wrestlers are like seagulls: chapter index

wrestlers are like seagulls: chapter index         book detailspaperback: 360 pagesdimensions: 6x9publisher: crowbar presscover: full color208 b&w photographsisbn: 0-9745545-2-9item #: cbp02-jjprice: $24.95      book synopsis  |  excerpts from the book  |  chapter titlessubject index  |  media appearances  |  reviews and commentsj.j. dillon's homepage  |  crowbar press  chapter titles foreword introduction 1  the dream jim morrison discovers pro wrestling ... the brooklyn dodgers ... watching wrestling at the trenton armory ... president of the johnny valentine fan club ... having pizza with larry simon (aka the great malenko) ... selling arena programs ... meeting george bollas, the zebra kid 2  living the dream trenton central high school ... wrestling at albright college ... lou super's gym in philadelphia ... working out with dominic denucci and professor tanaka ... tips from al costello, the fabulous kangaroo ... jim's first match — vineland, new jersey, july 11, 1962 ... $50 payoff ... meeting hans mortier 3  third man in the ring part of the ring crew at philadelphia's channel 3 ... unexpected invitation to referee ... introduced to willie gilzenburg, the president of the wwwf ... vince mcmahon sr. invites jim to referee in washington, dc ... arnold skaaland blades his finger ... blading during killer kowalski and bruno sammartino match ... $200 cash from phil zacko ... bruno sammartino, a stand-up guy ... carrying blades and other foreign objects ... thoughts on referees ... working with the midgets ... getting married at albright college ... a surprise phone call ... graduating college and substitute teaching ... selling insurance and working in a department store ... divorced 4  the bodyslam cowboy jim dillon makes his debut in dayton, ohio ... wrestling killer kowalski on tv in pittsburgh ... back to work for a trucking company ... working in michigan for the sheik ... pedro godoy and the bodyslam ... transferred to detroit ... a painful wrestling match against hans schmidt ... bull curry's head punch ... bull curry's 30-second main event against tex mckenzie ... wrestling the outlaws — dick murdock and dusty rhodes 5  bruno a letter to bruno sammartino ... confrontation with ace freeman at the pittsburgh civic center ... bruno saves the day ... jim dillon, the weekend warrior ... meeting jim grabmire ... a major turning point in jim's career ... first full-time wrestling territory — charlotte, north carolina ... giving a one-day notice to the trucking company 6  the babyface living at the ymca ... wrestling gene anderson at the park center ... working as a babyface ... life in the south ... $270 a week ... art nelson ... custom wrestling boots ... winning a battle royal ... weight training ... first exposure to steroids ... jim crockett sr ... memories of luther lindsay ... death in the wrestling ring ... 2nd marriage ... a trip to florida ... wrestling dory funk jr. for the nwa world heavyweight title ... meeting dory funk sr. ... invitation to wrestle in amarillo, texas ... booked in halifax, nova scota ... johnny weaver and leo burke ... $238.52 airfare ... losing to the beast six nights in a row ... jim crockett's funeral ... the crocketts: jimmy, david, jackie, and francis ... wrestling freddie sweetan and mike dubois at the 1972 event in greensboro that would later be known as starrcade ... john ringley's bad judgement ... moving to moncton, new brunswick, canada 7  nature boy dillon working on top in the maritimes ... nature boy dillon ... cigars ... psychology of doing interviews ... overview of the maritimes territory ... wrestling willie trembley six nights in a row ... winning the north american heavyweight title ... the beast gets blood the hard way ... defending the title against leo burke, stan pulaski, and bobby kay ... killer karl krupp returns to challenge mr. wonderful ... wrestling the mongolian stomper ... winning the north american tag team title with freddie sweetan ... freddie dies in a fire ... jim's first signature move — the chicken wing crossface ... applying the crossface to the missouri mauler ... a new finishing hold — the elbow drop 8  west texas memories wrestling in amarillo, texas ... lou thesz referees a match between jim dillon and dick murdoch ... overview of the amarillo territory ... mike london, the promoter of albuquerque, new mexico ... the wheel bearing and grease ... a public apology to the people of mexico ... knocked unconscious by terry funk ... challenge to the sports editor