Shane Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 The Andre the Giant graphic novel by Box Brown is pretty great. You're unlikely to hear any *new* stories, but the presentation is well done. Such an interesting and, at times, sad life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Just got word that Mark James has finished his new book - 1977: The War for Memphis. It's at the printer's now and should go on sale in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Has anyone ever checked out the books from this series: http://www.amazon.com/dp/149356689X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=thhiofww-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=149356689X&adid=019AN8B05BEAVDBVWFCZ Seems like a neat encyclopedia-sorta guide but not sure if it'd be worth a purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Just finished Flair's book, decent read but I had already heard most if the interesting parts. Starting Bret Hart's book now, kind if intimidating as its like 600 pages long and in 3 point font. Is it worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I'm not a huge fan of Bret Hart and I loved his book, worth the hours I put into it over a weekend reading it. I couldn't put it down at parts. It has it's flaws for sure, namely ego, but all in all, definitely worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The last third is depressing as fuck but it's a great read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I love Bret's book its among the best biographies I've ever read and I've gone through it 3 or 4 times but yeah that last chunk is brutal, it's one of the most depressing things I've ever read. The book is absolutely worth reading but if you're prone to getting really sad or depressed you should just maybe cutout after Montreal because everything post-Owen is a really tough road to get through and it will wreck you for the rest of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I kinda wish Bret had waited to write the book until after patching things up with Vince, Shawn, etc. Could have at least put a bit more of a happy ending on the book. (Although I think that would also mean another divorce, iirc, so... yeah) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Yeah the Bret book has been fantastic so far, I cant put it down. He goes into great detail with things, which is the opposite of how Flair's book was. I found Flair's book to be kind of impersonal and glossed over a lot of things. It certainly didn't feel written in his voice, if that makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Flair probably doesn't even know he has a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Flair probably doesn't even know he has a book. He probably didn't realize he was getting royalty checks for it either since the went straight to wives #1,#2,and #3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Flair has made the joke before that he hasn't gotten around to reading his own book. Considering the BS he spews these days, it's probably a blessing that he didn't write it, otherwise we'd get chapters on his firsthand account of witnessing Brody's murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Didnt Madden co-write it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Keith Elliot Greenberg co wrote it, Madden edited it. So yeah Madden co wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I remember some to-do qbout who wrote it w flair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I've been reading Brody. I don't really like it. I didn't need 2 chapters on his wife's childhood. The Larry Matysik written chapters are terrible. I was hoping for so much more, but I guess that's what happens when the subject of the book is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Any reason WWE has quit releasing superstar autobiographies? I'd like to see a Daniel Bryan or even (if he patches things up) a CM Punk book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 They probably want to save it all for when they do a DVD or Network special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I've been reading Brody. I don't really like it. I didn't need 2 chapters on his wife's childhood. The Larry Matysik written chapters are terrible. I was hoping for so much more, but I guess that's what happens when the subject of the book is dead. I have this book and I couldn't get through it. Maybe I need to revisit it but it seemed like the book was going to be a complete whitewash and not at all accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 So I am almost done with the Bret Hart book. To anyone else who read it, didn't you think the package that Carlo sent to Bret after Owen died was a little fucked up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 The Bret book is my favorite bathroom book. You can just open up to any page and read some cool stories while taking a dump. I've read that thing a hundred times but only cover to cover once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Mick Foley's first book is a bit like that for me - I can easily pick it up off my shelf, read a few chapters and have a giggle. I'm dubious about most wrestling books as they're usually terribly (ghost) written and poorly edited. Only ones I've enjoyed have been Bret's and Mick's - never had the opportunity to read Dynamite's, Lou Thesz or Gary Hart's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleavy Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Did anyone buy the "WWE 50" book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAxlMorrison Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Since both of these books are now available on the Kindle, I was going to buy one for some weekend reading. So, if you had to choose, which book would you read? JJ Dillon or Ole Anderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Mick Foley's first book is a bit like that for me - I can easily pick it up off my shelf, read a few chapters and have a giggle. I'm dubious about most wrestling books as they're usually terribly (ghost) written and poorly edited. Only ones I've enjoyed have been Bret's and Mick's - never had the opportunity to read Dynamite's, Lou Thesz or Gary Hart's I was fortunate enough to get Gary Hart's book right from the website. (I say 'fortunate' because apparently it's out of print and they sell for quite high prices on eBay.) It's really good. It was the first pro-wrestling book I ever read, so perhaps that plays into it as well, but it was highly entertaining, engrossing and educative. None of the other books I've read afterwards were as good by far, and they were still very good (Lou Thesz, Jody Hamilton and J.J. Dillon). Hart goes into details about angles, creating certain gimmicks, pay-offs, rivaling promitions, the entire Van Erich family... You can open it on any page and it remains as great as the first time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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