Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the professional wrestling world will find Larry Matysik’s  “Definitive Shoot” on the world’s greatest wrestlers to be an educational experience, even while knowing it is totally opinion based.  Matysik’s analysis of the best wrestlers comes across with such an honest tone that even  Vince McMahon should find it a fair assessment with sound arguments based on valid reasoning, despite the fact that McMahon published his own list of the fifty greatest based only on the 50 most popular TV WWE  athletes–WWE being McMahon’s company of course.  Matysik’s list includes wrestlers who did well with their natural ability rather than the scripted acting the WWE portrays today (reviewers personal reflection here).  And his list is not a popularity contest, that McMahon’s  surely is.  Matysik’s categories for evaluation included: working ability, charisma, mic work, drawing ability, legacy, and  the most important — being real.  “Reality.  Legitimacy.  Believability.  The real deal.  A true tough guy.  A wrestler who can wrestle.”  My only critique is that it took 106 pages of explaining his rational before the countdown began. For fans of professional wrestlers, as well as students who find a way to do a research paper on this subject, Larry Matysik’s has the history and the argument that makes for an appreciative read.  Recommended.