of the san angelo standard times ... stan hansen breaks into the business ... stan's short professional football career ... ted dibiase's first professional match ... dumping killer karl kox into a garbage can ... kox's imaginary friend, alex ... karl kox and dick murdoch invest in a volkswagen van ... murdoch's friends plan to hogtie dillon ... memories of dick murdoch ... west texas state cheerleaders ... jim dillon's marching band ... goat pellets in pervical a. friend's car ... first tour of japan ... tommy tsuruta and atsushi onita ... rikidozan, the father of japanese professional wrestling ... return to amarillo ... doing a job for the legendary el santo ... thrown into an el paso jail with ben justice, siegfried stanke, and karl von steiger ... bailed out of jail by dory funk and gory guerrero ... heel fans in abilene, texas ... the funks and dick murdoch evict jim dillon from the dressing room (in his birthday suit) ... don "the lawman" slatton and the doll collection ... jim and black jack mulligan almost get sued ... touring japan with bob backlund and bulldog bob brown ... the habu snake and the mongoose 9  the cow that ate the cabbage moving to tampa, florida ... rooming with baron mikel scicluna ... bobby shane books the florida territory ... shane dies in a plane crash ... harley race takes shane's place as booker ... the problems with being the florida tv champion ... losing the title to rocky johnson ... winning the florida tag team title with roger kirby ... terry funk pulls a rib on rick martel ... working in tallahassee ... harley race attacked by angry fans ... larry hennig knocks himself silly ... open-enrollment battle royal in orlando ... confrontation with hell's angels ... wrestling in the main event against eddie graham 10  the stomper and the moondog a phone call from archie gouldie, the mongolian stomper ... moving to dallas, texas ... first managing job ... j.j. dillon is born! ... jj and the stomper wrestle rocky johnson and cowboy lang (a midget) ... the stomper leaves dallas without giving notice ... joe blanchard knocks jj dillon into the ocean ... wrestling a 21-year-old tully blanchard in austin, texas ... memories of paul boesch, promoter in houston ... reprimanded for having a great match with gino hernandez ... praise for ric flair ... managing lonnie "moondog" mayne ... the moondog passes out in the ring ... jj dillon, the ventriloquist ... lonnie mayne dies in an automobile accident ... booked to manage the stomper in atlanta, georgia ... starting date in minneapolis for promoter verne gagne ... an open contract leads to a match with victor the wrestling bear ... jj dillon vs paul boesch in a bathtub match 11  chips off the old block ted turner and his "rasslers" ... the stomper disappears again ... managing abdullah the butcher ... abby quits the atlanta promotion before dropping the title ... holding the macon title ... abdullah helps jj get booked in japan ... taking cigars to japan for giant baba and the sensational, intelligent destroyer ... sumo wrestling fan ... cutting a promo in japan for amarillo ... abby and jj arrive in amarillo ... wrestling moose cholak at cobo hall in detroit, michigan ... "chips off the old block" promo ... karl von steiger's cheek is pierced by a flying object ... abdullah gets stabbed by an ice pick intended for jj ... trying to stay awake during a 300-mile trip to albuquerque ... kay noble and the plastic hefty bag ... invitation to wrestle in australia 12  the giant and the poofter wrestling in australia ... ron miller and larry o'day ... managing brute bernard ... censorship by the television stations ... sticking a lit cigar in mario milano's eye ... dropping andre the giant with a shoe ... wrestling fans riot in flemington ... brute bernard's head is cut to the bone ... a drunken female fan threatens jj's wife at a bar ... wrestling in new zealand for steve rickard ... letting his hair grow to it's natural color ... leo burke goes over the ropes and is knocked unconscious 13  closet announcer dick murdoch and black jack mulligan buy the amarillo territory ... terry funk predicts the future ... the wrestling business begins to change ... battle of the managers: "playboy" gary hart vs james j. dillon ... wrestling during a power outage ... hitchhiking with dick murdoch ... barry windham sits in the back of the pickup truck ... mulligan's $25,000 bank account is emptied 14  border crossing a 6-week tour of germany as cowboy jim dillon ... tournament in bremen, germany ... the differences between