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Post by CM Crünk is teh 'CRAP! on Dec 25, 2007 11:22:26 GMT -5
Has anyone here own a copy or read the book? I got it during last summer as i was looking in a waldenbooks i needed a quick read and bought it. Ever since then i havent been able to put it down. Its a very good book reccomend it to everyone and im going to buy the Death of WCW too as i am very fasinated the way it died
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Dec 25, 2007 11:37:06 GMT -5
I've seen it at the local book store many a time. Between the review on the site and your review here on the forum, I've been itching to pick it up.
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Post by Munkie91087 on Dec 25, 2007 12:36:34 GMT -5
Isn't that the book where they blame all the WWE's current problems on Triple H?
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Post by CM Crünk is teh 'CRAP! on Dec 25, 2007 12:37:40 GMT -5
yeah but its funny
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Post by machinegun on Dec 25, 2007 12:40:34 GMT -5
Isn't that the book where they blame all the WWE's current problems on Triple H? That sounds hilarious |
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Post by Munkie91087 on Dec 25, 2007 12:44:59 GMT -5
I remember reading it in a book store, and honestly not enjoying it that much. I felt like I was reading a book from an IWC member during 2003. It just seemed like every little problem was automatically linked to Triple H. "My mother died of cancer in 2003, the same year Triple H had an endless title reign. This can not be a coincidence...Triple H killed my mother, and raped my father!"
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Post by machinegun on Dec 25, 2007 12:50:32 GMT -5
I remember reading it in a book store, and honestly not enjoying it that much. I felt like I was reading a book from an IWC member during 2003. It just seemed like every little problem was automatically linked to Triple H. "My mother died of cancer in 2003, the same year Triple H had an endless title reign. This can not be a coincidence...Triple H killed my mother, and raped my father!" A legit published book sounding like this board? I would think smarks would enjoy that |
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Post by Dean-o on Dec 25, 2007 13:15:24 GMT -5
Isn't that written by Scott Keith?
I just read one of his books, "Death of The World Wrestling Federation" where, you guessed it, everything was HHH or HBK's fault. He was also pretty brutal on The Undertaker's ring work.
I only read it because it was $5 on clearence. And yes, it sounds like one big rant by a uber-smark on a power trip.
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Post by BrianZane on Dec 25, 2007 22:58:46 GMT -5
No, James Guttman wrote the book. It's pretty funny, and I've read it a couple of times. Yes, there is one chapter in particular that shows the first several feuds Triple H was involved in after his real-life marriage, and how he may have been manipulative in making sure that everyone he worked with (except for HBK and maybe Nash) looked bad in the end. Guttman repeated one phrase occasionally in the chapter where he says that after looking at all the feuds, Triple H was either a cunning, manipulative backstage politician or a bumbling idiot for the feuds to turn out the way he did, and that he (Guttman) respected Triple H too much to call him an idiot.
However, that was just one chapter among a sea of other problems that are other peoples' faults. One chapter highlights the amazing transformation the McMahon family (except for Linda) went through from being cowardly, normal, "real" human beings to being superhuman, jumping 50 ft. off of screens, going over on guys like Big Show and the Undertaker, etc. Another one talks about the schoolyard mentality that WWE breeds in the locker room; another about how dumb Johnny Ace is; another still talks about all the dumb stereotype gimmicks ethnic wrestlers have.
So you see, Guttman spreads the blame all around, all the while giving WWE credit on a good number of things when warranted. I recommend the book to all wrestling fans, especially those with a sense of humor.
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Post by jobber2thestars on Dec 25, 2007 23:13:28 GMT -5
I read the book, and will admit that the writer made Triple H to be the anti-christ of pro wrestling. There is one who chapter on how Triple H buried everyone he worked with over a period of two years, one chapter on how the McMahon family have become unstoppable in-ring forces, and one chapter on stereotypes in wrestling. The book is nothing special, but if you hate Triple H and the McMahon family, you'll love it.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 25, 2007 23:15:03 GMT -5
Yeah I had it for a lil bit. It's funny, ridiculously biased and a lil over the top, but a funny read.
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Post by BrianZane on Dec 25, 2007 23:25:42 GMT -5
I read the book, and will admit that the writer made Triple H to be the anti-christ of pro wrestling. There is one who chapter on how Triple H buried everyone he worked with over a period of two years, one chapter on how the McMahon family have become unstoppable in-ring forces, and one chapter on stereotypes in wrestling. The book is nothing special, but if you hate Triple H and the McMahon family, you'll love it. Good paraphrasing of what I had written 20 min. before you, lol. j/k |
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