Wresting Autobiographies

[shafe_41]

Just a fun little idea I thought of...
So with the news of Pat Patterson writing his memoirs for a future release, I ask...

Who's story of growing up through the business would you like to hear the most? We will assume that everything in said book would be truth and not little snippets of truth with other facts and marbles of information conveniently left out.

If I had to pick just one... I think the choice is obvious. It would be Vince himself. A totally honest book about anything and everything. Backstage dirt (because you know he probably knows it all), his life, how he views the business and how he thinks it will look even 10-20 years after he's gone. Guys he saw potential in that never panned out. Guys that he thought would never make it that exceeded his expectations. Just everything.

A couple other ones I would enjoy reading would be a little bit of a better Austin book. One with a little more shoot material and his relationships in the locker room, the business, and how one magical promo turned him from average to arguably the biggest star of all time.

Once all is said and done, I think an Orton book would be phenomenal. Growing up around the business. His highs and lows in and out of the ring through his career.

A brutally honest CM Punk one would be great. Jeff Hardy wouldn't be a bad read.

Any others? Thoughts?

 

[MCMG]

Good thread. There are loads of autobiography's I would love to read. Not only for the fun story's and the backstage details but simply what it is like to be a wrestler. I'm presuming they would be completely honest.

I know its a strange one but The Dudley Boyz. How they met and became such good friends/what ECW was like - the wrestling, the fans, the financial issues/ leaving to join WWE (against there will)/ knowing ECW was dying whilst they had maximum job security with the WWF - were their friends going to get a job. One Night Stand, Benoit; being released by WWE; going to TNA and finally Bully Ray becoming a fantastic heel. All that plus general story's and anecdotes about wrestling would by pretty interesting.

Other than that there are the obvious names, Hogan, Vince, The Rock, Flair, Austin, Hart, HHH, Michaels, Heyman. I'm sure some of them have done autobiographies but a truly honest one is something I would love to read.

The other names are Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. I know they have done a lot of interviews but to simply have Kevin Nash write everything about his career would be amazing. For Nash there is a lot of interesting things I would like to know that happened off camera and how he influenced people, if he blames himself for anything and if he regrets acting how he did.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

As MCMG has just said, an honest Kevin Nash book would be brilliant! The man is so opinionated and brutal on his shoot interviews, I'd love to see all his thoughts written down on paper. From being a member of the Kliq, to his year long title run in the WWF to being in WCW and one of the founding members of the nWo, Nash has a lot to talk about. Plus, he could explain his feelings on the drug problems of his friends, how he gained such influence backstage, his return to WWE, his TNA run and so much more. Nash is a funny guy, I would expect the book to be fantastic.

Also, has Jim Cornette ever done an autobiography? If not, WHY NOT?! The man is even more outspoken than Kevin Nash, and has been a part of wrestling for some many years that he has seen it all. Cornette can rant like no other and I'd love to know more about his thoughts on wrestlers in the business and who he rates/doesn't rate.

Raven's story would be interesting to read too. I am a big fan of his, so I'd love to know more about his life and career. His gimmick was so unique in WCW, I'd love to know more about that and he has the experience of working in WWE WCW ECW and TNA, so there must be countless stories he could share, both from the business and his personal issues over the years. Again, I love his shoot interviews already, so I would definitely enjoy a book from Scott Levy would be something I would snap up straight away!

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'd love to read a kayfabe Dudley Boyz book. That could be pure gold if done right.

I don't know, all wrestling books are largely the same. I prefer if the wrestlers have written them, rather than have a ghost writer. Edge's books is terrible, but it's no worse that Austin or Falir's, which is unfortunate. Though I got entertainment out of Edge's because A) No motherfucker wanted to read an Edge book in 2004 and B) he can barley read, let alone write a 250 page book. It's like a kids book. Big writing, lots of pictures.

The Nash book sounds like a good idea. He seems self aware so it'd probably bypass all the bullshit that usually fills wrestling books.

A Vince book is a must. If he writes it himself, which he never would, he'd put his foot in it and it'd be pure dynamite.

But on a whole, wrestlers all achieve the same things so wrestling biogs are skippable.

 

[Slash-LN]

I'd like to read a Shawn Michaels one not produced by the WWE that he actually writes himself and is totally honest in.

Rob Van Dam would probably have a pretty interesting story with all the places he's worked. And before anyone says it, you can roll the pages and smoke one after you read it.

Animal from the Road Warriors. If anything there would have to be some really cool road stories. Those guys went everywhere and were around for a long time.

