WWe Biography reccomendations?

[versusreality]

this thread makes me want to read Foley's books all over again...I've only read each one time but they were that great...it's been years

[frickinsweet]

Kevin Nash should do a biography. They can call it "Against All Quads" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

...ummm ok

[destrucity]

Next to the Foley books, the book I liked most was the DDP book. It was actually very entertaining and by far the best insiders insight into the WCW at its peak. Even the part of the book before he bacame a wrestler was very interesting as he he had some great stories from his bar business days. As far as the parts where he became a wrestler there were some interesting stories.

[Horatio Hammerlock]

Here is my list of must read books for wrestling fans...

Mick Foley's "Have a Nice Day" is a must read. Arguably the best wrestling autobiography ever written. Accessible to even non-fans. His follow-up is good, but more of the same.

I'd say Ric Flair's book is a must read also. You may not agree with everything he has to say, but he has led one of the most interesting careers in the history of pro wrestling. My wife who isn't even a big wrestling fan and has next to no knowledge about NWA / WCW wrestling but she really enjoyed it as well.

"Classy" Freddie Blassie's book is a real surprise. It is very well written and Blassie's personality really shines through. Very interesting to read about how Blassie saw the rise of pro wrestling in Japan and the rise of the sport in the US as well from the 40s to today.

Terry Funk's book reads like your sitting in a bar with the Funker listening to him hold court. Good stuff! The guy has seen it all.

William Regal's book is an interesting contrast when compared to Flair's. Flair tells lots of drinking stories with the occassional cautionary warning. Regal's book on the other hand is a real harrowing look at substance abuse. Pill popping isn't glamorized in the least and Regal seems sincerely sorry for what he put his friends & family through. It also provides an interesting look at Regal's background wrestling in the UK. Regal comes off as a real good guy and the cockney slang glossary at the end of the book was a nice touch.

Hogan's autobiography was obviously ghost-written and it suffers because of that fact. He dances around a lot of the controversial aspects of his career. If you're a Hogan fan, I'm sure you'd find it tolerable, but if you're not, I wouldn't bother. A real dissappointing book from the biggest name in pro wrestling history.

Roddy Piper's autobiography is pretty decent if incomplete. If you didn't know anything about Roddy Piper's career, you'd think he retired from wrestling in the 80s. If this book was a match, I'd give it 3 stars.

That about somes it up from me. Hope the list helps.

[mrfoleyisgood]

Hogan and Flairs books are both let downs, but are still good reads. Flair talks a little too much about money in his for my taste and well Hogan is Hogan in his.

Rocks=eh
Foley's= the first is by far the best
Lawler's= it's a decent read, but the guy clearly has no real perspective of his place on the heirarchy of wrestling legends
Stone Cold's= eh, not enough detail
Hardyz- the worst piece of wrestlecrap i've ever read

[mrfoleyisgood]

both my foley books are personally autographed first editions. i've got them sealed up and stored away. i'm such a mark

[Papelmate]

Buy Chynas itll be funny if you cant find any of RDs books

[Galluchadore]

I never read it but those that have said Dynamite Kids book is amazing. Its often said that after Foley's it is the best wrestling biography

[destrucity]

Dynamite's is severly overrated & in all honesty he comes across as such a jerk that you don't really feel bad for him. Also, I hear Bret comment that he had a lot of events mixed up from back in the Stampede days. I don't know if it's true or not but I think I'd take Bret's word over Dynamites

[kokobware3]

Heenans book was the best i read cause i havent read foleys yet
Lawlers i got finished with last night and its good
Piper very funny at some parts and other parts is blah----he thinks he is wretling god

^ but thats JBL

[dorf]

Well from the books that I have read or glanced at here are my reviews:

Foleys - Best of the bunch...no one can top him. Get these two books.

Austin's - Good, fast read...shows how much he hated WCW and the tough WWE times really good. Get it if you liked Austin at the very least.

Goldberg's - Fast read, but the title is pointless as it doesn't make sense to the book. Get it only if you like Goldberg.

Hardy's - Showed a lot of indy stuff, but not much of their early WWE career. Gets in depth around 1999-2001 era, especially around the ppv time. Must get.

What's next for Dorf? I'm looking into Kurt Angle's book.

['Foretold' Joker]

Foleys books are great

The Rocks was . . . well . . intresting when he wasn't in rock mode

looking for regals and death of wcw at the moment

[vampirebadger]

foleys books were great but i vant read any others

does the undertaker have one

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart is ok. It was written by Martha...a little biased, I'd say. She says Owen didn't trust Austin and believed Austin faked his neck injury at SS.

Under the Mat by Diana Hart was pulled off shelves because of a lawsuit by I think Martha Hart. It's interesting, but apparently full of lies. Some interesting stories anyway.

[STMP]

Foley is the best.

The Rock's was half bad, I hated the 'in character'-parts. But liked the Duane Johnson stuff.

Now I'm reading Hogan's book, which is very funny if you know a little about wrestling history.