Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs

by Steven Bell

Overview

Dynamite and Davey is the explosive story of cousins Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith, who broke from their small town in the north of England to become global wrestling superstars. Together they became The British Bulldogs and tag team champions of the world. But their demons outmuscled them, and their tragedy outlasted their glorious triumphs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801500807
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	07/01/2022
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,148,407
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

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.

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