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Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s

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Shields' book is really informative and entertaining. It's filled with pictures and stories behind the stories.

It begins with a chronology, encompassing great photos and events for for easy reference.

A great gift for anybody interested in wrestling.

If you have a young fan in your life that doesn't know a lot about the 1980s WWF, this is a perfect little item to give them. The WWE went into detail to try and give a pefect summary of all of the major stars that helped defined the decade, point out major angles and title changes. This book and WWE Legends are two must haves if you're just getting into watching the exciting action that takes place on WWE Programing every Monday, Tuesday and Friday Nights

THE MAIN EVENT IS A GREAT LOOK AT WHEN THE WWE REALLY TOOK OFF IN POPULARITY. THE WWE WENT TO CABLE TV AND WRESTLING TOOK OFF. IT COVERS ALL THE WRESTLEMANIAS, MEN'S WOMEN'S AND TAG TEAM CHAMPS ALONG WITH ALL THE MANY WRESTLERS WHO HELP MADE THE WWE SO POPULAR BACK IN THE 80'S. FROM ROWDY RODDY, HULKSTER, STUDD AND ANDRE IT'S ALL HERE IN THIS BOOK. MANY OF THE SUPERSTARS ARE GIVEN A 2 OR 3 PAGE DETAILED LOOK AT THEIR CAREER AND WHERE THEY ARE NOW. I WANTED MORE AFTER I READ THIS. I REALLY ENJOYED THE NOSTALGIA IT BROUGHT BACK ESPECIALLY THE MR T AND CYNDY LAUPER HYPE IT BROUGHT BACK IN THE MID 80'S. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR ALL WRESTLING FANS. A GREAT BUY.

I can't believe all of the good reviews I read about this book. I grew up in the 80s & 90s as a hardcore WWF fan. The people that gave this book 5 stars, must be recluse to the power of the Internet. All of the information that is in this book is almost exactly what you can find on Wikipedia. Sadly, Wikipedia is even more in depth than this book.

I honestly believe the 80s were the greatest decade in entertainment, but this book does NO JUSTICE to WWF during that time! I read the good reviews, & figured I would go ahead & purchase it myself. I thought maybe it would give me an idea of the backstage politics or depict the reasoning for certain story lines. This book has NONE OF THAT!

There are NO BACKSTAGE STORIES, no interviews with wrestlers from that era, NOTHING INTERESTING! This is a stat book. It goes year by year & tells you which matches took place at which event & who the winners were. Then it has "Superstar Bios", this is actually a dulled down version of what is already on the internet.

This book has results to significant matches that took place during that decade. However, that just makes you wish you could watch the match itself, rather than read who won. Even for $4 this is a waste of money & is not worth space on the bookshelf.

Do you wonder why EVERY auction site is selling this book for less than $5. Well, if you really want to find out what's so bad.. Then go ahead & purchase it, you will only regret your decision... I guarantee it!

Ive yet to read the whole book, but ive skimmed thru it and bought it right away. The book is an amazing weatlh of info of the WWE in the 80's. They however, do not have any color photos which seems odd. I hope they do a book on wrestling in the 90's as a follow up.