Eat Sleep Wrestle

Description: Support independent authors. Show some love to Dead Park Books.

Description: Support independent authors and share your love of Dead Park Books!

Description: Eat Sleep Wrestle tells their stories, and more. Show your love for ESW, Wahoo McDaniel, Tracy Smothers, Princess Victoria, Chris Candido, Mad Man Pondo, and Mars Bennett.

Description: 1950s ad for the Allen Athletic Club wrestling promotion in Louisville, KY.

Description: For fans of Eat Sleep Wrestle, publisher of the books Bluegrass Brawlers, The Original Black Panther, and Grappling by Gaslight as well as autobiographies by Dr. D David Schultz, Mad Man Pondo, Hurricane JJ Maguire, and Tracy Smothers.

Description: Long before the days of Memphis Wrestling, Heywood Allen made wrestling a Tuesday night tradition in Louisville. The Allen Club ran for 22 years under two owners and featured the top stars of the day including Lou Thesz, Buddy Rogers, Baron Leone, Gorgeous George, Johnny Valentine, Freddie Blassie, Mildred Burke, Mae Young. Bo Bo Brazil, and The Sheik. Show your love for Louisville's wrestling past with this original throwback tee!