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I think Jericho kind of comes off as a prick in this one, especially when "Drunkicho" makes any sort of appearance.
 
BIX:

Bruce's book is totally insane. I cannot imagine anyone with even a passing knowledge of wrestling history not sniffing out most of the bullshit and even someone with no knowledge of history would be able to tell pretty easily that everything Bruce says about Bret is likely to be a hate filled lie.

Among the things Bruce claims that definitely aren't true:

He claims he worked a series of WWF house shows with his family members and they tore the house down working "Stampede" style until a road agent (Lanza IIRC) told him he was just a school teacher, that the matches sucked because of him and then demanded he basically stand on the apron and do little to nothing. Bruce claims that he complied with these demands, the matches got worse but Lanza complimented him for doing his job. The problem is no such house show run ever existed.

He claims that he and Bret went down to Amarillo, TX to meet up with Dory Jr. and co. over the Summer and in the process tells an awesome Terry Funk rib story that I hope is true. Having said that he also claims that on the trip down they were chased out of multiple counties by violent redneck gangs who assumed they were draft dodging hippies.

He claims Bret reached over his dying mother and attempted to choke his sister as their mother was literally expiring in front of them.

He claims he ghost wrote Bret's Calagary Sun column for years.

He claims that Smith Hart was in no way to blame for the missing gate receipts of the infamous Stampede tour to the Carribean.

He claims he was given the book in Hawaii by Peter Maivia (this may or may not be true but seems hard to believe).

He claims that he was offered the book by Vince's people only to be snubbed by Vince when flown in to discuss the terms.

He claims that Shane called him about turning his new Stampede

He claims that Whalen (who he regards as the best announcer ever which shocked me knowing Bruce's booking style) on air resignation after the Bad News innocent was an angle and disguise Whalen's departure to cover two Calgary Flames games.

He claims that the WWE was about to bring him in to team with Pillman for a Badd Company reunion but Bret sabotaged it because he was angry when the children came in the ring at the end of the Calgary Stampede ppv (a ppv he claims was designed in part to set up an angle with him and Austin). He claims that he would have kept Pillman clean and thus implies multiple times that Bret was responsible for Pillman's death.

He claims that Bret called him after Owen's death suggesting that McMahon had done it intentionally to punish Owen for Bret's problems with Vince regarding Montreal.

He claims that one of Bret's columns (after Bruce quit writing for him of course) was responsible for Davey taking up drug use again and as a result Bret is responsible for the death of DBS.
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I had a few hours to kill the other night so I ducked inside a Barnes & Nobles and started to read Jericho's new book.

I only read a few chapters, particularly the ones about Fozzy and Jericho's post-WWE career in '05. I didn't realize Jericho stuck with the Moongoose McQueen gimmick for so long and that he played it up during every public appearance hyping the first Fozzy album. I also didn't realize how hard it was for him to get acting roles. I knew Jericho didn't have a ot of success in media outside wrestling but it really struck me when he ran down that list of all the movies and TV shows that he auditioned for and didn't get a single callback for any of them.
 
In the first one he used a co-author who helped him merely collect his ideas and organize the whole thing, but the majority of it was Jericho himself. I can't see him using a ghost writer for the second one considering the first is considered on par with Foley's which are still the standard-bearers.
 
Corey_Lazarus said:
In the first one he used a co-author who helped him merely collect his ideas and organize the whole thing, but the majority of it was Jericho himself. I can't see him using a ghost writer for the second one considering the first is considered on par with Foley's which are still the standard-bearers.
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Just finished the new Jericho book the other night and there is a co-author's note at the end where the guy said the same, he basically helped Jericho organize it but it was mainly Jericho's doing.

Enjoyed the book but I get a little bugged when there are little errors books on topics I know about. Early on, his Wrestlemania match with Regal was referred to Wrestlemania X8 (which was actually the show he main evented, so you'd think that would be caught as opposed to confusing some midcard match) and it seemed to imply some of the Jericho/Stephanie stuff in the Alliance time led to the HHH feud, which wouldn't have worked because he mentions Rhino and Booker, who weren't in the company yet. Later on, it became clear he was jumping back and forth at times, which made me not care as much about the timeline stuff, but listing the wrong event at one point just seemed odd to me.
 
I went to the Jericho book signing in Orlando. Waited in line for about a hour and a half but it was worth it. The book is great. I need to see video of Jericho and Moongoose fucking with Pink on Off the Record.
 
Some of the bigger movies I was surprised to see that he got auditions for. Wonder who he tried out for in Knocked Up. I'm more surprised he didn't get anything in stuff like Beer League that he auditioned for too.
 
