Death of the territories : expansion, betrayal and the war that changed pro wrestling forever

Death of the territories : expansion, betrayal and the war that changed pro wrestling forever /

Dozens of distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America between the 1950s and late 1970s. But by the early 1980s, the growth of cable television had put new outside pressures on promoters. Vincent Kennedy McMahon believed cable was his opportunity to take his promotion nat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hornbaker, Tim (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2018]
Subjects:
McMahon, Vince, > 1945-
McMahon family.
World Wrestling Federation > History.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. > History.
Wrestling > United States > History.
Professional sports > United States > Marketing.
Table of Contents:
  • The established system
  • Titan Sports
  • The beginning of the end
  • Southern California
  • The surviving territories
  • A new era in professional wrestling
  • "They sure got rid of me"
  • The great TV expansion of 1984
  • An industry at war
  • Rock 'n' wrestling
  • Cooperation and crisis
  • WrestleMania
  • The only game in town
  • Year of the supershow
  • The war expands again
  • Grappling with turbulence
  • Manifest destiny
  • Loyalty versus money
  • A bruising tragedy
  • The end of an era.

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