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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Jun 2, 2012 10:40:23 GMT -5
Bret's is the best IMO but I also loved Foley's and Lita's too. Edge's is also a great read.
Haven't really read any bad wrestling books. Brock Lesnar's was pretty disappointing
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Post by mizerable on Jun 2, 2012 10:51:54 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels' book was pretty dull. No real humor, forgets a lot of details and his overall "version" of how things happened is pretty blatant. Plus, there's hardly anything risque in it, which makes sense because of who he is now, but I wish he would have been more in depth on who he was before.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2012 11:05:56 GMT -5
Edge's is easily my favorite. Not read Foley's (well, first two, read Hardcore Diaries) and only read a bit of Jericho's, though. Granted, what I have read of Jericho's I haven't cared for, thus the reason I've not continued with it.
As for the worst, yeah, Rock. Eddie's is also pretty lacking - barely any focus on any aspects of his life besides wrestling and drugs, which leaves it feeling kind of hollow.
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Post by paperbackhero on Jun 2, 2012 12:50:02 GMT -5
Bret's, Foley's first and third, Flair's, Regal's and the one that started the trend, Dynamite Kid's. The latter two are dark.
Wrestling at the Chase is good as well...more of a biography on Sam Muchnick.
I like Arn Anderson's as well, though it is tough to find.
HBK's was okay, though it is dated now.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jun 2, 2012 12:51:30 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels' book was pretty dull. No real humor, forgets a lot of details and his overall "version" of how things happened is pretty blatant. Plus, there's hardly anything risque in it, which makes sense because of who he is now, but I wish he would have been more in depth on who he was before. It was ghost written and Shawn has admitted such.
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Post by mizerable on Jun 2, 2012 12:53:25 GMT -5
It was ghost written and Shawn has admitted such. Almost every wrestling book is ghost written, but there are a few examples of it being done properly.
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Post by usemeplease on Jun 2, 2012 16:34:42 GMT -5
Agreed about Batista coming across as an asshole in his book.
Bret, Edge, Jericho 1st, Foley, and Ric books were good.
I found Chyna's to be quite depressing.
Still reading Dynamite Kid's book.
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Post by chazraps on Jun 2, 2012 20:23:47 GMT -5
Am I the only person who really doesn't care for Jericho's second book? The first one was awesome, but the second one I just can't get into. He talks way too much about Fozzy, which I don't care about at all. He skips all over the place, and just kind of quickly summarizes entire years. I was really disappointed by it. the Fozzy stuff was boring as really, at least to me, his band just comes off as something he does in his spare time but not really something he wants to do his whole life. I like the book otherwise, but the big thing with his 2nd compared to his first is that the 2nd one has him trying to be a bit more politically correct. The problem with Jericho's second book is that is was just an extended epilogue to his first. 'A Lion's Tale' does deviate away from wrestling from time-to-time as well, but the entire book ties together as Chris' lifelong journey to make it to the WWE. The whole book is an actual story. 'Undisputed,' on the other hand, is a series of short stories that are ordered solely by chronology. It's still really entertaining, but lacks the tension and excitement that only really comes from a pointed narrative. Nothing really pushes 'Undisputed' ahead, making the slower parts really seem to drag.
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Post by That Mickie Fan on Jun 2, 2012 20:44:45 GMT -5
Didn't Batista in his book blame his cancer stricken wife for his cheating?
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 2, 2012 20:54:17 GMT -5
Out of the ones I've read, Jericho's and Foley's have both been good, and the Rock's was the worst.
Rock's was just terrible, in-character shit most of the time.
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Post by wildojinx on Jun 2, 2012 21:13:15 GMT -5
Foley's second book is underrated IMO, but i will warn you that it skips around from being a series of essays to a narrative about his career from 1999 to summer of 2000. In fact, the last part of the book is a study basically defending the wwf from critics. He does make several good points, but it does feel like vince was talking into his ear while he was writing it. Still, theres lots of fun stuff in there (including the legend of a certain type of suplex). Eddie's book was excellent too, as it was kind of inspiring reading about triumphing over his demons. Heenan's first book is also reccomended if you want to know about the territories (but be warned, he skips around A LOT, and i wouldnt read the wcw chapter if you liked wcw).
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Post by austinariesfan88 on Jun 2, 2012 21:15:25 GMT -5
I hope its okay to post these, its pretty funny Paul London reviewing wrestling books.
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Post by skulldouggory on Jun 2, 2012 21:58:08 GMT -5
Didn't Batista in his book blame his cancer stricken wife for his cheating? I hate batista more than anyone. But thats taking things way out of context. he mentioned that while his wife was dying she said that he could seek out other partners, you know gave her blessing. The worst WWE book i read was Moolahs. Completely kayfabe, and in the era that you would want to know they truth. My personal highlight was her meeting Elvis (before he was famous) and she talked him out of becoming a wrestler and stick to that singing thing he had going. Not WWE released but Dusty's book was full of BS. One story still gets to me why Vince ever hired him again. He stated that on Vincent J McMahons deathbed Vinny Snr rang Dusty and said to keep an eye on Jr and make sure the national expansion didnt happen. Also Dusty said that the Hogan spot was going to go to him, one of his key bits of proof was that "Hogan used a leg drop and i used an elbow drop". I am not making that up. Lawlers book was so bad in the latter half , with him telling stories about trying to hook up with younger women after the Kat left him. The best one i read was Freddie Blassies book. It is such a joy to read. Great stories about Japan, Kaufman and the Ali/Inoki match. One book that gets a lot of crap is The Rocks book. I thought it was pretty good. People make out that he kayfabes it and talks in the third person. That is only certain segments in the back, where he first describes the match in what really happened and then companions it with what his character was thinking/doing.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Jun 2, 2012 22:38:10 GMT -5
Obviously Foley and Jericho's books, I found Bischoff's, Flair's and Edge's fascinating as well.
Bret's was fine, but REALLY, REALLY bitter.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2012 23:34:22 GMT -5
Foley's first is an absolute classic.
And yeah, Rock's book sucked pretty hard.
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Jun 2, 2012 23:48:12 GMT -5
Gotta be Mick Foley's. There's a reason that guy took to writing.
Hell, he even managed to write about the HIAC match he has absolutely no recollection of to this day (aside from watching on tape)
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Post by mauled on Jun 3, 2012 3:16:50 GMT -5
Bret Harts is the best. No hold's bard whether its him about his drug taking/affairs and highly detailed on his life in wrestling. The scene of him and Dynamite shooting steroids in the showers is shocking Best book of the lot in JMO.
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Post by Alucard on Jun 3, 2012 4:14:02 GMT -5
Flair's I liked at the time, both of Jericho's I enjoyed the hell out of too. Amazing stuff. And yes it was indeed very froot.
I'll agree with the dark horse candidate of Edge's, it was one of the one times a book made me lose it and crack up laughing uncontrollably, his quip of something about "But I don't have a labia!" about his labrum injury.
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Post by hbk619 - QUACK! on Jun 3, 2012 7:20:05 GMT -5
I had so much respect for Regal after reading his, until he got busted by Wellness again :S
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Post by dablueboy on Jun 3, 2012 8:23:40 GMT -5
Best : Foley's first 2, Jericho's 2, Flair's and Hogan's second
Worst : Hogan's first, Rock's, Goldberg's
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