We Promised You a Great Main Event, Bill Hanstock
We Promised You a Great Main Event, Bill Hanstock
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We Promised You a Great Main Event
An Unauthorized WWE History

Author: Bill Hanstock

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Unabridged: 13 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/13/2020


Synopsis

Unauthorized. Unrestricted. No holds barred.In We Promised You a Great Main Event, longtime sports journalist Bill Hanstock pulls back the curtain to give a smart fan’s account of WWE and Vince McMahon’s journey to the top. Untangling the truth behind the official WWE storyline, Hanstock does a deep dive into key moments of the company’s history, from the behind-the-scenes drama at the Montreal Screwjob, to the company’s handling of the Jimmy Snuka scandal, to the real story of the Monday Night Wars.WWE is an extraordinary business success and an underappreciated pop cultural phenomenon. While WWE soared to prominence during the Hulk Hogan years, as the stakes grew more and more extreme, wrestlers faced steroid scandals and assault allegations. The whole story is here, good, bad, and ugly, from the heights of iconic cultural moments like Wrestlemania III to the arrival of global superstars like The Rock and John Cena.We Promised You a Great Main Event is an exhaustive, fun account of the McMahon family and WWE’s unprecedented rise. Drawing on a decade of covering wrestling, Bill Hanstock synthesizes insights from historians, journalists, and industry insiders with his own deep research to produce the most up-to-date, entertaining history of WWE available. Full of amazing characters and astonishing stories from the ring to corporate boardrooms, it is a story as audacious as any WWE spectacle. 

About Bill Hanstock

Bill Hanstock is an Emmy-winning producer, screenwriter, editor and journalist. He has covered and interviewed countless WWE and independent wrestling personalities and events for SB Nation, has contributed to Polygon, The Athletic, and Inked magazine, and has penned nearly a dozen stories for the official WWE comic book. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, son, and two cats.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandon on November 09, 2020

Bill Hanstock is no stranger to the wrestling industry, let alone WWE.  A lifelong sports and wrestling fan, Bill has been writing about the industry for the past twenty years.  He’s even written for BOOM studios’ line of WWE comics.  So, it’s only natural that he tackle the long and controversial h......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 17, 2023

Written by a fan who was not afraid to show their Fandom and be brutally honest at the same time.......more

Goodreads review by Tommy on February 01, 2021

Meh. Google journalism. But then, writing a true history with interviews from those involved would likely be an errand in madness.... McMahon and his insular circle would never do such a thing if they couldn't control the narrative.... And those not in his circle wander in and out of axes to grind an......more

Goodreads review by Will on July 26, 2024

As the book moves along the name become harder and harder to track as the timeline scrubs forward and back over a few years. If you don't already know much about the Attitude era and forward it can be hard to follow. The flip side is that there is a lot of good history here, well presented and fun t......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on May 12, 2024

This is a great overview for people wanting to learn about WWE’s past and journey to the present. It’s both very funny and scathing at times. But I do feel that Hanstock is fair in his opinions and views. Either way you can tell there is so much love for wrestling in this book.......more