Stealingsilver Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I have almost finished Bret Hart's Biography, 'Hitman'. I watched a bit during my childhood, probably about 92-94, so I remember him. In the last 6 months I have got back into wrestling. Â I enjoyed how it has been as truthful as he wanted it to be and has received no influence from WWE to edit it. I also liked the tales of him on the indy scene. However towards the end of his career he does sound very up himself and it drags on. Then he puts the Montreal screwjob and his time in WCW (what I was looking forward to the most)into a handful of pages. Â Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSF Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 The first Mick Foley book is a very good read. Didn't bother with any of his others though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Both of Chris Jericho's books are well worth a read. Jerry Lawler's book is pretty good. And if you want a good laugh at a book that is just out and out lies, either of Hogan's books will satisfy your need to gut-laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Milano Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 http://ukff.com/index.php?showtopic=119461 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted June 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2011 Dibiase's is a real good read that seems to have flew under the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Paul's Bin Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Jericho's two books are on the same level as Bret's. Try and stay away from Foley's recent one. It's not terrible but it isn't brilliant, I found it frustrating when he went on about concussions for about 20 pages. And also you don't know what to think of Foley, he seems to make out he enjoyed his time in TNA and the past few weeks has been a little bitch about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Taylorslade Posted June 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2011 Smarten up, Say it right  Brian Blair's "Smarten up, Say it right" is a great book that teaches you how all of the terminology is really used amongst those in the business, not in the way that Lou Albano and Bert Sugar's "Idiots guide to pro wrestling" does though, thankfully. I've never considered myself an "insider" or anything like that, but I think that I have had a deep understanding of the business from all aspects for about 13 years now, but reading this book made me realise that I wasn't as "clued up" as I thought. Of course, though, it was written ten years ago, a little while after the watershed moment of Vince's "coming out" speech on Raw, so even though it has lost a little of it's novelty factor now that everything is really out in the open and everyone knows how the tricks are done, there is still a lot of good content in there which make this a fun and interesting read. Especially if you can manage to get a copy that still has the original audio cassette tape that they were released with, which was essentially a tutorial on how to speak Carney and has some examples of wrestlers using it amongst eachother. It goes into detail about things which aren't so obvious and doesn't spend much time, if any, on obvious terms such as "Mark" "over" etc, and origins of much of these terms are discussed.  Thanks to Lister for recommending the book to me, which is a good few years ago now.  Speaking of Mr. Lister, I couldn't mention him in a thread regarding wrestling books, without mentioning his account of ECW from start to finish in "Turning the Tables", it's a brilliant read and is right up there with anything I've read in the wrestling genre. I haven't read Slamthology yet, but from what I've heard it's also very very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealingsilver Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Thanks guys, Â Taylorslade, those books look good but are expensive to get hold of. Â I think I will wither go with Mick Foley's first book but at 700 odd pages is very long or go for Shawn Michaels book as it goes through the attitude era and gives wwe's side of the montreal screwjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 my all time favourites are Brets, Chris Jerichos 1st (havent got 2nd yet) and Mr Eric Bischoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobberinho Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Avoid Flair's To Be The Man like a Main Event featuring Kevin Thorn. The inept writing does The Man no justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Taylorslade Posted June 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2011 Thanks guys, Taylorslade, those books look good but are expensive to get hold of.  Well, if you go on the author's profile on here, JNLister, then I think he has links in his sig to where you can buy them and they might be for a decent price, or John himself might have one to sell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Jones Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 'Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches' by Oliver Hurley is a fun read. It's pretty cheap on Amazon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Vipes Posted June 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2011 I'm about 3/4's of the way through Gary Hart's book and its been a great read. Â If you are interested in the territory days get this book as Gary worked and booked all over and gives a really interesting insight into the period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 How much did you pay for that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Vipes Posted June 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2011 How much did you pay for that one? Â Â Came out just under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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