Brute Power: The Autobiography of Buggsy McGraw

Brute Power: The Autobiography of Buggsy McGraw by Buggsy McGraw. Perfect Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781644677889.

Brute Power was named a 2019 Finalist for "Best Pro Wrestling Book" by the Wrestling Observer. Oliver Bateman of The Ringer describes Brute Power as "A no-holds-barred autobiography of one of the towering titans of the territorial age. Brute Power takes readers behind the curtain. McGraw pulled his punches in the ring, but doesn’t in this excellent book. He’ll tell you who he liked, who he hated, and about the time he hunted for kangaroos with midget wrestlers.” Don Davies of SLAM! Wrestling’ reviewed Brute Power and said "Brute Power does a great job of following Davis career from a young inexperienced wrestler to a main eventer at Madison Square Garden in New York. Unlike some other autobiographies that do not pull the curtain far back during their time in the 60s to 80s, McGraws autobiography pulls the curtain back on the wrestling business during his time where kayfabe was enforced.” Brute Power is the official autobiography of a little Indiana boy with a speech impediment who turned himself into one of the strongest men on the planet, before transitioning into a worldwide wrestling star. This book covers Buggsys journey around the world to territories both big and small, along with his shocking decision to walk away from the ring while still in his prime in favor of a career as a registered nurse. Buggsy McGraw provides you all of the stories and details about working with Bruno Sammartino, Lou Albano, Andre The Giant, Giant Baba, Jerry Lawler, Antonio Inoki, Bobo Brazil, Randy Savage, Jumbo Tsuruta, The Von Erichs, Dory Funk Jr., Ray Stevens, Pat Patterson, Peter Maivia, Rocky Johnson, The Sheik, Abdullah the Butcher, Stan Hansen, Dick the Bruiser, Paul Orndorff, Roddy Piper, Jack Brisco, Lonnie Mayne, Nikolai Volkoff, Bill Irwin, Jimmy Valiant, Vince Russo, Bruiser Brody and more! This book also contains a foreword by WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson, with an afterword by B. Brian Blair, the president of the Cauliflower Alley Club!