Irvin Muchnick a widely published writer and nephew of the late, legendary St. Louis wrestling promoter Sam Muchnick has produced a book unlike any other on the astonishing growth of professional wrestling and its profound impact on mainstream sports and society. In Wrestling Babylon, he traces the demise of wrestlings old Mafia-like territories and the rise of a national marketing base thanks to cable television, deregulation and a culture-wide nervous breakdown.

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