wrestling in the u.s. and germany ... fines for rules violations = beer money ... no place to go ... two weeks working for stu hart in calgary ... the hart mansion ... stu hart's stories ... road trip to montana ... the border guard ... the boys rib jim neidhart ... eddie graham books jj in kansas city, missouri 15  cable tv, my toughest opponent booking the kansas city territory ... wrestling in st. louis, missouri ... bulldog bob brown and rufus r. jones ... terry garvin puts locks on the boys' suitcases ... the tables are turned on garvin ... winning the north american tag team title with buzz tyler ... referee larry dwyer lands in a drainage ditch ... cable tv makes a negative impact on pro wrestling in the territory ... taping at the memorial hall in kansas city ... using a "secret weapon" against the kelly twins 16  samurai and cannibals managing, wrestling, and booking in florida ... ric flair doing one-hour broadways with charlie cook ... ric flair passing out the booze ... dusty rhode's track record ... replaced as booker by terry funk ... dusty replaces terry as booker ... dusty and the big picture ... ole anderson's in-your-face personality ... eddie graham's view of dusty ... eddie manipulates dusty ... how jj used the blade ... mike rotunda and the blood-filled condom ... kendo nagasaki beats jerry lawler for the southern heavyweight title ... kimala, the ugandan giant ... managing in both the florida and memphis territories ... selling "weasel" bumper stickers with jimmy garvin ... the saga of the family ... working for bill watts ... king james ... jj gets his hair permed ... kevin sullivan's devil-worshiping angle ... gordon solie ... angelo mosca gives kevin sullivan a hotfoot 17  the garden wrestling in madison square garden ... jj makes history in the wwf ... kudos to vince mcmahon sr. 18  back to the maritimes return to the maritimes ... booking the maritimes territory ... unexpected help from eddie graham ... moving back to charlotte to work for jimmy crockett ... the beginning of a 5-year run 19  death of the master memories of eddie graham ... flying under the influence ... dusty leaves eddie and takes his key players ... the best finish man in the wrestling business ... eddie graham, master of psychology 20  cadillacs, mercedes, and bmws managing the long riders ... black bart's stetson hat ... jj dillon, cross-dresser ... wrestling in the charlotte coliseum under a mask ... managing the four horsemen ... ronnie garvin, nwa world heavyweight champion ... magnum t.a.'s car accident ... three of the four horsemen make a secret visit to the hospital ... wrestling in kuwait ... bringing gold home from iraq ... wrestlers and "the myth" ... wrestlers and their image ... fine-tuning dusty's notes ... working in the wrestling office with jimmy crockett ... no sick days allowed ... the dusty finish ... buying a percentage of championship wrestling from florida 21  the four horsemen how the four horsemen were formed ... doing what was right for business ... beating up dusty in the parking lot ... drugs and alcohol in wrestling ... cocaine, the drug of choice ... did ric flair use cocaine? ... a personal admission ... saturday morning hangovers ... the horsemen feed dusty ... jj and the hully gully ... sky low low vs little beaver ... ric flair's problem with dusty ... dusty's ego ... jj gets put in the middle ... jimmy crockett handles ric flair ... the nwa outgrosses the wwf ... horsemen coverage in national magazines ... jj picks his favorite horsemen combination ... thoughts and feelings about ole anderson ... lex luger becomes a horseman ... lex refuses to use the blade ... barry windham takes luger's place as a horseman 22  the acquisition the nwa falls apart ... red flag ... jimmy crockett talks to ted turner ... jim barnett's part in the sale of the nwa to ted turner ... wrestling fans run the new company ... pizza hut executive becomes the head of wcw ... another divorce ... living with tully blanchard ... automobile accident 23  courted by the world wrestling federation tully blanchard suggests jj contact the wwf ... meeting with vince mcmahon and pat patterson in greenwich, connecticut ... negotiating a salary ... giving the nwa a two-week notice ... timing the clash of the champions ... jj's lawyer threatens the nwa with legal action for jj's final paycheck 24  the big time in-house agent with the wwf ... andre the giant is suspicious ... tully falls victim to the wwf drug testing policy ... tully and arn jump back to the nwa 25  he did it his way