How To Break Into Pro Wrestling: "Judo" Gene LeBell's Insider Guide To The Biz

How To Break Into Pro Wrestling: "Judo" Gene LeBell's Insider Guide to the Biz

So you wanna be a pro wrestler. Well, take it from a former pro, you'd better be prepared to work, sweat and bleed! Here "Judo" Gene tells you what it takes to make it and schools you in all the basic moves, from the Boston crab to the reverse cradle and more. About the Author The son of promoter Aileen Eaton, "Judo" Gene LeBell grew up training at L.A.'s Olympic Auditorium with some of the greatest professional fighters of all time. After winning two consecutive national judo championships in the 1950s, he decided to try his hand at pro wrestling and went on to win the world heavyweight wrestling championship. Gene has also done stunt work for movies and television and has appeared in more than 1,000 movies and TV shows. Considered one of the greatest martial artists of all time, he is also a teacher of champions, including Chuck Norris, Ed Parker, Bill "Superfoot" Wallace and Gokor ChivichyanA former reporter for New York Newsday, Mark Jacobs is a free-lance writer whose work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Men's Health and TimeOut New York. He lives in New York, where he teaches martial arts and is at work on a novel.