Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story

Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story

Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story

Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story

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Overview

Offering professional wrestling fans a ringside seat into his adventurous life, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Jim Duggan recounts for the first time key moments and legendary bouts both inside and outside the ring. Known to millions of enthusiasts as a charismatic patriot—with an American flag in his right hand and his signature two-by-four in his left—Duggan here reflects on his early life as a student-athlete on the Southern Methodist University football squad. Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons, Duggan shares how an injury-plagued rookie season curtailed his football ambitions and paved the way for a brighter career in professional wrestling. Rising to fame in the Cold War–era 1980s, Duggan immediately put himself at odds with anti-American “heels” and engaged in legendary feuds with some of the most legendary names in the sport, including the Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, and Andre the Giant. In this who’s who of top-tier wrestling, Duggan reveals not only the high points of championship bouts but also the low points that occurred far away from the TV cameras and screaming fans, including his fight against kidney cancer during the prime of his career. With each page peppered with Duggan’s charming wit, fans will find much to enjoy and discover about the man they once knew only as “Hacksaw.”

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629373911
Publisher: Triumph Books
Publication date: 07/01/2016
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Hacksaw Jim Duggan was one of the nation’s most popular professional wrestlers in the 1980s with his trademark American flag and 2x4 piece of timber. Scott Williams has co-written two previous professional wrestling books and is an avid fan of Hacksaw’s.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Growing Up 1

Chapter 2 College Days 9

Chapter 3 My Life in Professional Football 15

Chapter 4 My "Big" Break 21

Chapter 5 Back in Georgia 31

Chapter 6 Birth of a Hacksaw 41

Chapter 7 Mid-South 49

Chapter 8 Life with Dr. Death 69

Chapter 9 Love Hits Me Like a 2×4 77

Chapter 10 The Sheik and I 99

Chapter 11 (Prime) Time for a Comeback 113

Chapter 12 A Rumble and a Giant Feud 127

Chapter 13 Titusville 137

Chapter 14 The End of the Road 149

Chapter 15 WCW 157

Chapter 16 Mr. Saturday Night 169

Chapter 17 Fighting for My Life 177

Chapter 18 A Long Vacation 191

Chapter 19 Coming Back to the WW…E 197

Chapter 20 A Dark Day 205

Chapter 21 Family, Film Stars, and Community 215

Chapter 22 Hall(s) of Fame 229

Epilogue 235

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