Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW

Riddled with spelling mistakes, this really could have done with a couple more proof reads but a compelling account of ECWs life nonetheless. Won't be of any interest to people not into the "sport" but I raced through it happily and has several good little backstage tidbits - the author has done his homework here.

I have been a pro wrestling fan since I was a kid. My interest in pro wrestling has waned over the years but I remember my interest in ECW which was a local wrestling organization (Philadelphia) that tried and failed to go national in the late 90s. Nonetheless the style of wrestling it portrayed (hard core and violent) did spread into the two big wrestling organizations WWE and WCW. Very few surprises for me in the book...good portrait of Paul Heyman and how he tried to expand the ECW brand but he was hampered by lack of money and a stable pool of wrestlers.