
Slobberknocker
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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!
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by Vincent K. McMahon
- WrestleMania XV: 1999
- Part One: Before Wrestling (1952-74)
- Chapter One: Growing Up
- Chapter Two: Watching Wrestling
- Chapter Three: Going to the Matches
- Chapter Four: Leaving Home
- Chapter Five: College
- Chapter Six: The Call
- Chapter Seven: The Fundraiser
- Part Two: Mid-South (1974-85)
- Chapter Eight: Start in the Business
- Chapter Nine: Refereeing
- Chapter Ten: Still Learning
- Chapter Eleven: Behind the Mic
- Chapter Twelve: Not Behind the Mic
- Chapter Thirteen: Trying to Stay in Wrestling
- Chapter Fourteen: Out of the Business
- Chapter Fifteen: Getting Back in
- Chapter Sixteen: Back in Mid-South
- Chapter Seventeen: At the Top Table
- Chapter Eighteen: Changes from New York
- Chapter Nineteen: The Greatest
- Chapter Twenty: Going National
- Photos
- Part Three: UWF (1986-87)
- Chapter Twenty-One: The Expansion
- Chapter Twenty-Two: The Decline and Sale
- Part Four: Crockett (1987-88)
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Crockett
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Let the Games Begin
- Chapter Twenty-Five: Returning Home
- Chapter Twenty-Six: Last Days of Crockett
- Part Five: WCW (1988-93)
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Herd, Flair, and the Ladies in the Limo
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Booking Committee
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Rotating Announcers
- Chapter Thirty: Steamboat and Flair
- Chapter Thirty-One: Starrcade
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Some Old Faces Return
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Building Sting
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Lady on a Plane
- Chapter Thirty-Five: Heyman
- Chapter Thirty-Six: Changes, Old and New
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: Japan
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: Flair Leaves
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: Changing of the Guard
- Chapter Forty: My Last Days in WCW
- Part Six: WWF (1993-99)
- Chapter Forty-One: Vince
- Chapter Forty-Two: WCW Radio
- Chapter Forty-Three: WrestleMania IX
- Chapter Forty-Four: Growing Pains
- Chapter Forty-Five: Making Friends
- Chapter Forty-Six: In Sickness and in Health
- Chapter Forty-Seven: In and Out
- Chapter Forty-Eight: Vince and Good Ol' JR
- Chapter Forty-Nine: The New and the Old
- Chapter Fifty: Market Research
- Chapter Fifty-One: Back to Announcing
- Chapter Fifty-Two: Changing Roles
- Chapter Fifty-Three: The "JJ Role"
- Chapter Fifty-Four: Talent
- Chapter Fifty-Five: The Black Hat
- Chapter Fifty-Six: So Long, Dad
- Chapter Fifty-Seven: Sitting Down with Foley
- Chapter Fifty-Eight: Pillman
- Chapter Fifty-Nine: Montreal
- Chapter Sixty: A Little More Attitude
- Chapter Sixty-One: Hell in a Cell
- Chapter Sixty-Two: 2nd Attack
- Chapter Sixty-Three: Coming Home
- Afterword by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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