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BOOK INFO
SITTING RINGSIDE, VOLUME 1:
WCW
DavidPenzerBook.com
SYNOPSIS
From 1995 to 2001, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
famously battled Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
for Monday night ratings supremacy. While on the WCW side, numerous
autobiographical accounts have been written of the time period,
relatively few participants witnessed the ‘War’ in its entirety. As
the unmistakable ‘voice of WCW’ and its long-time ring announcer,
David Penzer was featured on every episode of Monday
Nitro and Thunder - the only on-screen
personality in WCW to do so. Moreover, he witnessed the proceedings
from the best seat in the house - ringside!
In this candid, revealing and highly entertaining memoir, Penzer
recounts his unlikely journey to the big-time - from his humble
beginnings in South Florida to the lofty heights of WCW and the
‘Monday Night Wars’. With an affable, engaging and self-effacing
style, Penzer takes readers behind the curtain like never before,
revealing both the personal and professional struggles he
encountered in rising the ranks of a famously tough business.
In Sitting Ringside Volume 1, Penzer
also ‘opens the vault’ on a veritable ‘treasure trove’ of bonus
materials - from production notes, to show formats, to internal
documents which he has kept for over 20 years. Fans may be
surprised to discover what’s included!
As Kevin Sullivan states in the book’s foreword, Penzer was the
“least likely to succeed in the wrestling business” - but over the
course of a ten-year (1991-2001) association with WCW, Penzer
became a utility player like no other. In addition to fulfilling
the role of WCW’s lead ring announcer, Penzer provided assistance
on the production end of the business, as well as talent relations,
and even the creative department during the company’s dying days.
As such, he provides an intriguing insiders’ account of WCW’s ‘rise
and fall’ - delivered with unprecedented insight and
perspective.
In particular, Penzer demonstrates an astute, compelling, and
highly nuanced view of several of his most well-known
contemporaries, including:
Co-written by NITRO author
Guy Evans, Sitting Ringside Volume
1 is a unique look at an historic era in pro
wrestling - and one man’s dream to be a part of it.
Foreword by Kevin Sullivan
Contains rare documents, show
formats and notes from behind the scenes at World Championship
Wrestling!
Print Length: 500 pages