Jim Cornette Presents: Behind the Curtain - Real Pro Wrestling Stories by Jim CornetteMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jim Cornette was the one of the best wrestling managers of the 1980s and 1990s, with his tennis racket, terrible fashion sense, and motor mouth. Since then, he's become the voice of reason in the wrestling business, a voice most people tune out.
Anyway, I saw this on Kickstarter and was as powerless to resist as someone locked in the figure four in the middle of the ring.
Functioning much like the Crypt Keeper, Mama Cornette's little boy introduces and narrates numerous tales from wrestling history, from Sputnik Monroe breaking down the color barrier in Memphis to the sad life of Dr. Jerry Graham to the infamous plane crash that changed wrestling history as we know it.
As a lifelong wrestling fan, a lot of the stories were familiar but the telling almost made them new again. I knew The Sheik went to great lengths to uphold kayfabe but I didn't know just how far he took it. I also didn't know Jim Cornette's role in the Montreal Screwjob or a lot of the corners of Sputnik Monroe's story, including how he got his name. Denis Medri's art is great, more cartoony than realistic but that fits the tone of professional wrestling very well.
Behind the Curtain is a must for wrestling fans. I hope there's a return match in the works..
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