Swimming With Piranhas

In this memoir, the former president of the National Wrestling Alliance,
Howard Brody gives a first hand account of how he's been able to survive the
world of pro wrestling politics, despite getting a few bloody noses along the
way. Brody delves into the historical aspects of his time at the NWA,
describing encounters - both good and bad - with some of professional
wrestling's most powerful and creative minds including Vince and Linda
McMahon, Eric Bischoff, Paul Heyman, Tod Gordon, Antonio Inoki, Hiro Matsuda,
the Funks, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Cornette, Hulk Hogan, and more. Brody describes
how he got hooked on the business, how he raised money to shoot a ladies
wrestling TV pilot, and how he finally ended up in the NWA, serving as its
president from 1996 to 2001, and the controversy surrounding how and why he
left. Delving into the inner workings of booking and promoting shows, from
dealing with talent to building managers, radio and television stations, Brody
explains the differences and similarities between small, medium and large
promotions, and talks about the nature of negotiating and selling wrestling to
television networks and sponsors. Swimming With Piranhas covers aspects of the
pro wrestling business that have yet to be captured on paper. This book
reveals the true war stories as Brody takes the reader into the boardrooms and
back offices of the most exciting business in the world: professional
wrestling.