Slobberknocker Slobberknocker

Slobberknocker

My Life in Wrestling

Jim Ross and Others
    • 4.7 • 62 Ratings
    • $16.99

Publisher Description

The Wrestling Biography You’ve Been Waiting For!

There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who have made it as long as he has (half a century to be exact) probably made enemies or burned bridges. But that’s just not JR.

Slobberknocker is the story of how an Oklahoman farm kid, with a vivid imagination and seemingly unattainable dreams, became “The Voice of Wrestling” to record TV audiences and millions of fans around the world.

Jim opens up about his life as an only child on a working farm, who became obsessed with professional wrestling having first saw it on his grandparent’s TV. Even though the wrestling business was notoriously secretive and wary of “outsiders,” he somehow got a foot in the door to start a historic career, one where he held almost every job in the business?from putting up the ring to calling matches, from driving his blind, drunk boss towards revenge, to consoling two naked 600 pound brothers in the shower room after a rough match.

With all those adventures and responsibilities, he’s also recognized as the man who built and nurtured a once-in-a-generation talent roster that took the WWE to new heights, including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, and The Rock to name a few. Readers will finally get the opportunity to hear never-before-told stories about the politics, wackiness, and personalities of all the biggest stars.

But this isn’t just a wrestling story. It’s a story about overcoming adversity and achieving your dreams, as success did not come without significant costs and unforeseen challenges to JR, including multiple bouts of severe facial paralysis called Bell’s Palsy.

Currently the host of the podcast The Ross Report, any fan of wrestling?from the territory days to today?will be enthralled with stories from the road and behind the scenes. Slobberknocker is the first time Ross tells his story?and you don’t want to miss it!

GENRE
Sports & Outdoors
RELEASED
2017
October 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Sports Publishing
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
6.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Amazin1206 ,

Perfection

Absolute masterpiece, grew up listening to JR and still go back and watch old matches just to hear him. Thank you for all those years.

Motay 3:16 ,

Great book about a legendary wrestling announcer.

Excellent book by the greatest wrestling announcer of all times, good ol JR. This book gives me an entirely new perspective of the man even though I have listened to him announce over the last 29 years. I am excited to read his next book

DJ WREK ,

Great read and inside look at JR’s journey

I grew up listening to Jim Ross and he is my all time favorite announcer. During his book tour for this book, I actually got to meet him in my hometown Chicago. A humble person, he did the tour while his wife had recently passed. I thoroughly enjoyed the stories in this book and felt inspired in my own career after reading.

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