Paid Members quote the raven Posted June 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2014 A lot of The Rock's is written as The Rock. Avoid. Agree its fucking shit, I picked it up after "have a nice day" What a stinking pile of poop it turned out to be no real thoughts on most of his major matches at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Edge's was alright.He wrote it himself (which is commendable) when he was out for a year after his first neck surgery.It misses out his main event run and him doing the dirt with Lita behind Matt's back obviously,but still some good stories about his childhood,careers before breaking into the business and then finally getting hired by WWE.If its going cheap it would be worth picking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted June 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2014 Rock is releasing a second autobiography. I'd be quite happy for him to treat it as his first and go through all the shit he covered (or didn't, more like) in his first book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted June 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2014 Had a binge recently. Enjoyed Greg Lamberts book. Some good behind the scenes stuff about a more recent period of british wrestling that is normally documented. The Bret Hart autobiography is very interesting. I love hearing about Stampede, and this fitted the bill really well. Currently half way through the Steve Austin autobiography. It's written how he speaks, and reads like a transcript of the podcast. Interesting, but scatters about a lot time wise, and you get the impression the his is going out of his way not yo upset anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 couple of recent reads I would recommend The 1PW book, being a southerner with limited money I never got to see 1PW for myself and only heard the stories, so it was nice to see all the opinions on the product Greg Lambert's book as someone mentioned was very insightful about the FWA and related promotions and projects with some fantastic anecdotes and plenty of light shed on some of the urban legends around that time eg. rings never arriving etc John Lister's Turn the tables is a good read if your looking for a more statistical and analytical approach to the story of ECW. The WWE published book is good to read at the same time as its got more opinions from people at the time but doesn't really look closely at numbers and some less known mistakes which John does. Also reading the Raw files from 1993, not a bad read I would say as a second book. Something to pick up as an alternative when you have 5-10 minutes here and there and read a few Raw reports and opinions looking back on 1993 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Rock is releasing a second autobiography. I'd be quite happy for him to treat it as his first and go through all the shit he covered (or didn't, more like) in his first book. Good news. However I can't see him speaking about the wrestling in too great detail, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted June 28, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2014 It's not a wrestling book as such, but Dan Davies (who posts on here, though I don't know if he wants his username public) has written a novel which has a ton of wrestling: Dixon: Life Of A Soap Star Bad Arse. It's a spoof autobiography of an actor who starts out on a soap (clearly Eastenders) and becomes a Z-List celebrity lad, getting into utterly ridiculous situations, including loads of silly fights that involve wrestling moves. As well as spoofing popular culture of the 90s and 2000s, it's an unintended history of WWE, games consoles and internet porn tech of the period. There's no denying it's utterly stupid, juvenile and puerile, but I found it ridiculously funny. It's a properly written book with a plot and everything, and I polished it off in a weekend because I kept wanting to see what came next. It's the kind of thing 99% of people will think the worst book ever and the other 1% (which may well correlate highly with UKFF posters) will find inexplicably great. The free sample on the Kindle is pretty lengthy and representative, so do give that a read and you'll know whether it's going to appeal to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted June 29, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 29, 2014 Dan Davies is fucking great. A delight on twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Southside crew Posted June 30, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2014 Just finished Road warrior Animal's book - really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytie 2X4B 523P Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Half way through historyofwrestling's new book Titan Sinking. Chronicling the WWE's 'shitty' 1995, I personally really enjoyed 95/96 because it was a time I really got into wrestling. Probably the best new wrestling book Ive read in a while, reckon itll be an easy re-read too. Not too much new information especially if you have access to the Observer archives but some interesting stuff I hadn't heard or read before such as Macho Man's relationship with Vince breaking down when his Dad couldnt get on a house show in 1987. Fair play to James Dixon, he's definitely done his research and put a lot of time into this. Cornette pops up too, which is always fun, he also provides foreword although he still can't resist a dig at Russo. If you like Death of WCW and Turning The Tables then its definitely worth buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Half way through historyofwrestling's new book Titan Sinking. Chronicling the WWE's 'shitty' 1995, I personally really enjoyed 95/96 because it was a time I really got into wrestling. Probably the best new wrestling book Ive read in a while, reckon itll be an easy re-read too. Not too much new information especially if you have access to the Observer archives but some interesting stuff I hadn't heard or read before such as Macho Man's relationship with Vince breaking down when his Dad couldnt get on a house show in 1987. Fair play to James Dixon, he's definitely done his research and put a lot of time into this. Cornette pops up too, which is always fun, he also provides foreword although he still can't resist a dig at Russo. If you like Death of WCW and Turning The Tables then its definitely worth buying. I had no idea this even existed and am also a massive fan of the period so will definitely check it out, cheers for the heads up. That said, comparing Turning the Tables to Death of WCW is like comparing ice cream and horse manure. Lister wrote something that belongs on the top row of all wrestling books and I wouldn't wipe my arse with that agenda-ridden extended 411 column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytie 2X4B 523P Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Half way through historyofwrestling's new book Titan Sinking. Chronicling the WWE's 'shitty' 1995, I personally really enjoyed 95/96 because it was a time I really got into wrestling. Probably the best new wrestling book Ive read in a while, reckon itll be an easy re-read too. Not too much new information especially if you have access to the Observer archives but some interesting stuff I hadn't heard or read before such as Macho Man's relationship with Vince breaking down when his Dad couldnt get on a house show in 1987. Fair play to James Dixon, he's definitely done his research and put a lot of time into this. Cornette pops up too, which is always fun, he also provides foreword although he still can't resist a dig at Russo. If you like Death of WCW and Turning The Tables then its definitely worth buying. I had no idea this even existed and am also a massive fan of the period so will definitely check it out, cheers for the heads up. That said, comparing Turning the Tables to Death of WCW is like comparing ice cream and horse manure. Lister wrote something that belongs on the top row of all wrestling books and I wouldn't wipe my arse with that agenda-ridden extended 411 column. Just finished the book in two days. Itll be one of those books (much like Lister's) where, if you have a spare 10-15 mins, you could just pick a random page and read a few pages. It's an excellently researched book. Dixon has picked quality sources for quotes too (Holly's book, Timeline, Youshoots etc). He even managed to get a few words from Stephanie Wiand. If the HOW guys keep churning these books out as well as further Video Guides and Year reviews then they have my money. Now Im going on a 1995 viewing spree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 It looks like you can borrow that Titan Sinking book on Kindle for free if you've got Amazon Prime... Anyone know if that applies to free trials as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Amazon Prime... Anyone know if that applies to free trials as well? Yep. I just got it on a free trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 8, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 8, 2014 Just a statement of the obvious/warning, but take extra care to cancel in time if you're getting the free trial of Amazon Prime. If you get the trial of just Amazon Instant Video, you'll get the monthly £5.99 charge if you forget to cancel in time. If you get the trial of full blown Amazon Prime, including the free Kindle book, then if you don't cancel in time it'll be a flat £79 charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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