Creating the Mania
An Inside Look at How Wrestlemania Comes to Life
Published on 7. August 2018
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-77041-450-1 (ISBN)
Description
A backstage look at how TV's biggest wrestling show comes together, with unprecedented access granted to the production process and true stories from the creative team.
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Edition
No Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
60 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
701 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77041-450-1 (9781770414501)
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Jon Robinson is an award-winning author of seven books, including The Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever, NXT: The Future Is Now, and WWE: The Attitude Era. His work has appeared in ESPN The Magazine, IGN, and Sports Illustrated. He still takes pride in beating The Rock in Madden and giving the real Stone Cold a Stunner to take the 1-2-3 in a WWE video game. Jon lives in Millbrae, CA.
Content
INTRODUCTION: The Origins of Mania
PART ONE: 2017
Chapter 1: Whose Yard is it Anyway?
Chapter 2: You Can Hate Me Now
Chapter 3: The Modern Day Maharaja
Chapter 4: Best for Business
Chapter 5: Joe’s Gonna Kill You
Chapter 6: Get These Hands
Chapter 7: Up, Up, Down, Down
Chapter 8: Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta.
Chapter 9: Roode Awakening
Chapter 10: Flair for the Dramatic
Chapter 11: Headbutt Heard ’Round the World
Chapter 12: Welcome to The Uso Penitentiary
Chapter 13: Creative Control
Chapter 14: They Don’t Want None
Chapter 15: Imminent Deletion
Chapter 16: Rumble, Young Woman, Rumble
INTERMISSION: WRESTLEMANIA MOMENTS
PART TWO: 2018
Chapter 17: Gold-Blooded
Chapter 18: Yes! Yes! Yes! No! No! No! Maybe?
Chapter 19: Walk with Elias
Chapter 20: The Injury Bug Bites
Chapter 21: Five Feet of Fury
Chapter 22: The Right Angle
Chapter 23: Oh, You Didn’t Know!?!
Chapter 24: Bálor Club for Everyone
Chapter 25: I Don’t Give a Damn ’Bout My Reputation
Chapter 26: We Don’t Set the Bar, We Are The Bar
Chapter 27: Fight for Your Dreams
Chapter 28: Setting the Stage
Chapter 29: Outta Nowhere
Chapter 30: Stay Loud
Chapter 31: The Superfan
Chapter 32: With My Baby Tonight
Chapter 33: The One and Only
Chapter 34: 205 Live
Chapter 35: Eat, Sleep, WrestleMania, Repeat
Special Thanks
PART ONE: 2017
Chapter 1: Whose Yard is it Anyway?
Chapter 2: You Can Hate Me Now
Chapter 3: The Modern Day Maharaja
Chapter 4: Best for Business
Chapter 5: Joe’s Gonna Kill You
Chapter 6: Get These Hands
Chapter 7: Up, Up, Down, Down
Chapter 8: Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta.
Chapter 9: Roode Awakening
Chapter 10: Flair for the Dramatic
Chapter 11: Headbutt Heard ’Round the World
Chapter 12: Welcome to The Uso Penitentiary
Chapter 13: Creative Control
Chapter 14: They Don’t Want None
Chapter 15: Imminent Deletion
Chapter 16: Rumble, Young Woman, Rumble
INTERMISSION: WRESTLEMANIA MOMENTS
PART TWO: 2018
Chapter 17: Gold-Blooded
Chapter 18: Yes! Yes! Yes! No! No! No! Maybe?
Chapter 19: Walk with Elias
Chapter 20: The Injury Bug Bites
Chapter 21: Five Feet of Fury
Chapter 22: The Right Angle
Chapter 23: Oh, You Didn’t Know!?!
Chapter 24: Bálor Club for Everyone
Chapter 25: I Don’t Give a Damn ’Bout My Reputation
Chapter 26: We Don’t Set the Bar, We Are The Bar
Chapter 27: Fight for Your Dreams
Chapter 28: Setting the Stage
Chapter 29: Outta Nowhere
Chapter 30: Stay Loud
Chapter 31: The Superfan
Chapter 32: With My Baby Tonight
Chapter 33: The One and Only
Chapter 34: 205 Live
Chapter 35: Eat, Sleep, WrestleMania, Repeat
Special Thanks