If you know your wrestling history, you know that Bruno Sammartino held the WWWF Championship from 1963 to 1971 and again from 1973 until 1977 and that he sold out Madison Square Garden an astounding 187 times. Unfortunately, many newer wrestling fans don't know much more than that about him. Sammartino grew up in a small Italian village ravaged by World War II. After the war, his family emigrated to the United States. From there, it would take a lot of hard work, but Bruno Sammartino would become one of the biggest stars wrestling has ever seen.

Bruno Sammartino: An Autobiography of Wrestling's Living Legend was originally published in 1990 and re-released in 2008, thus pre-dating the majority of the wrestling books on the market. It's filled with amazing stories about living through the war, being a sickly child, making it to the United States and growing up in Pittsburgh, weightlifting accomplishments, wrestling a monkey, starting out in wrestling and experiencing the politics, finally getting a chance with Frank Tunney in Toronto, how Vince McMahon Sr. took him back, winning the WWWF Championship and his career as a superstar as well as his retirement. Bruno is not known to be one to hold back on his opinions and this is no exception. He comes across meaning what he says. However, he does maintain some kayfabe in that he talks about wrestling as if it's a legitimate contest. He doesn't outright say it's all legit, but he doesn't break kayfabe either. Perhaps this is due to the book being written in an era where the business wasn't so open.

Bruno Sammartino: An Autobiography of Wrestling's Living Legend is not the best wrestling autobiography ever written, but then again, it had few standards to live up to for its time. That's not to say it's not worth reading - Bruno's stories are amazing to the point where you don't even need to be a wrestling fan to enjoy the book. It's one of the few wrestling books that would make an excellent movie as well.

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J.J. Dillon may best be known for being the manager of the original Four Horseman, but he wore many other hats in his career. He ran a fan club, he started out as a wrestler while managing on the side, he booked territories, he worked as Vince McMahon's right-hand man, played the commissioner role for WCW while working in the office... There isn't anything short of running a company that James J. Dillon did not do.

Those reasons make J.J. Dillon's autobiography Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls a must-read for anyone interested in learning more about wrestling as a business. The title comes from a quote passed down from one McMahon to another, which you will have to read the book to find out. In his memoirs, Dillon shares many great stories about working in territories all across the United States, Canada and even abroad in countries like Japan, Australia and Germany. He offers in-depth breakdowns about working for Dusty Rhodes in the NWA as his assistant, Vince McMahon as a member of the WWF booking committee (perhaps the highlight of the book), Eric Bischoff during the rise and fall of WCW and what it was like to work with Vince Russo in WCW and TNA. There are few people who have worked in the industry for as long and for as many different people as J.J. Dillon. He looks at his memoirs as a piece of history that can be looked back upon by his children and for the most part comes across very humble and honest.

Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls was published by Crowbar Press - a small operation run by Scott Teal who has also put out books by Ole Anderson, Jody "The Assassin" Hamilton and Bruno Lauer (Harvey Wippleman). While there aren't colour photos like you find in a WWE-published book, you'll also find plenty of spelling and factual errors that you wouldn't expect from a book put out by a major publisher. Not here. The book is very well researched and the proofreader didn't fall asleep on the job. If you're interested in wrestling as a business as well as logical, detail-oriented old school wrestling booking, you will thoroughly enjoy Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls - a first-class product.

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Bruiser Brody is known as one of the greatest brawlers in the history of wrestling. The Best Brawler award in the year-end Wrestling Observer Awards bears his name. He was so great at what he did that people may have thought that the majority of what went on in the square circle was "fake," but when Brody was in the ring, it was all too real. He went from territory to territory, the epitome of a journeyman and did whatever he could to make the most amount of money possible. To Brody (or Frank Goodish), the pro-wrestling business was infact a business. Unfortunately, this philosophy is what cost Bruiser Brody his life.

Brody was written by Goodish's widow, Barbara alongside his close friend Larry Matysik. It covers his early life, football career and how he got started in wrestling. It follows him through such places as St. Louis, Central States, Florida, the AWA and World Class. It explains how he became a legend in Japan and his tragic murder in Puerto Rico. It also details how he became the highest paid wrestler in the world at one point. The authors include quotes from wrestling legends such as Bruno Sammartino, Abdullah the Butcher, Terry Funk, Dory Funk, Jr., Jim Duggan, Carlos Colon and Harley Race, as well as Jim Ross and Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer to help flesh the story out.

There are stories in Brody that will make you laugh, cry and even get you angry at the fate of the wrestling wildman and the lack of justice that followed. This is a book for anyone who used to watch Bruiser Brody when he came through their territory, or anyone who has since watched tapes of him. It's also for those who have heard the name Bruiser Brody and don't know that much about him, but are intrigued about the chain-swinging madman.

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