Rock Rims is a researcher and author on the history of professional wrestling, having published five books on the subject, including When It Was Big Time: A One Hundred Year History of Northern California Professional Wrestling; Bad to the Bone: 25 Years of Riots and Wrestling; More Than A Thousand Words: The Larry Barnhizer Wrestling Scrapbook; Legends and Icons: A History of Olympic Auditorium and Southern California Pro Wrestling; and The Professor: The Wrestling Genius of Roy Shire. Rock Rims has appeared on-camera as a pro wrestling historian in the films 18th and Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story: and the WWE Legends Biography "Roddy Roddy Piper" on A & E. Show less «