Product Description

In the first book of its kind, wrestling journalist Scott Keith offers an in-depth look at the Hart family ""curse"" that has left all the Stampede Wrestling alumnae either crippled or dead. The recent tragic murder-suicide of Chris Benoit and his family was only the latest in a string of disasters that have dogged Stampede Wrestling, operated by the Calgary-based Hart family. Were these deaths preventable or inevitable? How did a sport famous for showmanship and entertainment become overrun by rampant drug use, depravity and greed?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51358 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

A real insight into the world of professional wrestling
Whilst giving an insight into the saga of the Chris Benoit murder/suicide, this book also delves into the deaths surrounding wrestlers involved in the Hart family Dungeon. Having spent several years in a country that did not show wrestling, I was amazed to discover that many of the wrestlers no longer seen on our screens had in fact died. If you follow the professional wrestling scene, and have done so many years, I recommend you read this book.

Short and to the point
I enjoyed it and managed to get it read in a couple of days. It isn't a book that will keep you going back but it does have some quite good information about various wrestlers. Which is good that it doesn't just stick to Benoit and the Hart family but goes into detail about other wrestlers who have died welll before there times.
For a nice little read I reccomend it but don't expect too much of it.

Arrived very quickly, excellent
I enjoyed this book, but it didn't tell me much I didn't already know. Instead, it spent a lot of time very briefly recapping the careers of wrestlers whilst only tenuously dealing with how and not at all why they wound down.

It does present some shocking statistics but overall, not nearly as good as Matthew Randazzo's book Ring of Hell.