vince changes the wrestling business ... a band of thieves ... vince mcmahon vs ted turner ... behind the scenes with vince mcmahon ... shane mcmahon's role model ... vince and vince: father and son ... vince bleaches his hair blond ... vince jr. court marshaled from military school 26  the creative process total dedication to the company ... working in creative with vince and pat patterson ... vince, the workaholic ... waiting for the phone to ring ... creating characters and personas ... professional wrestling: predetermined sports entertainment ... television and pay-per-views ... producing promos ... the coordination and logistics of routing talent around the country ... scheduling dates and booking arenas ... booking flights for talent ... rental cars ... linda mcmahon's travel agency ... booking wrestlemania ... production meetings ... creating the rick " the model" martel, saba simba, yokozuna, papa shango, and goldust characters ... who gets the blame for the gobbley gooker ... terry taylor and the red rooster ... toilet humor 27  twins and a miracle baby married again ... vasectomy reversal surgery ... going into cardiac arrest ... father of three, at age 52! 28  dirtsheets jimmy crockett lays down the law ... vince's frustration with the wrestling newsletters ... information leaks ... good workers and bad workers ... hulk hogan as a worker ... great mechanics, bad mechanics ... understanding and accepting the sheets ... vince appoints jj to be the official spokesman for the wwf to dave meltzer ... advance publication of finishes ... personal feelings on the hulk hogan-sgt. slaughter feud ... dick glover's letter to frank deford in "the national" ... accused in the wrestling observer of withholding information and refusing to return a phone call ... friends or acquaintances? ... vince personally calls dave meltzer ... jj and the peter principle 29  the players vince mcmahon's business partners ... classy freddie blassie ... vince mcmahon sr. and his respect for the veteran wrestlers ... differences between vince sr. and vince jr. ... the road warriors clothesline vince ... vince mcmahon gives jim barnett his walking papers ... respect for pat patterson ... bill watts hired to run the wwf ... lex luger's run as the narcissist ... dusty rhodes in a polka dot outfit ... dusty's run in the wwf ... sean waltman and the great malenko ... jerry jarrett introduces his son, jeff jarrett, to jj ... jerry lawler signs with the wwf ... the wwf tours japan ... working with genichiro tenryu and the super world of sports ... john tenta vs koji kitao ... promoting wrestling events in japan ... ric flair joins the wwf talent roster ... ric flair vs hulk hogan ... mick foley sends jj an autographed copy of his book, "have a nice day" ... a personal note to mick foley ... decision makers in the wwf 30  the myth becomes personal alimony, taxes, and the irs ... the myth in the wwf ... $400 pair of shoes ... buying and selling homes ... vince mcmahon helps jj buy a house ... a loss of $50,000 31  the young and the wrestlers sex scandal in the wwf ... foot fetish ... pat patterson and terry garvin are fired ... vince mcmahon sheds a tear ... vince is attacked by kevin wacholz in green bay, wisconsin ... rape accusation ... jj is sexually harassed ... talent payoffs ... pat patterson returns ... steroid trial hits the wwf ... jerry jarrett arrives to run the wwf ... jarrett's contributions to the company ... media trial and acquittal ... vince's triumphant return ... salary cuts of 25-40% ... lord alfred hayes walks out ... catch-22 32  resigned to resign jerry jarrett resigns ... damage control in titan sports ... written steroid policy ... face to face with vince ... on probation ... selling the house ... the resignation letter ... paranoia ... vince worries about a press conference ... false allegations ... filing chapter 13 33  the obsession new opportunities ... meeting with eric bischoff at the wcw offices ... advice from jim barnett ... chilly reception ... "the commissioner" ... differences between the wwf and wcw ... dissecting eric bischoff ... the contrast between eric bischoff and vince mcmahon ... eric's brilliant idea backfires ... a difficult work environment ... sexual harassment complaint ... office love affair ... tv ratings ... eric is manipulated by the talent ... violence for the sake of violence 34  atm eric guaranteed contracts and labor costs ... suspicious merchandise payoffs ... a talk with scott hall and kevin nash ... temper tantrums ... first-class travel and