This is the first book of the 40 Years of Pay-Per-View series, written by Arya Witner, who has been a pro wrestling writer, historian and podcaster since 2010. Her writing credits include writing for F4WOnline.com, WrestleCrap.com and AngryMarks.com and has produced and hosted six different podcasts since 2014 reviewing classic pro wrestling. In this first book, Arya will review every pro wrestling pay-per-view beginning with the very first nationally broadcast show in 1985, all the way through the final show of 1990. The shows reviewed in this book are, in order: WWF The Wrestling Classic (Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper, 16-man tournament) - WWF WrestleMania 2 (Hogan vs King Kong Bundy in a cage) - WWF WrestleMania III (Hogan vs Andre The Giant, Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat) - NWA Starrcade 1987 (Ric Flair vs Ron Garvin) - WWF Survivor Series 1987 (Hogan vs Andre) - NWA Bunkhouse Stampede (Cage Match Battle Royal) - WWF WrestleMania IV (WWF Title Tournament, Savage vs Ted DiBiase) - NWA The Great American Bash 1988 (Flair vs Lex Luger) - WWF SummerSlam 1988 (Mega Powers vs Mega Bucks) - WWF Survivor Series 1988 (Mega Powers vs Big Bossman & Akeem) - AWA SuperClash III (Jerry Lawler vs Kerry Von Erich) - NWA Starrcade 1988 (Flair vs Luger) - WWF Royal Rumble 1989 (Big John Studd returns and wins first ppv Rumble) - NWA Chi-Town Rumble (Flair vs Steamboat I) - WWF WrestleMania V (Mega Powers Explode) - NWA WrestleWar 89: Music City Showdown (Flair vs Steamboat III plus the famous Terry Funk angle) - NWA The Great American Bash 1989 (Flair vs Funk, Sting vs The Great Muta) - WWF SummerSlam 1989 (Hogan & Brutus Beefcake vs Savage & Zeus) - NWA Halloween Havoc 1989 (Flair & Sting vs Funk & Muta in a Cage with Bruno Sammartino as the referee) - WWF Survivor Series 1989 (Tully Blanchard is fired and replaced in the main event by Bobby Heenan) - NWA Starrcade 1989 (Iron Man and Iron Team Tournaments that make Muta quit) - WWF Royal Rumble 1990 (Hogan and Ultimate Warrior square off) - NWA WrestleWar 90 (Flair vs Luger) - WWF WrestleMania VI (Hogan vs Warrior) - WCW Capitol Combat 90: The Return of Robocop (Flair vs Luger in a cage) - WCW The Great American Bash 1990 (Flair vs Sting) - WWF SummerSlam 1990 (Warrior vs Rick Rude in a cage) - WCW Halloween Havoc 1990 (Sting vs Sid Vicious) - WWF Survivor Series 1990 (Grand Finale Match of Survival, Undertaker and Gobbledy Gooker all debuts) - WCW Starrcade 1990 (Sting vs Black Scorpion in a cage) This also features all the behind the scenes maneuvering by Vince McMahon to keep Jim Crockett off pay-per-view, ruin their live gates and going head-to-head with the one opponent who actually beat him at the time: the pay-per-view companies themselves. Read all about every JCP/WCW booking change, as over the course of 3 years and 14 shows, they make 8 booking changes, including stints with Dusty Rhodes, Jim Cornette, Jim Ross, Ric Flair and Ole Anderson as helping steer the ship and how they all clashed with Turner management. The book also features individual ratings of every single match on a scale from 0-10 and final ratings covering match quality, overall enjoyment and future build, averaged out to a final rating. Then at the end of the book, there's a ranking of the top and bottom shows.