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Needless to say, this is a very negatively slanted book, and the tropes list will unavoidably reflect that.
''Ring of Hell'' has been sharply criticized by many people within the wrestling industry, including [http://www.stormwrestling.com/063008.html Lance Storm]. Many of the anecdotes in the book were disputed - and then many of those disputations were themselves disputed by others.
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** To an extent he provided one for the entire pro wrestling industry. Pro wrestling tradition states that rookies in the business must be hazed mercilessly in order to drive the insufficiently determined out and improve the character of the ones who stay.
* [[Lighter and Softer]] / [[Darker and Edgier]]: Stampede Wrestling fell afoul of both of these tropes. Bruce Hart booked the promotion almost like a cartoon, which alienated the hardcore fans. Then, when Dynamite Kid managed to get the booker job in a coup, he made the promotion so violent and austere that it alienated casual fans, and eventually Bruce got the books back while Kid was out of the nation.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: During the end, the book abruptly goes through describing Benoit losing friends to premature death (he had ''24 friends'' die young), to calling him a "delusional druggy".
* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: According to Randazzo, Vince is becoming/has become one of these and Stephanie is both much worse and never was anything else. Ole Anderson was one as well.
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* [[Yes-Man]]: WWF/WWE's decline is attributed to the gradual firing of all staffers who were't these.
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