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Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

Steve Cimino and Walt Schwenk

The only thing better than watching wrestling and complaining about wrestling is reading about wrestling. That"s why we have Awesome Truth, the internet"s finest pro wrestling book club. On every episode, your hosts will discuss a classic wrestling book, movie, or documentary. WWE, AEW, even WCW, and ECW; they"ve got it all covered.

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58:24

The Definitive Top 5 Wrestling Books

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/04/28

4 years. 100 episodes. 5 top wrestling books. Awesome Truth reaches a major podcasting milestone: 100 episodes! After years of reading books and recording pods, join us as we look back at them all and craft our definitive list of the top 5. We also give our hot takes on some of our least favorite entries into the book club. Want to know more about the books we picked? Go back into the Awesome Truth archives of 100+ episodes to get a full breakdown of each one!

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39:38

Creating the Tony Schiavone Comic Book (w/ Tony...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/04/14

You may know him from WCW, AEW, the What Happened When podcast, or that time he wore a denim vest, but soon you'll know him from Butts in Seats: The Tony Schiavone Story, an upcoming graphic novel that's breaking records on Kickstarter. The man himself, Tony Schiavone, joins us with his co-author Dirk Manning to discuss where the graphic novel idea came from, their love of comic books, and how Tony went from "out of the business" to "beloved legend and voice of All Elite Wrestling."

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40:13

Young Rock, Dwayne Johnson's NBC Sitcom

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/04/07

Yes, you read that right: in the year 2021, NBC is airing a sitcom about the childhood of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. And it's not just all about Rock; we get a little Andre the Giant, The Iron Sheik, and "Macho Man" Randy Savage to boot. But why is our favorite pro wrestler-turned-movie star dipping his toe into the dying medium of network TV? And is the show any good? To talk all things Rock, we've welcomed back our friend Holc to dissect this recap of how Dwayne went from boy to man.

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37:36

WWE 24: Big E

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/03/24

We're back to the WWE Network for probably the last time (hello, Peacock) but luckily it's for a rare good cause. It's our second Big E episode in so many weeks, and this time we're talking about his installment of WWE 24. How did Ettore Ewen go from a self-professed introvert to the voice of the New Day and perhaps the most iconic Black WWE superstar? Join us we examine Big E's past, present, and future.

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36:38

Our Heroes Rock! (w/ Ettore "Big E" Ewen, Jonathan...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/03/17

You may know Ettore Ewen as WWE's Big E, but if everything goes right, you'll also know him as the brains behind an animation empire. In tandem with his friends Jonathan Davenport and Andreas Hale, they've got a Kickstarter going called Our Heroes Rock, a potential 3D animated series that explores the heroes of Black history. The trio joins us today on Awesome Truth to discuss the project and Ettore's burgeoning legacy as one of the most prominent Black superstars in pro wrestling.

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42:19

Adam Copeland on Edge

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/03/10

Alright hosers, it's time for another episode of the Awesome Truth Book Club That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness! For the benefit of those who enjoy reading, we're covering all things Edge pre-2005, as written in his autobiography, Adam Copeland on Edge. Adam chronicles his humble upbringing, his death-defying road trips while wrestling in Canada’s independent wrestling scene, and his big break in WWF, including the historic TLC matches. So hold on tight as your hosts put the rocketstrapper to this

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41:09

WWE Icons: Yokozuna

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/02/24

For anyone who grew up on '90s wrestling, Yokozuna was larger than life. He was the man who sat on Hulk Hogan, the foe of Bret Hart and the Undertaker, the behemoth who Lex Luger somehow slammed on the USS Intrepid. And now, on the first episode of WWE Icons, we finally get to hear his story. What made Yoko burn too bright too fast and become — literally — too big for wrestling? And is this new WWE Network doc series worth a watch?

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52:10

Wrestling with Pixels: The World Tour of Wrestling Games

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/02/10

Take a trip on the greatest wrestling nostalgia tour we’ve ever had on Awesome Truth! With Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Wrestling with Pixels as our guide, we discuss the features and nuances behind the most iconic wrestling video games of all time. From WrestleMania: The Arcade Game to Fire Pro Wrestling World, we discuss games from every era and console and decide once and for all which ones deserve to be called the best wrestling games ever made.

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38:18

We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/01/27

Do we need another detailed history of WWE? That's the question we couldn't stop asking while reading Bill Hanstock's otherwise entertaining We Promised You a Great Main Event, and it's what we're talking about today on Awesome Truth. Who is this book for? Is there really a chunk of the fan base that wants to read about wrestling's recent past yet doesn't already know it like the back of their hand?