Kurt Angle apparently auditioned for Lex Luthor in Superman Returns, which always blew my mind.
 
atticus Chaos said:
Kurt Angle apparently auditioned for Lex Luthor in Superman Returns, which always blew my mind.
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He can always try out again for Snyder's Superman Reboot.

Who would possibly turn him down after seeing his motion picture debut:

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I read Undisputed last week. I didn't like it nearly as much as I was expecting to, but it wasn't bad. Froot got old VERY quickly. I haven't read Lion's Tale yet, hopefully I like it better.
 
BruiserBrody said:
BIX:

Bruce's book is totally insane. I cannot imagine anyone with even a passing knowledge of wrestling history not sniffing out most of the bullshit and even someone with no knowledge of history would be able to tell pretty easily that everything Bruce says about Bret is likely to be a hate filled lie.

Among the things Bruce claims that definitely aren't true:

He claims he worked a series of WWF house shows with his family members and they tore the house down working "Stampede" style until a road agent (Lanza IIRC) told him he was just a school teacher, that the matches sucked because of him and then demanded he basically stand on the apron and do little to nothing. Bruce claims that he complied with these demands, the matches got worse but Lanza complimented him for doing his job. The problem is no such house show run ever existed.

He claims that he and Bret went down to Amarillo, TX to meet up with Dory Jr. and co. over the Summer and in the process tells an awesome Terry Funk rib story that I hope is true. Having said that he also claims that on the trip down they were chased out of multiple counties by violent redneck gangs who assumed they were draft dodging hippies.

He claims Bret reached over his dying mother and attempted to choke his sister as their mother was literally expiring in front of them.

He claims he ghost wrote Bret's Calagary Sun column for years.

He claims that Smith Hart was in no way to blame for the missing gate receipts of the infamous Stampede tour to the Carribean.

He claims he was given the book in Hawaii by Peter Maivia (this may or may not be true but seems hard to believe).

He claims that he was offered the book by Vince's people only to be snubbed by Vince when flown in to discuss the terms.

He claims that Shane called him about turning his new Stampede

He claims that Whalen (who he regards as the best announcer ever which shocked me knowing Bruce's booking style) on air resignation after the Bad News innocent was an angle and disguise Whalen's departure to cover two Calgary Flames games.

He claims that the WWE was about to bring him in to team with Pillman for a Badd Company reunion but Bret sabotaged it because he was angry when the children came in the ring at the end of the Calgary Stampede ppv (a ppv he claims was designed in part to set up an angle with him and Austin). He claims that he would have kept Pillman clean and thus implies multiple times that Bret was responsible for Pillman's death.

He claims that Bret called him after Owen's death suggesting that McMahon had done it intentionally to punish Owen for Bret's problems with Vince regarding Montreal.

He claims that one of Bret's columns (after Bruce quit writing for him of course) was responsible for Davey taking up drug use again and as a result Bret is responsible for the death of DBS.
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Why are the Hart's all so weird?
 
So apparently Ryan Nemeth (Briley Pierce in FCW) wrote a book back in January 2010...

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Donny Blake spends his first semester as a college student at Kulhman University doing the typical college student activities--partying, picking up girls, studying, and trying to avoid Ugly Jen. When the bank starts giving Donny free money and his French teacher expresses interest in him, Donny comes to the realization "I can make out with any girl here". Will it all far apart when ants move into Donny's room and stolen fetal pigs attract the administration's attention or will he make it through his first semester of college? Find out through diary entries, text messages, e-mails, and police reports. I Can Make Out with Any Girl Here--the story of Donny Blake's first semester at Kulhman University. A must read for all students about to enter college, college freshman, current college students, or those just wanting to remember what it was like.
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Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).
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OMG!!

Author profile: http://www.amazon.com/Ryan-Nemeth/e/B0040AU09M
 
I got Hogan's first book (the WWE one from '03 or '04). What a terribly written book. It goes into detail about nothing and there's a whole one page chapter about Mike Sharpe's hygiene. And of course it has the stink of Hogan's bullshit stories all over it.
 
I hadn't read a wrestling book since the second Foley one (when it was new) so I bought 4 a few weeks ago and have read 2 1/2 of them.

The Road Warriors book was ok. The common complaint about wrestling books is "not enough detail" but I'd say he goes into pretty good detail on everything, even giving exact figures on contracts and stuff. But he is totally one of those "You this move/genre/style? I invented that" types, which becomes annoying after the 80th time or so.

