"A visceral fusion of creative glory and survivor's guilt, Backstage Pass traces David Sahadi's visionary triumphs behind the lens while unmasking the Machiavellian maze one must navigate to survive in the ruthless world of professional wrestling. Raw to the point of bleeding, as though Sahadi is spilling his own lifeblood onto the page, it delivers the most revealing account yet of the production engines that fueled WWE and TNA through their most brilliant and most twisted eras." -- Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com The world of professional wrestling is paradoxical. Storylines are intricately plotted by creative writers, refined by the agents and the wrestlers the day of the match and performed live in front of worldwide audiences to evoke drama and emotion. It's scripted: it's "fake." Yet, more often than not, it is the real-life backstage machinations between allies and adversaries that feel as though they were actually penned by Hollywood's finest scriptwriters. David Sahadi's Backstage Pass is a firsthand account of what occurs beyond the squared circle -- tales that are often more compelling and dramatic than anything on TV or inside a ring.

These never-before-told stories are glorious, nefarious and at times truly unbelievable: five-star mega-bouts between the powers that rule, the leaders and decision-makers who are often in agreement (but mostly at odds) and the superstars themselves.