BOOK DETAILS

Paperback: 253 pages

Dimensions: 6x9

Publisher: Crowbar Press

Photos: 94 b&w

Cover: Full color

ISBN: 0-9745545-7-0

Item #: cbp06-db

Price: $19.95

Acknowledgements

1  Fast Track to Nowhere
Growing up in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania … Bruno and friends go to the fair … Discovering pro wrestling … Ten dollars and a can of beer … Bruno’s epiphany

2  The Difference Between My Ass and My Elbow
Meeting Lord Jonathan Boyd … Working for Dale Mann in Kentucky … Stretching the truth … Advice from Jonathan Boyd … Buying an outfit at the Salvation Army Thrift Store … Juice and potatoes … Master workers … Marathon wrestling matches … The referee calls the spot … Cursed out in the dressing room

3  Dr. Lennerd Spazzinsky
Geto Mongol’s wrestling school … Postering towns … Wrestling Mighty Moses … Dr. Lennerd Spazzinsky … A laugh at Bruno’s expense … Bruno helps Bigfoot get booked

4  Francie the Cancer Dog
Working independent shows … Booked with Polynesian Pacific Championship Wrestling … The birth of Downtown Bruno … Lars Anderson gives Bruno his orders … Confrontation with Lia Maivia … Francie the Cancer Dog … Establishing his character on television … Lia Maivia takes offense … The inside of an Oreo cookie … The Pahala Samoan settlement … A shocking discovery about Lars Anderson … First meeting with Jerry Lawler … Back to the States

5  The Return of Satan
Booked in Canada for the Bearman … A starting date in Memphis … Buying an $800 Ford Granada … 800-mile road trip … Arriving in Memphis, Tennessee … Assessment of Mick Foley’s mental condition … Doing a Memphis-style promo … First match … Managing Boy Tony … First lesson in Pro Wrestling Booking 101 … The arrival of Bill Dundee … Dundee bumps Bruno … Paul Diamond the stooge, part 1 … Bruno teaches Dundee a lesson

6  The Insane Kiwi
Living with Rocky Johnson … Rocky stirs the pot … Footrace with Bill Dundee … Broken collarbone … Paul E’s bogus promotion … Confrontation in a bar … A case of amnesia … The return of Jonathan Boyd … The Rock and Roll RPMs … Boyd loses his cool … Boyd refuses to do the job

7  Dewey and Uncle Bruno
Dewey (Dwayne) Johnson and Uncle Bruno … Dewey and Bruno go on a joyride … Caught in the act! … Buying a car for Dewey … The Rock makes his WWF debut … The Rock vs Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi … Paul Diamond the stooge, part 2 … Confrontation with Randy Hales … Working with Rocky Johnson … Car trouble … Breaking the rules … Paul Diamond the stooge, part 3 … The end of Paul Diamond’s career as a stooge

8  The Heyman Kid
Paul E. Dangerously arrives in Memphis … Bruno’s bag goes missing … Setting up Paul E … Paul E. caught in the act … Sid Eudy makes his debut … Calling Ronnie West … Called on the carpet by Randy Hales … Booked in Kansas City … Bruno beats Randy Hales to the punch and gives his notice … Loser Leave Town match … Farewell to Memphis

9  Selective Retardation
Christine Jarrett reprimands Steve Cox … Christine reprimands Tojo Yamamoto … Jerry Lawler’s pornographic drawing … A tribute to Christine Jarrett … Downtown Bruno, the high roller … $65 a night guarantee … Bulldog Bob Brown … Cancer in a healthy body … An invitation from Robert Fuller … The race to cash the promoter’s checks … Bob Brown tells Bruno to get juice … Loser Leave Town match with Ric McCord … Bruno unloads on Gene Anderson … Bruno’s car is "stolen"

10  Lord Humongous
Meeting Sid Eudy … Trip to Birmingham, Alabama … Confrontation on the motel sidewalk … A night in the motel with Sid … Strange sounds in the motel room … Bruno sleeps in his car … Lord Humongous … Origin of the Power Bomb … Hugo vs Nightmare Danny Davis … Sid accuses Bruno of shoplifting … Bruno and the truck drivers … 300-mile trip from start to start … Sid breaks his own car window … The sad condition of Jonathan Boyd … Sid hits a baby … Bruno’s life flashes before his eyes … Wendell Cooley bears the brunt of Sid’s rage … Sid wrestles Scott Hall … Bruno and the Mississippi redneck … Saved by a good Samaritan … FUBU and racism … Sid strands Bruno on the side of the road … Changed payoffs … Eddie Gilbert takes the book in Alabama … Bruno gives his two-week notice … Robert Fuller breaks the bad news to Bruno … DWB puts a mickey in Bruno’s drink … Paul E saves the day … Bruno shares his feelings about Missy Hyatt