Then I read the 2 Jericho books back-to-back and I'm halfway through the second one. The first one is up there with the Foley book, though I probably favour Foley's only because it's more linear. In fact, I'd say the second one is pretty disappointing because it's so scrambled. Just a personal preference though. I do like how candid he is about Vince and about his own performances.

I have the Bret book, too. Can't wait to start on that one. I figured I'd leave it last to give me incentive to finish the others quicker, but it hasn't been a problem, I've had trouble putting the books down either way.
 
The Duggan one has potential. He was in Mid-South in their heyday, WWE during the Hulkamania years (1987-93), then WCW for the nWo era. Plus you've got a guy who traveled on the road with the Iron F'n Sheik.
 
alkeiper said:
The Duggan one has potential. He was in Mid-South in their heyday, WWE during the Hulkamania years (1987-93), then WCW for the nWo era. Plus you've got a guy who traveled on the road with the Iron F'n Sheik.
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I've read so many dull books that should have been great (J.Hart etc) that I see Duggan as the type who will over blow his WWF and WCW runs - talk to much about God re: Cancer and ignore gossip/dirt since he's still w/ Vinnie Mac
 
He needs to talk about why his ring gear sucks. His boots have holes on the bottom and he's wearing pajama shorts to the ring. He needs to talk about that shit. He looks like the Brooklyn Brawler. They should make him bring a hobo stick with the handkerchief on the end the next time he shows up.
 
Jules_StrongBrody said:
alkeiper said:
The Duggan one has potential. He was in Mid-South in their heyday, WWE during the Hulkamania years (1987-93), then WCW for the nWo era. Plus you've got a guy who traveled on the road with the Iron F'n Sheik.
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I've read so many dull books that should have been great (J.Hart etc) that I see Duggan as the type who will over blow his WWF and WCW runs - talk to much about God re: Cancer and ignore gossip/dirt since he's still w/ Vinnie Mac
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Yeah and none of the Duggan shoot interviews I've heard have been particularly interesting either. Usually, dull shoot interview=dull book (see Tito Santana).
 
Aww I was hoping Duggan's book would/could be filled with "Everyone told me I should be the next Hulk Hogan and be champion".
 
Continuing my "gimmick" of AWA love, I bought 2 AWA books this week:

MAT WARS by Verne Gagne - a late 85/ early 1986 release that was plugging the already dead "Pro Wrestling USA" by covering the roster - I have looked through it and the bios are more in depth than I was expecting. From Flair to Steve O.


And I acquired a 2011 release on the history of the AWA by super fan Geogre Schire "Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling" Schire is a hardcore old school fan who lived through these events and I am excited to read his passion.
 
On Amazon and I'm amazed at the number of wrestling books I haven't even heard of.

Former WCW jobber Bobby Blaze (most known for...um, uh...failing a sham drug test at the same time as Chris Jericho) has an autobiography out! Also Jerry Jarrett self published his diary from TNA's first year which from the excerpt on the website looks poorly edited but really interesting. It seems like Brodster or bps or somebody would have mentioned that one.
 
I'm reading David Shoemaker's book now. He writes as The Masked Man on Grantland and Deadspin.

There is some origin of pro-wrestling stuff that I found a little dry but I'm enjoying reading more about things I'm somewhat familiar with. There's a lot of dead wrestler stuff that is similar to what he's written before.

Not what I typically read but it's not too bad.
 
Yeah, he had the Dead Wrestler of the Week on Deadspin before he jumped to Grantland. I'm not crazy about his writing. Don't hate it as much as some people on the IWC but not in love with it. That's the kind of book I'd gladly read if somebody gave it to me or if I saw at the library but I'm not gonna pay full price for it.
 
I recently picked up Countdown to Lockdown on Kindle for like 6 bucks. Been a great read about Foley's announcing duties while with WWE and of course his TNA experience. All his books have been very entertaining reads, and I haven't finished it yet but I'd put it 3rd above Foley is GOOD (Have a Nice Day/Hardcore Diaries being 1 and 2 for me). I think I'll download Jericho's books next, heard they are good. Always been interested in Bret's too.
 
claydude14 said:
I recently picked up Countdown to Lockdown on Kindle for like 6 bucks. Been a great read about Foley's announcing duties while with WWE and of course his TNA experience. All his books have been very entertaining reads, and I haven't finished it yet but I'd put it 3rd above Foley is GOOD (Have a Nice Day/Hardcore Diaries being 1 and 2 for me). I think I'll download Jericho's books next, heard they are good. Always been interested in Bret's too.
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Bret's books is great, but really depressing. Jericho's first book is awesome and highly entertaining. I haven't read Jericho's second book yet though.
 
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