Patrick W. Reed is the author of Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling, the host of the Bunkum and Ballyhoo podcast, and a writer on the topics of professional wrestling, pop culture, and on con-men and liars through history. He especially likes drawing unexpected connections between pro-wrestling and broader historical or cultural trends, and uncovering little-known or forgotten stories from wrestling’s past.

Kayfabe has an average Amazon rating of 4.3/5, with almost 60% of customer feedback rating it at 5 stars. It has been called one of the best single volume histories of professional wrestling ever written.

Patrick has been involved with professional wrestling since 2012, and started describing himself as a wrestling “oddjobsman” when the list of things he had done stopped fitting in his Twitter bio. He even wrestled a few times, and he was terrible at it and won’t do it again.