Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs

by Steven Bell

Overview

Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of The British Bulldogs is the triumphant but ultimately tragic story of Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith. Cousins born just a couple of years apart in a small mining town near Wigan, Tom and Davey discovered the art of wrestling as schoolboys. Tom went on to become 'The Dynamite Kid', arguably the greatest and most pioneering wrestler in history, but his short temper and determination to reach the top of a sport dominated by naturally bigger men would be his undoing. The more reserved Davey became a global superstar, but followed his cousin not just into exceptionalism, but into heavy substance abuse as well. Ultimately, the extraordinarily dysfunctional world of pro wrestling would prove too much for the cousins from Golborne - one proud, one naïve. Together they became the best and most influential tag team of their generation. But they could not escape their demons, and their triumphs eventually submitted to their tragedy. Dynamite and Davey is a gripping cautionary tale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801502443
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	04/04/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Dynamite and Davey is Steven Bell's third book, following From Triumph to Tragedy: The Chapecoense Story and The Man of All Talents: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas 'Duggy' Clark, both of which were exceptionally well received. Steven also writes and appears on podcasts for soccer magazine These Football Times. Just like Thomas Billington and David Smith, Steven is from a small mining town in the north of England. Dynamite and Davey is Steven Bell's third book, following From Triumph to Tragedy: The Chapecoense Story and The Man of All Talents: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas 'Duggy' Clark, both of which were exceptionally well received. Steven also writes and appears on podcasts for soccer magazine These Football Times. Just like Thomas Billington and David Smith, Steven is from a small mining town in the north of England.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Glossary of Terms 13

Introduction 16

Prologue: Champions of the World 23

Part 1 The Dynamite Kid 27

1 Doctor Death 29

2 Stampede 38

3 Hart House 43

4 A First Time for Everything 52

5 Shooting Up 59

6 New Japan 69

7 Young David 78

8 Climbing the Ladder 92

9 Love is all Around 96

10 Tiger Mask 108

11 New York, New York 115

12 The Age of Dynamite 119

13 And The New 128

Part 2 The British Bulldogs 133

14 All Japan 135

15 Wrestlemania 143

16 The Wrestling Classic 150

17 The Night Patrol 155

18 Have a Nice Day 157

19 Inevitable 163

20 Bigger! Better! Badder! 169

21 Nothing in Moderation 173

22 Bad Company 180

23 The Only Way is Down 184

24 The Sucker Punch 189

25 Back to the Future 200

26 The Dogfight of the Decade 206

27 Crash 215

Part 3 The British Bulldog 223

28 The One-Way Ticket 225

29 The Indictment 236

30 And We're Off to Wembley 244

31 The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall 250

32 Summerslammer 259

33 Camp Cornette 269

34 The Trial 277

35 Gold Rush 282

36 On the Scrapheap 291

37 The New Hart Foundation 297

38 Team Canada 302

39 The Thanks You Get 306

40 Rescue Dog 316

41 One More Run 320

42 Owen 322

43 Crippled 329

Epilogue 342

Afterword 360

Acknowledgements 365

Selected Bibliography and Sources 367

Index 375