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Rope Burn
Hardcover
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $35.99
Publisher: Foot in Mouth Publishing
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Kirk just gets it. This book proves that. - Machine Gun Karl Anderson
Luke Anderson has spent fifteen years behind the curtain - designing flyers, managing egos, cleaning blood off concrete floors, and holding together a small-time Indiana wrestling operation that its owner keeps trying to burn down.
He's not a wrestler. He doesn't take bumps. But he's the one who makes sure the show goes on - even when the champion can't stand up, the new kid can't be trusted, and a rich outsider with deep pockets is circling.
Every Friday night at the Elmwood Armory, a few hundred fans pay to believe in something they know isn't real. Behind the curtain, a handful of wrestlers - a scarred veteran who doesn't know who he is without the business, a 400-pound gentle giant who's never once complained, a woman fighting for respect in a world that wasn't built for her, and a hungry kid who listens - put their bodies on the line for fifty bucks and a hot dog.
Luke keeps it all running. What he can't explain is why he's sacrificed every relationship, every career opportunity, and every Friday night for fifteen years to prop up someone else's dream.
Some passions leave marks that never fade.
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