other perks ... diamond dallas page goes into business for himself ... the (worthless) heavyweight title ... logical explanations ... jerry jarrett, the innovator ... hollywood celebrities ... david arquette, world heavyweight champion ... hulk hogan sells for jay leno's arm bar ... a prank phone call for bret hart ... mocking the four horsemen ... the disciples of dallas page ... chris kanyon sells cold drinks ... kevin nash as liaison between talent and the booking committee ... bobby eaton gets a letter from wcw ... the bloom is off the rose ... eric bischoff admits to needing help ... a three-year contract ... overseeing the power plant ... the new power plant ... bill goldberg and bob sapp, trainees ... jj's relationship with bischoff goes south ... a ship without a rudder ... hulk hogan pins kevin nash with one finger ... the goldberg monster truck ... the titanic takes on water ... losing $5 million a month ... $600,000 production budget ... three plane tickets and $5,000 for a crow ... accounting takes a look at the books ... bischoff is reassigned ... bill busch is promoted to executive vice-president ... dusty rhodes is given $100,000 and his walking papers ... dusty blames jj for the loss of his job 35  the other vince vince russo arrives at wcw ... suspicious statements made by russo ... harvey schiller leaves the company and brad siegel takes his place ... jeff jarrett accuses jj of low-balling him ... bill goldberg's contract ... terry taylor leaves wcw to work for the wwf, then returns to wcw ... scantily-clad women ... cats and dogs ... boomer passes away ... russo and ed ferarra appear on television ... rubber baseball bats and other props ... scott steiner bends a rubber crowbar on tv ... 27-minutes of wrestling action crammed into a 3-hour show ... russo blows his cool and gives an ultimatum ... jeff jarrett gets beat by three wrestling legends ... terry funk's branding iron ... brad siegel loses his temper ... battle lines are drawn ... marketing survey ... scott steiner goes into business for himself ... steiner rips on ric flair ... the inmates are given the keys ... steiner's lawyer overturns bill busch's decision, and gets steiner a bonus ... search for the "next big idea" ... bill goldberg's push ... siegel brings eric bischoff back ... bill busch walks out ... vince russo is reinstated ... bischoff demands that jj, gary juster, and kevin sullivan be fired ... the ferret ... kevin sullivan, nancy sullivan, and chris benoit ... cruiserweights leave wcw for the wwf when their demands aren't met ... bob mould comes to work for wcw ... vince russo and jeff jarrett take a cheap shot and make it personal ... terry taylor lobbies for jj's job ... once again, russo loses his cool and unloads on jj ... performance reviews by human resources ... "everybody gets a raise ..." ... the wcw employee directory ... jeff jarrett lays down for hulk hogan ... company losses jump from $15 million to $80 million 36  fire sale rumors abound ... a new group of owners (?) ... bischoff goes to hollywood ... fusient representatives visit the wcw offices ... wcw programs on turner stations are cancelled ... fusient backs out of the deal ... siegel ignores jerry jarrett's offer to buy wcw ... siegel "gives" wcw to mcmahon for a song ... watching the last episode of monday nitro from home 37  total nonstop anxiety chief financial officer for jarrett construction ... search for an investor ... jerry and jeff jarrett form tna ... appearing on-air for tna as their commissioner ... russo veers from the script ... reunion with dusty rhodes ... looking for work and going on unemployment 38  life after wrestling (yes, there is!) real estate school ... hired by prudential ... served with divorce papers ... attending fan conventions ... jj's crown makes the trip ... move back to delaware ... hired by the delaware department of corrections ... q&a with jim cornette ... thoughts on his circle of friends ... summary of life today ... photo safari in kenya and rwanda ... meeting sadaharu oh ... brooklyn dodgers' baseball fantasy camp ... a love for major league baseball ... current health situation ... a serious injury ... fame is fleeting 39  summary final thoughts on vince mcmahon jr. and the current state of the business book synopsis  |  excerpts from the book  |  chapter titlessubject index  |  media appearances  |  reviews and commentsj.j. dillon's homepage  |  crowbar press copyright © 2007 by scott teal pages designed by scott teal

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