{"id":155454,"date":"2023-03-16T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=155454"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:35:11","slug":"steve-austin-book-up-for-pre-order-now-by-torch-assistant-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/03\/16\/steve-austin-book-up-for-pre-order-now-by-torch-assistant-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNOUNCEMENT: Zack Heydorn&#8217;s first book, &#8220;Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin,&#8221; available for pre-order now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2008939351\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>&#8220;Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin,&#8221; the new book by PWTorch assistant editor Zack Heydorn is available for pre-order right now. The new book explores the wrestling artistry of Steve Austin through an in-depth analysis of matches, promos, and moments throughout the entirety of his career.<\/p>\n<p>You can pre-order the paperback version of the book or the e-book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/stunning-the-wrestling-artistry-of-steve-austin#\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-8.13.00-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-8.13.00-PM-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-8.13.00-PM-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-8.13.00-PM-687x1024.png 687w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-8.13.00-PM-768x1145.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-8.13.00-PM.png 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sound of glass breaking is poetry to the ears of a wrestling fan. To anyone who loves the sport it means one thing\u2014&#8221;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin is about to come rumbling down that aisle to open a can of whoop ass on an unfortunate foe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/808372404?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Austin was a once-in-a-generation act in wrestling business. WWE built the Attitude Era around his beer-swilling, ass-kissing, anti-corporate character, unique in the history of wrestling. Austin defined a decade and led to the largest business boom the industry has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>How did it happen?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin<\/strong>, dives into the art of Austin as a performer to uncover the answers. Many books tackle professional wrestling as a business or a spectacle. Here, author Zack Heydorn views it through a different lens\u2014as a compelling and diverse art form.\u00a0Something\u00a0made Austin standout from the pack and Heydorn delves deep into the weeds to figure out what Stone Cold did and said that resonated so strongly with fans.<\/p>\n<p>From the early days inside the Dallas Sportatorium as \u201cStunning\u201d Steve, to the raucous ECW arena, all the way to the bright lights of WrestleMania, Stunning dissects Austin\u2019s artistic choices in the ring and on the microphone. Heydorn, an editor at the ground-breaking Pro Wrestling Torch, offers in-depth, frame-by-frame match analysis, promo examination, and provides a historical framework to understand the world in which that work took place.<\/p>\n<p>Stunning\u00a0is the definitive study of the artistic development and progression of the most influential pro wrestler in history. With art by the legendary K. 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