Titan Shrinking

How Wrestling's Muscle Lost Its Power

James Dixon returns with his first Titan book in almost a decade, commencing the start of a brand new trilogy. Titan Shrinking places the microscope on the WWF in 1992, as scandal threatens to derail Vince McMahon’s previously unstoppable pop culture phenomenon.

Stories detailed include the departure of company icon Hulk Hogan, the sex scandal, the return of the Ultimate Warrior, headliners quitting, pushing new characters, Bret Hart’s ascent to the top of the WWF, Bill Watts taking over at WCW, and the ongoing success of the WWF in Europe climaxing with the historic SummerSlam 1992.

Exclusive author-conducted interviews and deep research help re-tell this fascinating time period in incredible, never-before-seen detail.

“As someone whose pro wrestling fandom was at an all-time peak in the early 1990s, I was enthralled with every page. This is a valuable and meticulously presented overview of wrestling in 1992, one of the most important yet often-overlooked years of modern wrestling history.”
- BRIAN R. SOLOMON

“For European fans, the emergence of WWF as a pop culture powerhouse in 1992 is the equivalent of Roman Emperor Constantine’s 4th Century conversion, the moment when Christianity shifted from an outlier faith to the dominant religion on the continent. The pro wrestling milestone, highlighted by the SummerSlam spectacular in Wembley Stadium, resulted in a generation of children forsaking the indigenous promotions of the past and carrying the collective spirit of Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Undertaker into adulthood. But this triumph occurred amidst a backdrop of fading North American attendance, U.S. government investigations and backstage dissension. With James Dixon’s classic, the grown-up followers who filled Wembley can separate fact from innuendo and appreciate this true historical turning point.”
- KEITH ELLIOT GREENBERG

The AI is very distracting

It was a great story, as a matter of fact, I know where the story is going, but I’m very excited about the next book….but that AI. It pronounced Vince McMahon’s name 3 different ways, along with mispronouncing several wrestler’s names wrong at times, and kept reading the Wrestlemania Roman numerals as words. It took me a while to figure out that it was pronouncing A.W.A. as ah-wah. It can take you out of the moment. That being said, you may have to rewind a few times to get what it was saying, but overall a very good book.

Storytelling ruined by AI.

Conflicted as I love the series. However the AI voice in this is absolutely terrible. If you talked to a wrestling fan and said the name LOAD (LOD), Gene Uckerland (Okerlund) the person would think you’re having a stroke or seizure. The year 1991 is said as one thousand nine hundred and ninety one. It really takes away from the book and is extremely hard to listen to. Would recommend the non-audio version and would highly recommend to stay away from the audio version unless you want to keep on saying “What?” Over and over.