Hardcore History

The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW

De: Scott E. Williams

Narrado por: Karl Miller

ECW was one extreme contradiction piled on top of another. It was an incredibly influential company in the world of professional wrestling during the 1990s, yet it was never profitable. It portrayed itself as the ultimate in anti-authority rebellion, but its leadership was, at various points, working covertly with the two wrestling giants, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Most of all, it blurred the line between real life and the fantasy world of professional wrestling like no other company before it - many of those who thought they were conning others ended up being victims of the ultimate con.

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW offers a frank and balanced look at the evolution of the company, starting even before its early days as a Philadelphia-area independent group called Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 and extending past the death of Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2001. Writer Scott E. Williams has pored through records and conducted dozens of interviews with fans, company officials, business partners, and the wrestlers themselves to bring listeners the most thorough account possible of this bizarre company.

The book sets out to answer several questions: Did World Championship Wrestling really try to destroy ECW by draining off its talent? Was Vince McMahon secretly as a friend to ECW, as he has claimed? What really caused the death of ECW? Who lied to whom? Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW will address all of those mysteries and many more in a story that is sure to be extremely controversial for fans and critics of both the ECW and professional wrestling.

©2006, 2007, 2011 Scott E. Williams. Foreword copyright © 2006, 2007, 2011 Shane Douglas (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

ECW

If you loved ECW back in it's hayday or are just a fan of hardcore wrestling in general, youll love this.

Good not great.

I enjoyed the book but the reader mispronounced several names and the story was alright but I feel it could have been told a little better. All in all though I did enjoy the book and enjoyed it.

More detail than I expected

Out of the dozen or so wrestling books I have read, this one stands out. It contained more detail than I was expecting, and while very pro-ECW, did present the negative aspects of the company.

Other than some strange mispronounced names every once in a while, the narration was better than multiple other wrestling audio books. There should be a requirement that book narrators be at least marginally familiar with the subject matter.

The only nitpick I have is the exclusion of some small details that a fan of ECW would recognize as missing.

I never saw ECW

interesting book kind of makes me wonder what ECW was like I saw a couple of videos on YouTube don't think it was my cup of tea but the book was outstanding

EC Dub!!!

I enjoyed listening to this story. I love wrestling and it’s great getting more back story to everything. Congrats on HOF Hayman

Fantastic book

It was really interesting to learn about the history of ECW especially since I am from Philadelphia and a huge wrestling fan.

Hardcore Resurrected

Loved reliving the glory days of one of the most influential companies in wrestling history. ECW and it's impact could be seen while watching the Big 2 engage in the Monday Night Wars. The impact is still felt in arenas today. Only drawback to this book was the lax narration, compounded with the mispronunciation of wrestlers names throughout the book.

Excellent ECW Audiobook

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW is an excellent Audible Original. Writer Scott E. Williams has pored through records and conducted dozens of interviews with fans, company officials, business partners, and the wrestlers themselves to bring listeners the most thorough account possible of this bizarre company. As someone who has watched numerous documentaries about ECW, I learned a lot while listening to this audiobook. It provides an excellent, and sometimes detailed, overview of major events related to ECW and its various incarnations.

The narrator of this Audible Original has a pleasant voice, which makes for an enjoyable listen. However, as with many pro wrestling audiobooks, countless names are mispronounced by the narrator. It would have been nice if the quality control was better when it came to the narration because this book if filled with compelling content. In spite of this technical shortcoming, I highly recommend Hardcore History to fans of pro wrestling and ECW. It's an interesting look back at a company that made an indelible imprint on the pro wrestling industry.

Real Hardcore History!

Me: *Sees Sabu On Cover*
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This title can be summed up in three words:
ECW! ECW! ECW!
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if your an ECW history buff you'll love it

great narration awesome story great insight to an awesome promotion thanks Paul Heyman and all the guys who put there bodies on the line night after night