Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. FREE Shipping on orders with at least $25 of books. Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling FREE Shipping on orders over . DetailsProfessional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle (Performance Studies Series) FREE Shipping. DetailsRingside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America FREE Shipping. Why do millions of pro wrestling fans spend their Saturday nights watching well-oiled, muscled and costumed men performing in a well-rehearsed stage play in which the winner is decided days earlier? What attracts devotees to this sport? Editor Sammond and a host of academics answer these and many other questions, explaining what they think really goes on inside and outside that ring (for Sammond, professional wrestling resembles burlesque more than sport).
Publisher: Duke University Press Books (January 13, 2005) 6.5 x 1 x 8.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) #753,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Miscellaneous > Sociology of Sports in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Miscellaneous > Essays in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Wrestling 45 star75%4 star25%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsNot for the casual wrestling fan, it's a good book but from a more objective, journalistic perspective.Thoughtful reading of an Unusual Subject|awesome book| Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling Fighting for Recognition: Identity, Masculinity, and the Act of Violence in Professional Wrestling Skip to Wiki Navigation Skip to Site Navigation Steel Folding Chairs are one of the most common and brutal weapons in the history of Wrestling.
They are commonly used for hitting an opponent on the head, or sticking the side of the chair into their stomach or even other extreme uses. During matches, chairs are found near the ring, as well as under it. Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.You don't have permission to access /books/sports-recreation/wrestlingTo slightly bolster Cliff Gilley answer, the chair's rivets are actually sawed through so that the chair will collapse after a few blows. That way it will "break away" rather than fracturing the wrestler's skull or vertebrae when they are struck with it. When you go to a wrestling match, the "stunt chairs" will be off by themselves with no one sitting on them. There's usually a security person nearby or at them to make certain that no sits on them or tampers with them.
Chairs used for pro-wrestling matches are just normal folding chairs made of thin light metal which isn't reinforced. Also,they have had the rivets broken so that when a performer takes a chair shot,say to the head,the metal of chair will collapse and allow his head to bend the metal easily which you may have seen in a lot of matches that after some chair shots are delivered on the body of opponents,the chairs tend to bend. Although it hurts a lot to take these chairs on the body,the chances of severe injuries like fractures are reduced with such chairs.As far as I am aware, the chair is metal, though not steel as is usually said. The metal causes less damage and good sound effects when used. The ladder is also made of a light metal and is hollow. However, they hurt bad when used, and wrestlers usually take precautions before using them. For example, the chair is used on the back, thus distributing the force over a larger area, reducing pain. Also, in case of chair shots to the head (now banned by the WWE), the wrestler receiving the shot usually brings his hand up to protect his head, however, some wrestlers did take unprotected shots to the head.
The same goes for the ladder shots. The wrestlers take precautions but it still hurts, and sometimes, it can go horribly wrong.The sledgehammer, used by Triple H, is always real. HHH mentioned in an interview that he only used a fake hammer once in his career. He always covers the head of the hammer with his hammer before hitting his opponent to minimize damage.Source: Secrets of the WWE ring and weapons you must know aboutAlso read this answer for better clarity on all issues: Anonymous' answer to Is pro wrestling fake?Jon Stewart’s first act of retirement: Attacking pro wrestler John Cena with a steel chair Have Stewart and Seth Rollins finally buried the hatchet? If you imagined that Jon Stewart would use the stage Sunday night while hosting WWE’s SummerSlam to retaliate against long-time nemesis, professional wrestler Seth Rollins, you would be quite wrong.Plot twist: Stewart got physical during the Rollins vs. John Cena “winner takes all” title vs. title match at Barclays Center last night — but it wasn’t in Cena’s defense.