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The Wrestling Yearbook is the sport’s foremost book of record, faithfully chronicling decades of tradition and evolution. The 1997 edition is the latest of our retro series of yearbooks, in which we go back and document a classic year in wrestling history in painstaking detail. Our goal is to ensure that the rich history of our great sport is meticulously chronicled and lives on eternally via the written word. The 1997 edition is crammed with facts, figures, records and statistics. Included within: The biggest news stories of the year Complete television results from WWF, WCW, ECW, and USWA. 1997 supercard reviews Comprehensive Monday Night Wars television ratings Title histories for all major active promotions Over 200 in-depth wrestler bios, featuring career records, title histories, statistics and detailed 1997 match records Complete tournament records for every promotion still featured At-a-glace five-star match guides from Dave Meltzer, Scott Keith and The Wrestling Yearbook Comprehensive listings of newsletter and magazine award winners and magazine ranking list histories from Power Slam, Pro Wrestling Illustrated and Tokyo Sports Expansive Historical Shows section, featuring major international shows, results from thousands of worldwide cards from the 1900s through to 1997, ratings for major cards, and thousands of matches rated Complete WWF VHS listings through to and including 1997 releases Extensive In Memoriam section tracking the wrestlers no longer with us from the 1800s through to 1997, with detailed obituaries for those who passed this year.