The Annotated Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce
(By Marcus Griffin)
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Griffin wrote about double-crosses and rivalries between promoters, the manipulation of the wrestlers, the "synthetic buildup" promoters gave to the grapplers to put them over in the minds of the ticket-buying public, and a history of some of the great characters of that era.
Fall Guys was, and still is, fascinating reading ... with one caveat. A great deal of the book was written by Griffin with an extreme bias for Toots Mondt ... his boss ... and against those whom Toots didn't like. It is filled with inconsistencies, contradictions, and ... yes, downright lies. Nevertheless, the book is the best resource of events that took place during that era, and wrestling scholars have used much of Griffin's writing as a launchpad for their own research.
That being the case, why would anyone want to read this book?
This is the annotated version, in which Yohe & Teal challenge Griffin's statements about events and correct errors that have been repeated through the years in other books and writings. They add additional detail to the stories and the lives of the book's personalities.
It all makes absorbing reading and a lively tale for those people afflicted with the disease which Griffin terms "wrestler-itis."”
