Keith Elliot Greenberg
Keith Elliot Greenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 5, 1959 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Queens College, City University of New York |
| Occupations | Author, television producer |
| Children | 2 including Dylan Greenberg |
Keith Elliot Greenberg (born May 5, 1959) is a New York Times bestselling author[1] and television producer.
Education
Greenberg attended Bayside High School in Queens, New York, graduating in January 1977. Before graduating from Queens College majoring in communications and journalism, he wrote pro wrestling stories professionally at age 19.[2]
Career
His first book, Menudo, was published in 1983 and was the story of Menudo, a 1980s pop band. In the mid-1980s, he began working for USA Today, and other news publishers.
After writing about professional wrestling for a number of newspapers and magazines, he became a writer, contributor, and reporter for WWE, known formerly as World Wrestling Federation, in 1985. He also co-authored a number of biographies of professional wrestlers, including Freddie Blassie, Ric Flair,[3] and Superstar Billy Graham.[4][5]
In 1990, he wrote the PBS documentary The Blue Helmets, about United Nations peace-keeping.
In December 2010, St. Martin's Press released Love Hurts, the story of the Caffey family murder in rural Texas and Greenberg's second true-crime book for the publisher. His first was Perfect Beauty, about a murder in Ohio.
His books include New York Times best seller To Be the Man (coauthored with Ric Flair), as well as Erik is Homeless, and Zack's Story. In November 2010, Backbeat Books released December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, Greenberg's minute-by-minute account of the last day of John Lennon's life.[6]
In 2015, Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die, about the death of James Dean and the cult that surrounds it was published by Hal Leonard/Applause Books. Scheduled for release that year was an autobiography of former WWE Champion, The Iron Sheik to be published by ECW Press; however, its publication was cancelled.[7] Pro Wrestling Stories opined that the book was the greatest unpublished treasure in wrestling journalism.[8]
In 2017, his third St. Martins true-crime book, Killing for You about a crime in Orange County, California, was released.
In January, 2018, the Toronto Star listed Best Seat in the House: My Life in the Jeff Healey Band, co-authored by Greenberg and former Jeff Healey Band drummer Tom Stephen, as one of its top five music book recommendations. The Globe and Mail described the book as "240 beer-soaked...and debauched pages."[9]
His 2019 book, Where You Goin' With That Gun in Your Hand? The True Crime Blotter of Rock 'n' Roll, published by Backbeat, profiles 21 deaths related to the music industry.
His book, Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution, was released in 2020 by ECW Press.
While writing the "Colour Commentary" column in the publication, Inside the Ropes Wrestling Magazine in 2021, he began writing his next book for ECW Press, Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19.
He has written for WWE magazine, Playboy, Men's Journal, HuffPost, Maxim and The Village Voice. He previously was a producer for Geraldo at Large, a prime-time television program on Fox News, as well as for America's Most Wanted and Forensic Files. Since July 2023, he has been a producer at Dateline NBC.
ECW Press also published his book: Bigger, Better, Badder: WrestleMania III and the Year It All Changed in March 2025.[10] In November 2025, Random House released his book chronicling the first five years of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), titled This Book is All Elite.[11]
He regularly appears on A&E's WWE Biography series, where he is listed as "WWE historian."[12]
Personal life
He has two children and lives in Brooklyn, New York.[13] Keith's oldest child is underground New York filmmaker Dylan Greenberg.[14]
References
- ↑ "Keith Elliot Greenberg". thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
- ↑ Varsallone, Jim (August 30, 2020). "Bullet Club, WrestleMania 34 inspire book by pro wrestling historian Keith Elliot Greenberg". miamiherald.com. Miami Herald. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
- ↑ Leighty Jr., Robert. "411's Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair Report". 411MANIA. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Sandomir, Richard (May 19, 2023). "Superstar Billy Graham, Model of the Buff, Blond Wrestler, Dies at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Olshansky, Elliot (August 9, 2008). "Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant sowed the seeds of a slam at Shea Stadium". Daily News. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Meet the author: Keith Elliot Greenberg". BBC News. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Paglino, Nick (June 24, 2015). "Iron Sheik Book Canceled, Billy Gunn Wakes the Crew in TE Digital Extra Video, ROH Announces Title Tournament for Vegas Return". WrestleZone.
- ↑ Ginzburg, Evan (June 12, 2023). "My Wild Weekend At The Iron Sheik's House". Pro Wrestling Stories. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Wheeler, Brad (December 12, 2018). "Review: Best Seat in the House throws beloved Canadian musical son Jeff Healey under the bus". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Swift, Steve (May 17, 2025). "WrestleMania III book is bigger than the big event". Slam Wrestling.
- ↑ Alba, Jon (May 7, 2025). "First Official History Of AEW Book Reportedly To Be Released In 2025". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ WWE Historian Keith Elliot Greenberg talks WWE on A&E, WWE Rivals, Stone Cold Steve Austin and more!. Knockouts and 3 Counts. April 30, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Keith Elliot Greenberg - Authors, - Lerner Publishing Group". lernerbooks.com. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Lee Oakes, Jason (March 22, 2024). "Dylan Mars Greenberg drops "Glow in the Dark" single & vid from latest psychotronic feature film project, premiering at Museum of the Moving Image on 3/30/24 – THE DELI". Retrieved July 9, 2024.