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| defiantboy81 | Mar 6 2009, 12:35 PM Post #1001 |
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I like Mick Foley's autobiographies. Very entertaining. Read the first one going from London to Plymouth the first time. Cover to cover. Fantastic. |
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| TurboBoost | Mar 7 2009, 09:30 PM Post #1002 |
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Yeah, the Jericho autobio is great. Pretty fast paced with short chapters. It's easy reading for a 400 page book. Funny, I was actually considering Mick Foley's next. On the back cover of Jericho's A Lion's Tale it says: "I was really enjoying this book, empathizing with Chris's plight as an aspiring wrestler, laughing out loud at many of the dead-on depictions of some of the more colorful characters in our business. Suddenly, all that enjoyment stopped as a wave of momentary panic crashed right into my literary ego. 'Oh no,' I thought 'What if this book does better than mine?" -Mick Foley, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and Three-time WWE World Champion
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"Would you like to talk about what's bothering you or would you like to break some more furniture?" "My car just hissed at me. There's steam coming out of the engine" "Was it the coffee? Are we gonna go too, just like the captain?" "I know what time it is, I don't need a bloomin' cukoo clock"
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| Heather | Mar 8 2009, 08:06 PM Post #1003 |
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| GeordiLaTuvok | Mar 8 2009, 10:21 PM Post #1004 |
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Goldberg's book was, in fact, awful. The only autobiography I can think of off the top of my head that was worse was Chyna's, which to this day I maintain must have been written in crayon. Chris Jericho's is fantastic, though. Not the most in depth book ever, but really interesting and a lot of fun, and one of my recent favorites. Other autobio's I'd recommend...obviously, Mick Foley's first one (Have a Nice Day) is the one that automatically comes to mind. On top of that, Ric Flair's is interesting, but a little dry. Eric Bischoff's is absolutely fascinating, though you do have to take it with a grain of salt. William Regal's is really good, but a bit depressing. Far and above, though, I have to recommend Bret Hart's book. Now yes, I know, being a Bret mark makes me susceptible to it, but I can honestly say that even if I didn't much like Bret, that book is completely worth reading. The only warning I would have is that Bret definitely isn't quiet about how good he was back in his day. However, the fact that he can pretty much back up 90% of the claims he makes (I'll admit, there are a couple of times when I rolled my eyes at him), mixed with the fact that he's also brutally honest about his own personal shortcomings, more than make up for it. I seriously can't recommend this book highly enough to anyone, as you won't find a more insightful, honest autobio out there. Yes, Kai, I even recommend it for you, knowing that you don't think much of Bret. Oh, and while it's actually a biography, not an autobiography, I just finished reading Brody, and really enjoyed the hell out of that one. A great look at one of the most important figures of the 80's who WWE has, unfortunately, sort of written out of wrestling history. |
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| DamarLives | Mar 8 2009, 10:37 PM Post #1005 |
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As a bartender who waited on some of the older "superstars" (though they were never called that back then) I find all their stories interesting. |
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| TurboBoost | Mar 11 2009, 04:22 AM Post #1006 |
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I really like your avatar, Heather. I think I'm gonna have to save that one.
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"Would you like to talk about what's bothering you or would you like to break some more furniture?" "My car just hissed at me. There's steam coming out of the engine" "Was it the coffee? Are we gonna go too, just like the captain?" "I know what time it is, I don't need a bloomin' cukoo clock"
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| Heather | Mar 11 2009, 02:54 PM Post #1007 |
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It is a good one
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| QDonQ | Mar 11 2009, 10:23 PM Post #1008 |
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I have always considered Koko B. Ware to be the only wrestler I was embarrassed by... And wrestling can be really embarrassing ... But he does deserve to be in the Hall of fame... Edited by QDonQ, Mar 11 2009, 10:23 PM.
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| GeordiLaTuvok | Mar 12 2009, 10:42 AM Post #1009 |
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Hm...yes and no. Yes in that he is a classic character that pretty much anybody who watched wrestling in the 80's remembers, but no in that he never really did anything. Nothing against Koko B. Ware, but he's the first of this class so far that I've looked at and been like "...Huh?" |
Once upon a time, a man lived. This man was a man who really lived. He was the best there was at what he did, living. Living is what he did, and he did it well. In fact, he did it too well. He lived so well that he made other people stop living. That is why he had to be stopped. To stop him, they sent Rimo.
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| QDonQ | Mar 12 2009, 08:17 PM Post #1010 |
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I agree he didn't do anything of note... But he was popular and for that I guess he gets the nod... |
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On the back cover of Jericho's A Lion's Tale it says: "I was really enjoying this book, empathizing with Chris's plight as an aspiring wrestler, laughing out loud at many of the dead-on depictions of some of the more colorful characters in our business. Suddenly, all that enjoyment stopped as a wave of momentary panic crashed right into my literary ego. 'Oh no,' I thought 'What if this book does better than mine?" -Mick Foley, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and Three-time WWE World Champion


I really like your avatar, Heather.
I think I'm gonna have to save that one.
2:12 AM Jul 11
