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Vickie Guerrerro will be making her first pro wrestling-related appearance in some time at the 3/15 Memphis Wrestling TV taping. For more, click here.
Scott Teal's Crowbar Press has announced the release of the second volume of Frankie Cain's memoir Raising Caine from The Inferno to The Great Mephisto:
"The promoters all stole from the box office. They were all corrupt. They had two ingredients that kept them in power. They had the TV contracts and they had the athletic commissioners in their pockets. They called themselves promoters, but they really weren't, and they were so scared that their money was going to go - that wrestling would fold up next week - that they stole every dime they could."
— Frankie Cain
If you ask any pro wrestler who plied their trade during the '50s and '60s who they consider to be the top minds in the wrestling business, invariably the name Frankie Cain will appear at the top of the list, and Frankie has a keen recollection of things that happened in the wrestling business from the 1940s until wrestling evolved into what we know today as "sports entertainment."
But Frankie's story isn't only about his life as a wrestler. It's a fascinating journey that began when he was just plain Jimmy Ault, living on the Depression-era streets of downtown Columbus, Ohio - learning hustles and cons from the Gypsies, sleeping on rooftops, and selling anything he could - all simply to keep from starving. He came into his own and finally began to earn a decent living when the prostitutes in Cherry Alley convinced him to work as their protector against the dangers they faced on the streets. Frankie, having fought on the streets almost every day of his young life, was born for the job.
In this volume, Frankie relates stories that took place both inside and outside the wrestling ring.
— Wrestling with Rocky Smith as the hated masked team known as the Infernos.
— His transformation into the villain known as the Great Mephisto.
— Being involved in legitimate fights in the dressing rooms with both wrestlers and promoters.
— Rubbing shoulders with the power-brokers of the sport, like Jack Pfefer, Buddy Rogers, Eddie Graham, and Dusty Rhodes.
— His personal interaction with celebrities like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mickey Rooney, and Ernest Hemingway.
— Fascinating confessions of how life in a business built on greed and power affected him in both body and soul.
Frankie's story is jam-packed with action, humor, heartbreak, drama, and entertainment, as he endures a harsh struggle to make his way to the top of his chosen profession. This is a gripping tale of a self-made man in the private world of pro wrestling.
Note: This second volume of Frankie's autobiography covers the years 1960 to the present day. Volume 1, which covered his life from 1932 to 1960, is also available at Crowbar Press.
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