Pantaleo, Steve
Summary: Describes the WWE, its rules, and its stars, discussing how they train and their signature moves, including descriptions of John Cena, Charlotte Flair, and Trish Stratus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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Summary: Page-by-page profiles of more than 200 of the biggest superstars from sports entertainment history are packed with facts, trivia, and behind-the-scenes information. "Super Stats" boxes detail information on each superstar, including career highlights and wins. The brand-new guide profiles popular competitors, from Hall of Famers to rising up-and-coming stars. Feature boxes highlight the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK | Penguin Random House 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Get ready for a unique, massively entertaining movie set in a world where monster wrestling is a global-sport, and superstar athletes are larger than life. When teenage Winnie teams up with a loveable underdog monster named Steve the Stupendous in hopes of training him to be a champion, the duo learn the value of moving to your own groove and paving your own unique path to success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RUMBlack, Jake
Summary: Meet the biggest Superstars of all time! This fact-packed book brings together hundreds of the biggest, baddest, and most impressive Superstars and teams from across sports entertainment history. Includes detailed information, facts and stats on your favourite Legends and the brand-new breakout stars of the current roster. Who is strongest, Andre the Giant or Big Show? Whose signature move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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Summary: Explores the superstars of the WWE, including their rivalries, best moves, and best team-ups.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PANLangmead, Jon
Summary: "Ballyhoo! is a history of professional wrestling's formative period in the U.S., from roughly 1874 to 1941, and the contested interplay of wrestlers and promoters who built the "sport" as we know it. During this period, the major conventions that would define wrestling to the present day were perfected and codified, as wrestling morphed from a rough sport practiced on farms and at town...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 796.812 LANLynch, Becky
Summary: "This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin--a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch--delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame. By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her. Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Summary: Discover how WWE Superstars team up and take down their greatest rivals in the ring. With dynamic photos of some of WWE's most popular tag teams, such as The New Day, The Bellas and The Usos, and descriptions of their biggest championship wins, young readers will love exploring the action-packed world of WWE. DK's reading scheme is levelled into stages to help every child progress and become a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PANBorth, Teddy
Summary: The New Day has become WWE's longest reigning tag team champions. Discover the journeys of Big E, Xavier Woods, and Kofi Kingston. What started as a disaster became one of the most fun teams in all of professional wrestling. The simple text is joined with beautiful photographs showing some of The New Day's best moments in the ring. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.812 BORBrown, Jeremy
Summary: "A deluxe oversized hardback book packed with photos, telling the story of the WWE Championship from Buddy Rogers in 1963 to current champ Bobby Lashley! Buddy Rogers, Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Rick Flair, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, John Cena, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, and Bobby Lashley are just a few of the 50-plus Superstars who've body slammed their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hero Collector Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 796.812 BROScheidt, Dave
Summary: "The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren't your average professional wrestlers. They're led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats--both on Earth and in space! And they've just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SCHHicks, Josh
Summary: "Step into the ring at Glorious Wrestling Alliance, the universe's least-professional wrestling company. Collected in colossal full color for the first time, this hilarious love letter to pro wrestling covers identity, anxiety, and leg drops"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HICMaddox, Jake.
Summary: "Jeff wants to be a good wrestler, but will his bad temper get in the way?"--Unedited summary from book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADSmith, Elliott
Summary: Josiah joins a wrestling club, but because he is smaller than the other boys he gets teased--but one of the team members, Pablo, offers to coach him, and shows him a move that takes advantage of Josiah's quickness, and which could be the secret weapon the team needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SMICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SMIRayo, Alberto
Summary: Tania, called "Thumbelina" because she is really tiny, has worked very hard to be a wrestling champion in the Junior Indie League, and now she and her friend Jorge, "Mouse," are being offered a chance at the pros, appearing in wrestling matches across the country--but her unscrupulous manager, Mr. Mole, wants her to adopt a flashy persona with elaborate moves, and somehow Tania must break free...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC FARRourke-Mooney, Beck
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Birdie must overcome her desire to blend in so she can help new friend Abigail Rose take her family's amateur wrestling promotion in a new, more feminist direction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ROUMaddox, Jake
Summary: Ninth-grader Kyle has always been the heavyweight on his junior high school wrestling team, but when a new kid shows up he loses the challenge and finds himself relegated to the B-team--until a girl on the squad suggests he move down a weight class.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Maddox 2015Borth, Teddy
Summary: "Discover how Roman Reigns went from college football player to WWE's big dog, claiming his yard from The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. This title will go through Reigns' time in NXT, The Shield, and his championship wins along the way. The easy to read text is joined with beautiful photographs showing some of Reigns' best moments in the ring."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.812 BORFemia, Gina
Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Alonda finds friendship, fame, and love on the streets of Coney Island when she befriends a group of teen wrestlers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FEMPantaleo, Steve
Summary: Celebrate the impressive career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with this comprehensive visual guide, which chronicles every step from his explosive WWE debut match to his full-blown Superstar status. Dubbed "The Great One," for more than 20 years The Rock has delighted millions of fans with his charisma, catch phrases and championship wins - all captured in this stunning book. Discover The Rock's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.812 PANRaul the Third
Summary: Wrestling star El Toro finds support and motivation from coach Kooky Dooky on a practice day when he feels less than inspired.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: "The riveting true story-soon to be a high-profile film-of Olympic wrestling gold medal-winning brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and their fatal relationship with the eccentric John du Pont, heir to the du Pont dynasty. On January 26, 1996, Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medal winner and wrestling golden boy, was shot three times by du Pont family heir John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 SCHSummary: Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh, and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005