Scott Steiner for laughs. If he can actually write a whole book.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

'my steroids and me' by Scott Steiner

Now most wrestling autobiographies have a 33.3% chance of being a good book but i'mba genetic freak, so I have a 66.66% of writing a good book...

The amount of HHH, Flair and Michaels bashing in a Steiner book would be off the charts! But I would love to read about why he decided to take such obscene amounts of steroids and make his body look like it does, and whether it really is true that he has slept with 1000 women or whatever the number is that he claimed.

 

[thebarber]

Jake Roberts, though he wouldnt remember much of his career due to his drug addictions.
I think Jim Ross could write a cracking book on his years in the business, ditto Paul Heyman.

 

[harrythem]

I'd love to read a Jim Ross book, if he can turn off his WWE spin doctor ways for the whole book. He's been around enough major companies, in major positions of power, to make everything he writes about really interesting.

A Nash book, published independently could be gold, apart from already knowing his version of WCW's demise, with his place in the spiral, will probably belong in a fiction section.

I would've loved a Randy Savage book, just because of every thing he did and the stress he had with Hogan and the like.

I might be wrong but I don't think Roddy Piper has a book does he? If not then someone start writing one straight away!

 

[Goldie]

Vince McMahons would be a hoot.... but how could he cram his life memoirs into a mere 500 pages or so? ...
I've seen one or two Vince books floating around the internet but don't think they have been penned by the man itself... afterall how would he find the time? .... (maybe once he retires)

 

[L@RISANO]

I have seen Undertaker's DVD in the Early 2000s(can't remember the year atm.) A book by him talking more openly and out of character would be interesting

 

[Blade]

Yeah, I would love a Jim Cornette book. The guy has the best shoot interviews, he just buries pretty much everyone, it's pretty awesome. I'd love a few hundred pages of Corny just ranting and raving about WCW and WWE.

Another one I'd pick up on day one is CM Punk's. I know that Punk had his DVD out last year. But there's not enough in there about the ROH days, especially considering he has so many great stories from those days, if I remember his shoot interview correctly. Plus, if he wrote the book after he's retired, he can say a lot more than he could say when he was still employed with WWE. And then there's the stuff that came after the DVD, his feuds with Taker, Lesnar and his future stuff. Punk is articulate and intelligent, so I think he'd make for a good writer.

 

[FitFinlay4Life]

I'd love a Steve Borden bio - the guy who we regard as WCW's franchise player but who it could easily be argued was their default position when other pushes didn't work, wrestlers left etc. There have many accounts of the inmates running the asylum in WCW, this could be the definitive story.

Given that he doesn't release such a book until after his retirement, I'd also like to hear his take on TNA as he has been there through most periods.

We could also finally put to bed all the Sting/ WWF stories that have run through his entire career.

 

[Dum Dum Dudley]

I think a Taker book would be one of the most interesting options. To hear about 'The Monday Night Wars' from the POV of one of the most respected locker room leaders in wrestling would be amazing, especially from a man whose gimmick limits our access to the man behind the character.

I was tempted to say a honest HHH account as the man is one of the most polarizing and controversial figures in the WWE today. However (as with mot autobiographies) you're at the mercy of the author and I don't believe he would ever write a completely honest account of such events as his time with the Kliq, the Montreal Screwjob and other infamous footnotes in wrestling history. So I'll stick with Taker.

 

[shalliin]

An absolute must read would be Undertaker's totally OOC and real story as written by Mark Calloway himself. From his early days in Memphis as the masked punisher, to his wcw stint as Mean Mark, to his debut and run as Taker with Brother Love as his manager to meeting and bonding with Bearer. Getting his views on the various issues that happened in WWF during the mid 90's, his feud with Jake, his title win against Hogan and how he felt with Flair being involved and if he felt slighted by not being given a clean win against he balding bastard. His matches against the over sized opponents they brought in and how he felt about Giant Gonzales and the Underfaker situations, and his reaction to the emergence of Austin/Rock/Mankind. Who he felt he had the best matches against, and who he didn't like working with. Anything and everything he could talk about would be interesting and I would plop big money for a novel length biography from him.

As others mentioned, a no holds barred book by Vince would be great, and a real shoot autobiography from Terry Bolea(NOT Hulk Hogan) would be a wish list item. If you could go back in time, I'd love to get a Andre Roussimoff autobiography. Just to hear/read his own words about his life and career would be amazing. I'd even be willing to get the french version, as much as I don't like reading in french, his story would be worth the struggle.
Mae Young and Moolah's biographies would be a fun read, learning about their early days of getting into the business and working to get respect as performers from the audience and the guys in the back.