goodhelmet

Just completed Pure Dynamite. Fuck it... it blows Foley's book away. I have never read a wrestling book that seemed so honest. Even after DK would smash a guy in the mouth, he would turn around and give the guy all the accolades in the world. He admitted to everything he had done right and wrong. He held nothing back. Even if you disagreed with him or he got a few names wrong, you always believed him (at least I did). That would make Foley's book a very distant 2nd in my mind. To be honest, I thought I was going to be depressed after reading it but I wasn't. The ride was too wild to be depressed.

Nasty Boys

That is way too much information.

Vinnie Vegas or Eric Embry???

I would probably label this as a topic that does not deserve its own thread since it is just another silly example of how petty the WWF locker room isI used to love hearing the reports of how screwed-up the WCW locker room was (and it was) and how the WWF locker room was one big team. Man, how times have changed.

Evan Karagias

Dude, I just converted over a year's worth of WCW TV. Hell, they would go weeks without having a feature matchup... and when a matchup between 2 contenders occurred, there wasn't even a guarantee the matches would be good. That is why it is such a shame that Bill Watts went out of business. His Mid South/ UWF TV was some of the most compelling TV around while always featuring premium talent against each other.

Waylon Mercy

Ron Garvin

Are you sure Kanemaru isn't a repeat also? Anyway, it is kind of hard not to repeat after 15 pages. Killer Bees

Master Gee

Fabulous Moolah

Barry Horowitz

Harris Bros.

Is that true though? Read the RAW recaps and SD! spoilers week after week. THe "E" segments have been crapped on by the crowds and the net for months now. At this point, it should be quite easy to provide more entertainment than WWE.

Val Venis

Dale Veasey

Say what you want but the crowd completely shit on he segment and were merciless towards JJ. THey were also vocal about their support of Joe. Regardless of what you think about TNA crowds, cheering Joe and calling out Jarrett are 2 things where they got it right.

Kendo Nagasaki

Via Meltz...

To be honest, one of the reasons that PWI covered Flair so much and dissed Hogan was becasue they only had limited access to the WWF. JCP opened their arms wide open to Apter whereas Vince's response was to start their own magazine. If McMahon & HOgan were more receptive to Apter's mags back in the day then you would have had a much different perspective.

The big difference is that Foley actually gave logical arguments whether you agreed with his point of view or not. I do agree that the 2nd book was not worth writing though and the PTC obsession was part of the reason it sits on my shelf collecting dust. With Flair, I was just scratching my head half the time going WTF?

Tributes Tributes II -If you do not have a subscription to the Observer then the tributes books are a must. The unfortunate part is that Tributes II reposts several of the same wrestlers. However, it makes up for it by including an interview DVD w/ Meltzer where he talks about each wrestler. Have A Nice Day Foley's 2nd Book - I still pick up Have a Nice Day for reference material occasionally. I haven't picked up the 2nd book since I read it. Until DK's book, Foley's first book is far and away the best bio out there. the Rock Says - Complete trash. What the hell were they thinking? Ric Flair: To Be the Man - THis feels like the Cliffs notes version of the Ric Flair story. Unnecessary and inaccurate bashing of Bret and shameless kiss-assing of HHH & HBK take this one down several notches for me. Sex, Lies and Headlocks - Very entertaining read but to be honest, I have no idea what is fact and what is fiction since I know little about the sources where the author got his info. Pure Dynamite - About 2/3 of the way through and it totally immerses you into a wrestler's lifestyle. By far, the best wrestling bio I have read. Where else can you get extensie discussion about Stampede, Tiger Mask, Baba, the WWF and Portland all in the same book? Also, the way DK describes his matches, it makes me want to seek them out and find out for myself what the hell he was talking about.

I didn't get that vibe at all. I got the vibe that when he was referring to the action in the ring, or talking about winning titles, that he was discussing them in the framework of what the people were supposed to see without saying this is the trick and this is the illusion. Hell, he kepes reminding us how he took the brunt of the bumps and did most of the work. Doesn't sound like he is trying to get them over as real so much as he is getting them over as painful.

Tom Zenk