Best Wrestler Biographies
1 Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules
As her family struggled with drug addiction, poverty, and mental illness, she found escape through comic books and video games, and was inspired by the tough and unconventional female characters. With humor and tremendous heart, AJ opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons and the mental illness diagnosis that helped her gain control over her life. Charting her journey from a scrappy girl in an unstable home to an empowered wrestling champion, Crazy Is My Superpower is an unflinchingly honest story and brave confessional about her long road to self-acceptance. AJ Mendez Brooks writes about loneliness, mental illness and finding her place in the world with genuine vulnerability and perhaps more importantly, genuine strength." !” —Deborah Copaken, New York Times bestselling author of Shutterbabe and The Red Book “AJ Mendez Brooks’ candid account of her struggles and success offer young women a wonderful role model regarding how to be yourself, stand up for what you believe in and embrace the "crazy."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Already hoping AJ Lee writes a second book!"
"I'm a tad biased I guess, as I've always loved AJ and enjoy reading autobiographies, but this was genuinely one of the greatest books, in general, I've ever read, despite it's autobiographical genre."
"Was purchased as a gift, and the receiver was so pleasantly surprised and happy."
"A great read and inspirational story,especially for anyone who is suffering from mental illness or knows someone who is."
"April's journey through childhood was chasing fictional heroes to gain strength & find direction."
"It is always amazing to learn about the trials, tribulations, and struggles these athletes go through to accomplish their dream."
"I'm now spoiled, because I don't want to go back to other wrestling books."
"Love the book couldn't put it down but sad that I didn't get the bookmark and pin but I'm still happy with my order."
From developing a strong work ethic thanks to WWE chairman Vince McMahon, remembering to always look like a star from Gene Simmons of KISS, learning to let it go when the America's Funniest Home Videos hosting gig goes to his rival, adopting a sense of perpetual reinvention from the late David Bowie, making sure to sell himself like his NHL-legend father Ted Irvine taught him, or going the extra mile to meet Keith Richards (with an assist from Jimmy Fallon), Chris has learned countless lessons during his decades-long career. Now, in the hopes that those same principles might help and inspire his legions of fans, Chris has decided to share them while recounting the fantastic and hilarious stories that led to the birth of these rules. Chris Jericho is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, a six-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, the lead singer of heavy metal band Fozzy, and the host of the Talk Is Jericho podcast.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book gives slot of great advice but does it with hilarious stories that back up the principles."
"Great book that really gives you a behind the scenes look at some of the WWE lifestyles while also allowing Jericho to tell some more entertaining stories regarding his life."
"Awesome book Maaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn."
"Another amazing book by the lion heart."
"Awesome product and service!"
"This is a different format from his first 3 books."
"As always, Chris Jericho brings humor and wit to any situation, this time in his 4th book."
"Jericho providing self-help life lessons that actually make sense & are backed by his own experiences."
Slobberknocker is the story of how an Oklahoman farm kid, with a vivid imagination and seemingly unattainable dreams, became “The Voice of Wrestling” to record TV audiences and millions of fans around the world. It’s a story about overcoming adversity and achieving your dreams, as success did not come without significant costs and unforeseen challenges to JR, including multiple bouts of severe facial paralysis called Bell’s Palsy. ”. ―Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, former WWE champion and Hollywood superstar. “Jim Ross is not only the greatest wrestling play-by-play man ever, he's the architect behind the greatest roster in WWE history. “[The] book is unique, introducing [JR] as a person to readers but also covering some of the most seminal moments in wrestling. “While Slobberknocker is not a traditional wrestling book by any means, with Ross having stepped into the ring under duress only on a couple of occasions, there are some incredible nuggets of wrestling history built into a book that covers so many years. “For many wrestling fans, Jim Ross is the voice of a generation―bringing respectability, drama, humor and a dose of realism to WWE programming for more than a decade. The mix of tales from backstage and Ross’ personal journey from humble beginnings to the top of his profession make this a wrestling memoir worth reading. He has been a driving force behind a big generation of wrestling and WWE fans and has helped grow one of the greatest media marketing forces in history, and that's just the tip of the iceberg, his personality and ability to connect to some of the most powerful entertainers of our generation is unparalleled. “My pal, Jim ‘JR’ Ross, stands as the powerful driving force that millions of wrestling fans around the world have come to rely upon for an entertaining attachment with the world of sports entertainment. I remember seeing JR for the first time on the sideline and recognizing the iconic look with the black hat, and immediately knowing it was the famous wrestling world’s JR. Getting to know him through the years, he’s become a great friend and I’ve been so fortunate to hear the tremendous stories of his career and all of the interesting people he’s met.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Any wrestling fan will love this book as you get the life story from one of the greatest announcers in the business just the way it happened."
"Hearing JR tell his stories of first starting off in wrestling, running errands for the wrestlers, doing odd jobs, putting up the ring, etc, just to be a part of wrestling you can hear his love for wrestling as he tells the stories."