11  The Louisiana Assassin
Indian reservation tour for Steve Gatorwolf … Louisiana and the IWF … The Bronx Bomber and the Bronx Bull … Wrestling schools … Reunion with Mike "Rock and Roll RPM" Davis … Iceman Parsons melts from the scene … The new Rock and Roll RPMs … The Louisiana Assassin … Sika threatens his opponent with death … Killing Houma, Louisiana … The Cajun Assassin

12  The Flophouse
Back to the CWF in Alabama … The IWF shuts their doors … Managing Brian Lee and Jimmy Golden … Living and working with Cactus Jack [Mick Foley] … Eight men in an apartment … Terry Simms brings everybody a "present" … Giving notice and going back to Oklahoma … Kicked out of he Tallequah Inn

13  Doing Hard Time
Going home to Memphis … Daddy Phil and Bruno Hickerson … Teaching a lesson to "Nature’s Best" … Scott Steiner wins the title … Steiner shoots on Gary Young … Gary Young learns a lesson about tapping out in a shoot … Jeff Gaylord and Mr. Coffey’s cash box … Eddie Gilbert comes to Memphis as booker … Arrested for DUI … Arrested for DUI … TV star to felon

14  Bruno and the Baby
Living in Jerry Lawler’s "guest house" … Eddie Gilbert quits and Eric Embry becomes the new booker … Bruno does a squash job for Miss Texas [Jacqueline] … Doug Gilbert does a squash job for Gypsy Joe … Bruno gives his notice and takes a job as referee for the USWA … The final days of Tojo Yamamoto … Jamie Dundee vs Downtown Bruno … Eddie and Doug Gilbert "make" the Hangmen sell … An offer that Bruno couldn’t refuse … The Breakfast Club … An imposter Downtown Bruno borrows $50 from a church

15  The Big Time
Tryout with the WWF … The Chief Jay Strongbow nickname and definition dictionary … Owen Hart gets Strongbow’s goose … Confrontation with George Steele in Brussels, Belgium … Rene Goulet … Meeting Hulk Hogan … Brutus Beefcake, the self-absorbed a–hole … Bruno slaps Gene Okerlund … Bruno gets a second look … Harvey Herman is born … Harvey Herman becomes Harvey Wipple … Hired by the WWF … Managing "Big Bully" Busick … Busick misses his flight … The Warlord and "another exciting match"

16  Hulk Hogan Takes a Bump
Managing Sid Vicious and Ric Flair against Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper … Life on the road with Sid Vicious … First overseas trip … Curt Hennig, songwriter … Drinking with John "The Berzerker" Nord … Road Warrior Hawk gets drunk … Steve Lombardi’s goes to Belfast for a vacation … Soldiers with machine guns … Pickle-and-mustard sandwiches … Willie Nelson and Tatanka … Sid Vicious quits and takes Bruno with him … Vince McMahon calls Bruno at home … Bruno returns to the northeast

17  Catching a Tumor
Managing Kamala … Life with James "Kamala" Harris … "Racism" on the road … Kim Chee vs Kamala … Kamala’s wife "catches" a tumor … Nailz attacks Vince McMahon … Curt Hennig ribs the boys … Babysitter for Giant Gonzαlez … Washing the Giant’s back … Appearing on the "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" show … A hero’s welcome in Walls, Mississippi … Bruno gets knocked unconscious … Bruno’s next charge, Mr. Hughes … Mr. Hughes borrows $50 … The missing front tires … The urine test … Goodbye Mr. Hughes … Bruno sits at home … Managing Timothy Well and Steven Dunn … The Wippleman curse … Attack on Heathrow Airport … The abandoned briefcase … Calling Adam Bomb in the airport

18  Babysitter to the Stars
Abe “Knuckleball” Schwartz … Traveling with Joey Marella … The tragic accident that took the life of Joey Marella … Bruno’s eyewitness account to the accident … The hospital application … Bruno gets the last rites … Bruno’s feelings about Joey Marella and the accident

19  Bertha Faye, My Trailer Park Girlfriend
Kwang … Reunion with Sid Vicious … Kwang is reborn as Savio Vegas … Rhonda Singh comes in as Bertha Faye … The trip from hell … Five Japanese lady wrestlers … Company referee … The referee "doll" … Freelance referee

20  WWF Concierge
Bruno joins the production team … Bruno Lauer and Steve Lombardi, WWE concierge … Babysitting talent … Thoughts and memories of Dwayne Johnson, Roddy Piper, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, Triple H, the Undertaker, Kurt Angle … Shawn Michaels puts Oscar in his place … The evil Bruce Prichard … In memory of the late Mike Davis

21  WWF Women’s Champion
Bruno’s "one-night stand" with 80-year-old Mae Young … Orders from Michael Hayes … Behind the scenes of a title change … Harvina wins the WWF world women’s championship … Old-timers battle royal … The close of a chapter in Bruno’s life

22   Shoot All Pandas on Sight
Full-time WWF concierge … 9-11 tragedy … Airport security … The Chris Benoit tragedy …

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