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41:16

Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2021/01/13

2021 is already shaping up to be Kenny Omega’s greatest year in professional wrestling. So what better way to ring in the new year than to watch the Kenny Omega documentary? From Kenny’s humble beginnings in wrestling to his decision to turn down a WWE contract and his incredible rise in Japan, Awesome Truth is here to dissect his journey thus far, from Kota Ibushi and the Golden Lovers to his top-dog status in AEW.

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41:46

WWE Untold: Goldberg's Streak

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/12/30

For a year and change, Bill Goldberg was the biggest name in wrestling. His unbeaten streak and championship win over Hulk Hogan captivated fans and gave WCW an aura of invincibility that felt endless...until it ended. In this episode of WWE Network's Untold series, Goldberg and frenemies like Kevin Nash and DDP dissect the phenomenon that was the streak, and we dissect the ins and outs of the angle that fueled and then signaled the end of WCW.

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43:04

Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/12/16

You've heard our interview with Matt and Nick Jackson; now it's time to go in-depth on their smash-hit book, Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues. Would the Bucks have made it big in WWE? What do we think of their performance thus far in AEW? And are they the most important indie act of the last few decades? We break down all things Bucks as we review perhaps the year's best wrestling book.

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23:38

Matt and Nick Jackson on Being Tag Champs and Elite...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/12/09

It's a Superkick Party on Awesome Truth; the Young Bucks are here! Tag team champions of the world Matt and Nick Jackson join us to discuss their new book Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues and explain how they went from indie darlings to AEW executive vice presidents to best-selling authors — and how they documented that remarkable journey.

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44:27

Evan Husney, Co-Creator of Dark Side of the Ring

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/11/25

Vice's Dark Side of the Ring has become a surprise sensation, the network's highest-rated show and a much-needed alternative to WWE's stranglehold on the history of pro wrestling. To share how this engrossing docuseries came to be, we welcome Evan Husney, the show's co-creator and executive producer, as he discusses his favorite episode(s) and what it was like to tell the stories of wrestlers like Owen Hart and Chris Benoit.

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34:19

Meeting the Undertaker

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/11/11

Welcome to 30 Days of the Deadman, whatever that means. Though The Last Ride came out mere months ago, it's been 30 years since The Undertaker's debut at Survivor Series 1990, which means the WWE Network is once again awash in Mark Calaway content. Fortunately, this one is a good one: wrestlers remembering the first time they met The Phenom. Join us as we analyze what The Rock, Batista, Edge, and (sigh) Baron Corbin had to say about their initial Taker interactions.

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54:42

Chris Jericho's Undisputed: How to Become the World...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/10/28

It's a little weird to say, but this Chris Jericho autobiography from 2011 might be the best Vince McMahon book ever written. The shockingly honest Y2J dissects his Raw is Jericho debut, his uncomfortable first few years in WWE, and most importantly, his day-to-day interactions with the oft-manipulative Mr. McMahon. Plus, there are Fozzy and Hollywood stories! Nine years later, it holds up as one of the most insightful and intriguing wrestling books ever written.

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39:43

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/10/14

Many wrestling fans think David Arquette winning the WCW championship killed the business, and the man himself doesn't agree. That's why the Hollywood actor decided to return to pro wrestling the right way, a journey documented in the 2020 documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette. But is this really a doc? And who wants or needs a stylized, overproduced chronicling of the David Arquette story?

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41:27

Shamrock: The World's Most Dangerous Man (w/ Jonathan...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/09/30

Ken Shamrock is a UFC Hall of Famer and a star from the early days of WWE's Attitude Era; he's also one of the few wrestlers to fall out with Vince McMahon so thoroughly that he's never, ever returned to the company. We sit down with Jonathan Snowden, acclaimed author of a new Shamrock biography, to discuss Ken's thoughts on pro wrestling and to dissect what makes the World's Most Dangerous Man tick.

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47:07

Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution (w/...

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/09/16

The rise of AEW and the rebirth of indie wrestling have changed the game for WWE and beyond, and the first great chronicle of this new world order has emerged: Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution by Keith Elliot Greenberg. We welcome Keith back to the show yet again to discuss the Young Bucks, Kevin Steen, Pro Wrestling Tees, PWG, and everything else over the last two decades that's given indie wrestling new life.

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23:10

Bonus: Ben Giroux of The Big Show Show

Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club ·

2020/09/09

We've booked our first star of the small screen! Ben Giroux, also known as Coach Fener on Netflix's The Big Show Show, joins us to discuss acting alongside The Big Show himself, Paul Wight. Sadly, their show was canceled right after we recorded this interview, but that doesn't mean we can't all enjoy his stories of going toe to toe with Show on set for four glorious episodes.

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