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The Commissioner's Choice Award

Acknowledging Pro Wrestling's Hidden Gems

The  PWA HOF strives to recognize all of the most valuable contributions to

professional wrestling's rich literary history. The following books were selected 

to receive The Commissioner's Choice Award on the basis of how they have 

enriched and deepened the overall  quality of pro wrestling's literary content outside of the pursuit of mainstream awareness or affirmation.


Click here to read the selection process for the Commissioner's Choice Award.

The Commissioner's Choice Honorees

2005

2005

2005

Steel Chair to the Head

edited by Nicholas Sammond 

(Duke University Press)

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2006

2005

2005

Bang Your Head: The Real Story of The Missing Link

Dewey Robertson with Meredith Renwick 

(ECW Press)

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2007

2005

2007

Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal 

Irv Muchnick 

(ECW Press)

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2008

2008

2008

Wrestling with the Truth 

Bruno Lauer 

(Crowbar Press)

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2009

2008

2008

Oklahoma Shooter - The Dan Hodge Story 

Mike Chapman 

(Culture House Books)

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2010

2008

2010

Rope Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo

Vince Russo 

(ECW Press)

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2011

2011

2011

Masked Decisions: The Triangular Life of Dick 'The Destroyer' 'Doctor X' Beyer 

Vincent Evans 

(Self-published)

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2012

2011

2011

Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story 

Hacksaw Jim Duggan with Scott E. Williams 

(Triumph Books)

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2013

2011

2013

Pin Me, Pay Me!: Have Boots, Will Travel 

Bobby Blaze Smedley 

(Self-Published)

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2014

2014

2014

Grappler: Memoirs of a Masked Madman

Lynn Denton with Joe Vithayathil 

(Self-Published)

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2015

2014

2014

Kamala Speaks

James "Kamala" Harris with Kenny Casanova 

(Walking On Hot Waffles)

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2016

2014

2016

It's Wrestling, Not Rasslin'! 

Mark Fleming with Scott Teal 

(Crowbar Press) 

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2016

2016

2016

Performance and Professional Wrestling

edited by Broderick Chow, Eero Laine, Claire Warden 

(Routledge)

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2017

2016

2016

Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story

Bertrand Hébert and Pat Laprade 

(ECW Press)

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2018

2016

2018

Gene Kiniski: Canadian Wrestling Legend 

Steven Verrier 

(McFarland)

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2019

2019

2019

Final Bell 

Mike Mooneyham 

(Evening Post Books)

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2020

2019

2019

New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist

New Jack with Jason Norman 

(McFarland)

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2021

2019

2021

Way of the Blade: 100 of the Greatest Bloody Matches in Wrestling History

 Phil Schneider 

(Hybrid Shoot)

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2022

2022

2022

Bahamian Rhapsody: The Unofficial History of Pro Wrestling's Unofficial Territory, 1960 - 2020

Ian Douglass 

(Darkstream Press)

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2023

2022

2022

Flowers for Adrian: The Life and Death of Adrian Adonis 

John Ellul 

(Self-Published)

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2024

2022

2024

TBD

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