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Pure Dynamite, The Bret Hart book and the first two Foley books were all tremendous reads.
 
Good, good stuff here. The sheer absurdity of the company is caught perfectly by a peddler of the absurd and it works. And... surprise! Someone from the internet wrote a book without copy and paste! w00t54UC3
 
I read a book and felt everyone had to be told.
 
KingPK said:
oldskool said:
Anybody have any of the Wrestlecrap books? I've got the original on the way, I'm winning an eBay auction for the Book of Lists & I'm on the fence on Death of WCW.
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Book of Lists was ok. Death of WCW may be one of the best wrestling books written because it goes so in depth.
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No it's not. It doesn't tell you anything you didn't already know
 
I've actually got a bunch of wrestling books that I haven't read sitting in a pile. I have to choose between the following:

The Harley Race bio (which I just pulled out and realized that I started at some point), The Terry Funk bio, The Roddy Piper bio, The Gorgeous George book, A Bruiser Brody book, and the Stampede book.
 
wnyxmcneal said:
KingPK said:
oldskool said:
Anybody have any of the Wrestlecrap books? I've got the original on the way, I'm winning an eBay auction for the Book of Lists & I'm on the fence on Death of WCW.
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Book of Lists was ok. Death of WCW may be one of the best wrestling books written because it goes so in depth.
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No it's not. It doesn't tell you anything you didn't already know
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Forward by Sean O'Haire?
 
The Rock's book was damn entertaining to me too when it first came out. the story about him choking a bitch out in a restaurant and losing his virginity were awesome stories.
 
According to an e-mail I got from Amazon, it looks like they already have Undisputed in stock and I should have it by the 4th.

I am very happy at this development.
 
There are two forewords in Jericho's new book. One written by Mick Foley, the other written by Zack Ryder. Holy god damn.
 
Undisputed picks up literally right where the first book ended with Jericho debuting in the WWF. He's pretty candid about his early struggles fitting in and dealing with Vince. It's a tremendous read, just like the first book. I'm only about 60 pages in and the book is over 400, which I think is longer than the first one.

My forum name will make more sense when you read the book.
 
I had the Jericho book on pre-order from Amazon super cheap, but I cancelled and am paying double the price now because Jericho is doing a book signing not too far from me in a couple weeks. Figured double the price to meet Jericho was worth it.
 
Re-read Lita's WWE book:

-Actually gets a few criticisms of WWE in there.

-the Mexico section of the book...eh, she never outright confirms anything in regards to all the rumours that fly around about what she got up to, but it is very blatantly read between the lines at points.

-on that note, Jeff's drug problems and downward spiral are hinted at, but never outright said either.

- the stuff where she's bitching out Stacy and Torrie for being awful wrestlers is sort of the pot calling the kettle black considering all she ever really had going for her was the moonsault.

-part where her dog got put down was actually genuinely sad.

-it's also a bit shame to hear her at that point, 2003, talk about how much it means to be a role model for young women, considering where her career went after that, and that seems to be mainly what she's remembered for.
 
The Fozzy stories may be a better read than Jericho's wrestling stories.

I'm surprised he stuck around dealing with Vince as long as he did.
 
Just finished the book. Honestly, if you are looking for great insight into his first WWF/E run, you are going to be pretty disappointed. The real strength of the book is Fozzy's trials and tribulations, dealing with deaths in his life (the chapter on Benoit is particularly interesting) and dealing with getting gigs outside wrestling and music.

A froot read indeed.
 
Undisputed doesn't come out in Nook format until the 16th, but I plan to get it right away when it does.
 
One of the best parts of Undisputed was what I have dubbed the Tale of the Larryland Legal Eagles.
 
Went to Jericho's book signing today. I had called and made a reservation when I found out about it weeks back, and apparently I was one of the first people, so I got a good spot in line. Only a few people ahead of me, including a guy my friend and I called Larry Saget, assuming he was Bob Saget's brother, as he looked just like Bob Saget if he was the size of say Bob Barron.

I got up to Jericho pretty quick and he seemed alright from a distance, friendly at least but a little quiet as it seemed most of the people first were kind of annoying or trying to get him to sign more things than the signing would allow (he would do the book and one thing extra, but people were trying to give him piles of stuff). I walked up and he said "How's it going?" I told him good and asked how he was, he said good. Now, Jericho was my absolute favorite wrestler for a long time, so I just did the "It's an honor to meet you" as he signed my book, just try to sound polite and show my appreciation without going too weird or overboard. He responded with "Oh, me too. I've been waiting to meet you a long time". Caught me off guard, so I just laughed and said "Yeah, I bet". He responded with "No, I have. Haven't you seen me watching you outside your window?" I told him I thought it was him and we both laughed and he shook my hand before I left. Thought it was pretty awesome I got to meet Jericho and have him claim to stalk me, now I gotta get started on reading the new book.
 
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