10 Wrestling Books That Proved Seriously Controversial

For those that weren't already aware, a professional wrestling boom was taking place in Britain concurrent to the rise of the WWF in America, though, for the most part, the sport was presented in an entirely different and unique way with weight classes and bouts divided into boxing-like rounds.

Despite this, it is worth noting that by the 1980s the viewing audience in the UK was already aware of the predetermined nature of the bouts.

So when Jackie Pallo, an established in-ring attraction in the British scene, famed for his rivalry with Mick McManus wrote a tell-all autobiography in 1986, he wasn't exactly pulling back the curtain to the viewing audience. However, that doesn't mean that the memoir didn't get some serious heat among his colleagues, many of whom felt that Pallo had exposed the business.

Pallo also stated his growing contempt for the state of the wrestling in the UK at that time, feeling that Shirley 'Big Daddy' Crabtree and his promoter brother Max were killing the art by incorporating too many American influences.