847.jpg?v=1730231030","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/we-promised-you-a-great-main-event-an-unauthorized-wwe-history-isbn-9780062980847","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}