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16:00. Amazon.com: Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion (9781613216958): Backlund, Bob, Miller, Robert H., Piper, Roddy: Books Fans seemingly grew weary of this "Due to Backlund's injury, Hogan took over Backlund's rematch and became the new WWF World Heavyweight Champion.Backlund continued to work for the WWF for a while after the title change, but did not receive another title shot for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship after Hogan's victory. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. Bob Backlund: Bio As American as apple pie, Bob Backlund experienced success as both an adored hero and a loathed villain in a WWE career that spanned across three decades. With recommendations from world experts and thousands of smart readers. Learn from 239 book reviews of Backlund, by Bob Backlund, Robert H. Miller, Roddy Piper. He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. Bob Backlund is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. The 352-page book, contributed to by Robert H. Miller, includes interviews with Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, The Iron Sheik and Vince McMahon. Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of Princeton, Minnesota, with a population of just over 2,000 people. Books. The 352-page book, contributed to by Robert H. Miller, includes interviews with Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, The Iron Sheik and Vince McMahon. He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. Backlund was also able to overcome a challenge from Ken Patera, with whom he feuded on-and-off from 1978 until early 1981, including during Patera's reign as Backlund's WWF Heavyweight Championship was held up after a match in Backlund continued to be successful into 1982 and 1983, successfully defending against a variety of contenders, ranging from After having been popular with the fans from early on, in the final months of his title reign, Backlund changed his image, cutting his mop hair into a crew cut, wearing amateur wrestling singlets and losing muscle mass and definition. Backlund's autobiography, The All-American Boy: Lessons and Stories on Life from Wrestling Legend Bob Backlund, was released on September 18, 2015. The kid from Princeton, Minn., quickly became a fan favorite and the seventh WWE Champion in the company’s history at Madison Square Garden in 1978. Owen took advantage by picking up the pink and black towel Smith carried and, feigning concern for the well being of his brother, approached his father Backlund's second reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion was brief, as he lost the title three days later to After the title loss, Backlund wrestled progressively less often, never again reaching main event status.