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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on May 26, 2014 16:37:11 GMT -6
Dick Bourne and Dave Millican have just completed a book about the original “Big Gold Belt” that was used in the NWA and World Championship Wrestling. The book is slated to be released this summer. The pair already published an awesome book about the original NWA World championship belt several years back.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 5, 2014 18:44:11 GMT -6
A new book "Big Gold" by Dick Bourne and Dave Millican will look at the creation, crafting, recovery, salvage and legacy of the most famous pro wrestling belt ever - the original "Big Gold" belt that was used by the National Wrestling Alliance, New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling from 1985 until 2001, will be released in the next month. The book will feature an introduction by WWE Hall of Famer J.J. Dillon and a foreword by legendary announcer Bob Caudle as well as comments from Ric Flair, who sat down for an interview about the belt and his memories of wearing it and defending it. The full color 200 page book is currently available for pre-orders at www.thebiggoldbelt.com and Twitter.com/TheBigGoldBelt. Promotional material for the book reads: "Wrestling’s most celebrated championship belt is examined as never before: its origins, its secrets, its amazing story. The belt has been photographed in amazing detail, on both the original 1986 brown leather and the black leather that replaced it. Plus, for the first time since 1991, the original 1986 "Ric Flair" nameplate is back on the belt. The book includes a special interview with Ric Flair about the earliest days of the Big Gold belt. Plus, special photographs with the "Nature Boy" taken earlier this year as he was reunited with the belt for the first time in over 14 years. From 1986-2000, the Big Gold belt represented the NWA, WCW, and WCW International world titles. And don't forget the "Real World Championship" in the WWF in 1991! Twenty-six different champions held the belt throughout those years. Complete, detailed background on the companies and craftsmen that were involved in making the belt, both the plates and the leather. Plus the real story of who had the belt made, why it was made, and how it was delivered. Dozens of details, large and small, never known or published before. The book includes a complete title history of the belt including all three different championships it represented over 14 years. Plus rare archival documents and concept art from Crumrine Jewelers, amazingly detailed photographs, related memorabilia, and much more. From North Carolina to Nevada to the sunshine state of Florida, follow along the amazing journey of the creation of the Big Gold belt. Also included is a brief foreword by the voice of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling for four decades, broadcaster Bob Caudle and a special introduction by legendary wrestler and manager James J. Dillon. J.J. managed Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen when Flair defended the Big Gold belt all around the world. Over 200 pages of Big Gold history, over 120 color photographs, and dozens of rare documents and illustrations. It’s the Big Gold belt as you’ve never seen it before."
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