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Mat memories : my wild life in pro wrestling, country music, and with the Mets

Title: Mat memories : my wild life in pro wrestling, country music, and with the Mets / John "Alexander" Arezzi and Greg Oliver ; with forewords by Mick Foley, John Gibbons, and Suzanne Alexander.
Author: Arezzi, John, 1957-
Publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2021]

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xiv, 287 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Summary

"A man with three different names ties together the stars of professional wrestling, country music, and the New York Mets. John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. He ran a fan club for the villainous 'Classy' Freddie Blassie as a teenager, then progressed to wrestling photographer, and finally even stepped into the ring himself as John Anthony. Eventually he escaped to pursue a new life in altogether different world: country music. After adopting a new name, John Alexander, his many accomplishments include discovering both Patty Loveless and (decades later) Kelsea Ballerini. But wrestling is tough to shake ... In the 1990s, Arezzi hosted the pioneering radio talk show Pro Wrestling Spotlight. He also ran the first major conventions, assembling a wrestling who's who to meet with fans. He promoted shows, both at home and abroad, and was a key figure behind importing lucha libre into America. Mat Memories is Arezzi's chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back -- he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond."--

Subject

Genre/Form

Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Additional Formats (note)

Issued also in electronic formats.

Call Number

JNE 21-144

ISBN

9781770415645
1770415645

LCCN

2020445623

OCLC

1196173921

Author

Arezzi, John, 1957- author.

Title

Mat memories : my wild life in pro wrestling, country music, and with the Mets / John "Alexander" Arezzi and Greg Oliver ; with forewords by Mick Foley, John Gibbons, and Suzanne Alexander.

Publisher

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic formats.

Added Author

Oliver, Greg, author.

Foley, Mick, writer of foreword.

Gibbons, John, 1962- writer of foreword.

Alexander, Suzanne (Radio producer), writer of foreword.

Other Form:

Online version: Arezzi, John, 1957- Mat memories. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, 2021 177305693X 9781773056937 (OCoLC)1220877325

Research Call Number

JNE 21-144

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