Table of Contents
Author's Note ix
Foreword xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Headed for the Money 9
Chapter 2 Down from the Mountaintop 11
Chapter 3 Growing Up Farhat 15
Chapter 4 Forged in the Flames of War 20
Chapter 5 Stepping into the Ring 26
Chapter 6 Enter the Arabian Madman 34
Chapter 7 The Sheik Goes National 42
Chapter 8 Motor City Mayhem 58
Chapter 9 Big Time 79
Chapter 10 On Top of the Wrestling World 109
Chapter 11 The Battle for Detroit 146
Chapter 12 Nihon no Sheiku 179
Chapter 13 I Like to Hurt People 201
Chapter 14 The Death of Big Time Wrestling 233
Chapter 15 Wanderer in the Wilderness 259
Chapter 16 Once More into the Fire 291
Chapter 17 Tie Last Days of The Sheik 318
Chapter 18 A Legacy Written in Blood 333
Appendix 1 The Sheik's Record at Cobo Arena (1962-1988) 347
Appendix 2 The Sheik's 127-Match Undefeated Singles Streak at the Maple Leaf Gardens (1969-1974) 359
Notes 363
Selected Bibliography 386
Acknowledgments 388