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Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville by John Cosper, Kenny Bolin
pocketvolcano's review
4.0
I loved this book. History has always been a favorite topic of mine so when I got into wrestling I wanted to learn all the history behind it. Never knew the depths of Louisville's wrestling history but this is a great starting point. The only thing that bugged me was the lack of coherent chapters and the lack of solid dates about shows or events. There are plenty of dates included but when it would discuss things such as rematches the author sometimes didn't put those. I'm a stickler for dates and accurate timelines so this was a bit aggravating. For the most part, it went in chronological order but sometimes it would hop around from the present to the past and vice versa.
Still, I would definitely recommend this as a starting point for anyone who wants to delve into the wrestling history of Louisville, Kentucky. We have quite the history I was largely clueless about, and this was absolutely fascinating.
Still, I would definitely recommend this as a starting point for anyone who wants to delve into the wrestling history of Louisville, Kentucky. We have quite the history I was largely clueless about, and this was absolutely fascinating.
ajsmith_7's review against another edition
4.0
A great book revisiting the history of professional wrestling in one of its most famous towns, Louisville, Kentucky.
Beginning in the 1880's and taking us all the way through to the modern day its a fascinating look not just at the history of wrestling in Louisville but how the business as a whole evolved to what it has become today.
For me it focused a bit too much on OVW for pretty much the final third of the book but thats only a small criticism based on my personal taste.
I found everything from the 1880's to the 1990's incredibly fun to read about and I learnt a lot of things I didn't previously know.
Will have to check out his book on the Allen Athletic Club for an even deeper dive.
Beginning in the 1880's and taking us all the way through to the modern day its a fascinating look not just at the history of wrestling in Louisville but how the business as a whole evolved to what it has become today.
For me it focused a bit too much on OVW for pretty much the final third of the book but thats only a small criticism based on my personal taste.
I found everything from the 1880's to the 1990's incredibly fun to read about and I learnt a lot of things I didn't previously know.
Will have to check out his book on the Allen Athletic Club for an even deeper dive.
daclyde's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent history of wrestling in Louisville. I hope a lot more of this type of city history is written. Could have use another edit to weed out the remaining typos, but the content was excellent. I almost wish Cosper could step back and write a book for every decade.
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