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Hitman (By Bret Hart) Review

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:00:09 +0000

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Professional Wrestling
By Bret Hart
Published by Random House Canada
Released on October 16, 2007
592 Pages (Hardcover)
Available in Hardcover, Paperback & Kindle

Bret "The Hitman" Hart is one of the biggest stars in the history of the wrestling business. He is also arguably one of the greatest wrestlers ever. One of twelve children of wrestler/promoter Stu Hart, he made his way from his father's promotion Stampede Wrestling all the way to top of the World Wrestling Federation. His relationship with the WWF ended with a bang in a rare double-cross that happened right infront of the viewing audience's eyes. There were many bumps and bruises inbetween, and even more afterward. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling is the much-anticipated telling of Bret's journey through his storied career.

Hart wrote the book over eight years, based off of audio diaries that he kept during his career. Because of this, he can write the precise thoughts he had at the time of the events. Coming in at nearly 600 pages, Hitman is by far the longest wrestling autobiography ever written. He addresses his family, drinking, drugs, affairs and life on the road and pulls no punches while doing so. You will not find a more honest wrestling autobiography. Bret writes in depth about every subject imaginable and leaves no stone left unturned. Bret presents his entire story from his point of view and how the reader judges him is not as important as getting his true story - both the good and bad - across.

There have been some great wrestling books written in the past ten years and Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling ranks at the very top of that list. It's got triumph as such as when he won the WWF Championship, which he looks at as recognition of his talents rather than a prop given to an actor. It's got tragedy - the Hart family has seen more than its fair share of heartbreak, most notably Owen's tragic fall. It's got infidelity, which Bret gives his reasons for in the book. It's also got humour - not the same kind of humour as you'll find in a book by Mick Foley or Chris Jericho, but Bret isn't all serious all the time. All of these ingredients and many more are what make this book well worth the wait and a centerpiece for any wrestling book collection.

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Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling (By Heath McCoy) Review

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:00:14 +0000

Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling
By Heath McCoy
Published by ECW Press
Released on October 1, 2007
336 Pages (Paperback)
Available in Paperback

Anyone who knows about Stampede Wrestling and the Calgary wrestling scene can name many, many names of wrestlers who came out of there. Some of the big ones are Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith, Chris Benoit, Bad News Allen, Jushin Liger and Brian Pillman. Those are just a few of the great wrestlers who passed through Calgary in its heyday.

Pain and Passion is the most comprehensive record about the territory available. It details the various personalities which passed through the territory (many of which are mentioned above) as well as the conditions in which they worked in Calgary. It also covers the history of the dysfunctional Hart family in-depth, such as how Stu got into wrestling, family feuds, legal issues, drug abuse and more.

In Pain and Passion, Heath McCoy has written one of the best books on wrestling today and likely the best documenting a single territory. It is a can't miss for anyone who is interested in learning about this promotion, whether you have some pre-existing knowledge or none at all. If you cared enough to read this review, do yourself a favour and pick this one up.

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Pure Dynamite (By Dynamite Kid) Review

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:22:26 +0000

Pure Dynamite
By Tom Billington with Alison Coleman
Published by Winding Stair Press
Released on August 15, 2001
220 Pages (Paperback)
Available in Paperback

The Dynamite Kid (Tom Billington) is often considered the greatest wrestler who ever lived. Many moves which are seen regularly in wrestling today were innovated by Billington, such as the diving headbutt and the snap suplex. He is best known for being one half of the British Bulldogs, alongside Davey Boy Smith. Together, they were WWF Tag Team Champions at a time when the tag team division was at its peak.

In Pure Dynamite, Billington recounts his wrestling career the way he sees it - with brutal honesty. No one is spared, most especially the Dynamite Kid himself. Dynamite pulls no punches about the drugs he used and why he used them, and also who he liked in the wrestling business and who he did not. Dynamite writes about how he got started in England, moving to Canada and starting out in Stampede, his time in Japan and feud with Tiger Mask, the move to the WWF, post-WWF career and losing the ability to walk. There are also many stories of cruel ribs that he pulled, which he had a reputation for.

Pure Dynamite is a tragic tale of a man who was at one time a tremendously-gifted athlete now reduced to a cripple. Many people have read this book and come to the conclusion that he is bitter about what ended up happening to him, but it seems that he is willing to accept that he is at fault for the high-risk, high-impact, hard-working style he wrestled with. If you are looking for a book that will make you feel good and put a smile on your face, you might want to look elsewhere. However, if you want to read about the pitfalls of the wrestling industry, Pure Dynamite will be for you.

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