Which wrestling book?

[Ballin]

Recently read Foley's Scooter, debating between these for my nexts.

Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man
Batista Unleashed
Eric Bishoff: Controversary Creates Cash
William Regal: Walking A Golden Mile
Kane: Journey into Darkness

 

[Moonlight Drive]

Batista sucks. Don't get his. Kane and Regal probably wouldn't be that interesting.

Personally, I think either DiBiase or Bischoff. Ted is a legend and I saw the interviews JBL did with Eric when promoting the book, it looked like an interesting read.

But it is up to you after all.

 

[monkeystyle]

Regal's was by far the best out of the bunch.

 

[Soulpower]

I would go with Regal's.

Bischoff's book has a lot of BS on it. If I remember correctly, Kane's book was in character and it was pretty bad. Dibiase's was decent, but it could have been better and Batista's book.. Well, it is what it is.

 

[This Guy]

I have Regal's but have not read it yet. (Haven't finished Scooter either.) Bischoff's was good, and I think more accurate then people give him credit for. I'd love to get my hands on Dibiase's. Batista's is a joke, and so is Kane's (actually more so since its fiction.) Regal's got a fantastic review.

I got so many wrestling books and haven't even read half of them yet.

 

[Ballin]

Well, Regal's seems popular. I'll most likely go with that. Thanks! I didn't know Kane's was fiction so thank ya for clearing that one up.

I have Regal's but have not read it yet. (Haven't finished Scooter either.)
I got so many wrestling books and haven't even read half of them yet.

Man, im not a big reader (Unless it's something that interest me) and Scooter was really really good.

 

[Nation]

None of them. Get "To Be The Man" by the Natch. Unless of course you already have it. Then i guess get Regals book.

 

[This Guy]

Well, Regal's seems popular. I'll most likely go with that. Thanks! I didn't know Kane's was fiction so thank ya for clearing that one up.

Man, im not a big reader (Unless it's something that interest me) and Scooter was really really good.

Yeah Kane's is a biography of the fictional past of Kane (the whole being the Undertaker's brother crap) Its not actually about Glen Jacobs the guy who plays the role of Kane.

I'm not a big reader either, hense why I have so many books that I've never finished. But yeah I just haven't gotten into Scooter yet. His first novel Tietem Brown, is great. If you haven't read that one, get it. Its fantastic.

None of them. Get "To Be The Man" by the Natch. Unless of course you already have it. Then i guess get Regals book.

Yeah Flairs was pretty good. I have/read that. Seriously, too many books, barely have read half.

My current list of Wrestling Books I own.....
-To Be the Man - Ric Flair (Read)
-Are We There Yet - Tales from the Road (Read)
-Rulers of the Ring (haven't read)
-A Lion's Tale - Chris Jericho (haven't read but reviews were excelent)
-Scooter by Mick Foley (haven't read)
-Tietam Brown by Mick Foley (read)
-Have a Nice Day - Mick Foley (read)
-Foley is Good - Mick Foley (read)
-Hardcore Diaries - Mick Foley (haven't read)
-My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling - Bret Hart (haven't read)
-Wrestling's Bad Boy Tells All - Bobby Heenan (haven't read)
-Pain & Passion (haven't read)
-Heartbreak & Triumph - Shawn Michaels (haven't read)
-The Death of WCW (read and is so worth reading especially if you were watching WCW during its final 5 years you will laugh as you remember the angles they talk about in vivid detail)
-It's Good to be the King....Sometimes - Jerry Lawler (read)
-Adam Copeland on Edge - Edge (read)
-Rise and Fall of ECW (haven't read)
-Walking a Golden Mile - William Regal (haven't read)
-Contraversy Creates Cash - Eric Bischoff (read)
-Cheating Death & Stealing Life - Eddie Guerrero (haven't read)
-Under the Mat - Diana Hart (haven't read and not available anymore, my wife bought it for me the first day, and Martha Hart sued and it got pulled from the shelfs and recalled in 48 hours)
-Broken Hart by Martha Hart - Owen Hart (haven't read)

so only 9 out of the 22 wrestling books I own I've read.

 

[Evil Austin]

I have read the Eddie Guerrero cheating death one it is absolutely brilliant if your an eddie guerrero fan you have to read this.

The Hardcore Diaries is complete waste of money I got it right well I got it the same time I got the eddie book and that was because they had a deal two for the price of one.

Anyway onto the book when I finished the Eddie book I read the Foley book at it was complete utter snore fest, I mean seriously after say chapter two I thought fuck this and I put it down I haven't read it or opened the book in about two months. All the book is about is the angle and match where Foley and Edge with Lita vs. Dreamer and Funk with Beluah (i think) and how Foley got the idea of the match. Its pretty much 300 pages of just how he was talking to the bookers and writters of the wwe on this idea for this storyline.

It also has a few lines of his crush on Stacy Keibler and Melina but thats about it.

 

[★Chuck Zombie★]

-A Lion's Tale - Chris Jericho (haven't read but reviews were excelent)
-Heartbreak & Triumph - Shawn Michaels (haven't read)
-Adam Copeland on Edge - Edge (read)
-Rise and Fall of ECW (haven't read)

These are the only 4 that I've read wrestling wise. Jericho's is hilarious, a great read even if it embellished like a rumor I heard.

Shawn's is pretty good too, but you can't exactly trust what he says 100%.

The ECW one almost seems like they went through the video library of ECW and just wrote what happened from a non-kayfabe POV. There is some backstage info that you wouldn't normally get, but it's more like a recap of what happened with and in ECW. I'm not saying I didn't expect that, because the title lives up to the book's subject matter, but I wasn't expecting it to be so un-opinionated.

Edge's is pretty much a mix between the ECW book's style and Jericho's style. There isn't a lot of extreme opinion on Edge's part....it's mostly facts, but he does kind of make fun of some stuff and tell funny stories.



I'm looking to read Bret Hart's book next. I also want to read Bischoff's and The Death of WCW. Another thing about Jericho's is that he doesn't let you know much about WWF. It's mostly about his time before and during WCW. It ends on his WWF debut. So the WCW stuff in it definitely intrigues me. Especially after you hear about how Goldberg just got his way just for the hell of it, even though Bischoff and Hogan agreed with Jericho.

 

[monkeystyle]

Hardcore History was a much better ECW title. I would for sure recommend that over the WWE book.

 

[Evil Austin]

I also forgot to mention that my dad once had the Chyna book on her life and biography I managed to read it one time I recomend to actually buy it its interesting on how she is stronger then most of the male wrestlers adn they were afraid of her backstage. Also about why she left WWE in the first place because HHH dumped her for Steph and she was heartbroken and coudn't handle working with Steph or HHH anymore.

 

[comicgeekelly]

Regal's book is excellent, it is one of my favorite wrestling books.