"Great read for any wrestling fan who wants some more insight into the Territory Days."
"Very Honest book, he clearly delves into the good and the bad of his life and personal demons."
"A inside look at what it takes at being a wrestling announcer and being behind the scenes."
"Jim Ross is the greatest wrestling announcer of all time and this book is an interesting and intimate look at his career and his life."
"JR does a great job with this book."
"Jim Ross is controversial."
Best Martial Artist Biographies
In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory. Ronda Rousey is the UFC’s undefeated women's bantamweight champion and an Olympic medalist in judo.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I remember it like it was yesterday and I was a "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey hater. As a longtime mma fan I never believed female mma fighters deserved to be in the UFC because their skill and fighting spirit paled in comparison to men's and I felt that way with Rousey too. I felt like I was Rowdy Ronda Rousey going through the death of her dad, her failures and shortcomings at the pinnacle of Judo competition, living in a car, her trying to win over her current mma coach to train her, the first mma fight, the strategy to bring women's mma to the limelight, and what kinds of things she plans to do with the future. Ronda Rousey hasn't just helped pave the way for women's mma but is paving the way for women to not limit themselves to doing generic gender jobs and to realize that you can be whoever you want and follow whatever path you choose."
"I couldn't stop reading."
"This book is an entertaining and inspiring glimpse into what it takes to be the best."
"Where most bios of someone Rondas age would feel like they are leaving you with only half the story, the life lesson structure brings "My fight" to a satisfying conclusion. Your guaranteed to examine your own life throughout and probably face some truths about yourself as well as you read the extremes one person goes through to be the best in the world."
"I gave this book to both of my sons in university, just as a reminder to dream big, to pursue their dreams and passions, however improbable, with fierce focus and not to put limitations onto their expectations in life. But her focus, her will to succeed and her level-headed approach to life make her a very compelling and worthy character on the public stage today, beyond the fact that she is changing the way people perceive and treat women, changing how they perceive themselves and what they expect from themselves."
"Great easy read, quiet a detailed book you'd be surprised what some people go through in life."
Best Wrestling
The most expansive, all-encompassing chronicle unleashed on the WWE Universe, this New York Times bestseller includes over 400 full-color pages and over 1,200 Superstar and event profiles. Plus, the future of WWE collides with the past, as Finn Bálor and the exciting stars of NXT stake their claim alongside the legends of WWE's past and present.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I could not think of any wrestler in WWE history that was not included in book."
"This book literally has just about everything WWE & the fans can think of."
"I'd like to see a mainly insider version with their real names and greater accomplishments but understand WWE would never attempt to hinder the "suspensuon of disbelief" that except booking Roman Reigns to no-sell every finisher done to him."
"Everything was okay with one exception one of the pages wasn't completely cut all the way because one page has the part where the edges are uneven with the other pages."
"Every Single Wrestler They Have Probably Ever Had In History!"
"This is a beautifully produced volume covering a huge number of wrestlers from the last sixty years."
"Includes full lineage of championship reigns for every existing WWE belt, multiple factions/tag-teams, & illustraions for almost every single wrestler in the history of American professional wrestling."
"It has sections for each belt showing when it changed hands, ecw, divas, etc."
Best Boxer Biographies
Be sure to check out IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson “Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life.”— Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. “ Undisputed Truth is raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life…Unlike other sports memoirists, he doesn't pull punches, offering up slashing comments on people who were once close to him. “A hefty autobiography that might be the most soul baring book of its genre ever written … a fascinating look into a life that up until now had already been well chronicled … It’s raw and profane … but it is also quite funny.”— Associated Press “ Undisputed Truth , which is, without a doubt, one of the grittiest and most harrowing memoirs I’ve ever read.” –Flavorwire. “Tyson was ever practised at delivering the early killer blow; and so it is with this gripping and indecently enthralling autobiography….Tyson always had a way with words – although much of the credit for this book must go to his ghostwriter Larry “Ratso” Sloman, who not only makes Tyson’s life read like an Elmore Leonard thriller, but gifts him with considerable self-awareness and a memorably pithy turn of phrase….recounted in gripping, punch-by-punch detail in prose pungent with the reek of blood, sweat and petroleum jelly.” –Mick Brown, The Telegraph (UK).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It is brutally, unforgivingly honest, and while he has few kind words for the likes of King, Robin Givens, and Desiree Washington, no one fares worse in these pages than Tyson himself. He's a study in contradictions: a terrifying boxer with a temper that one could charitably describe as "mercurial" and yet he speaks softly, almost effeminately, with a lisp. But the two episodes in his life that he's most known for, his tumultuous (and allegedly abusive) marriage to Robin Givens, and his rape trial after a night with pageant contestant Desiree Washington gone horribly, irreversibly wrong, aren't glossed over. Undisputed Truth spends many, many chapters on how that persona developed, from both his cruel childhood on the streets of Brooklyn, to his being taught by Cus, the only father figure he'd ever known. Whether you find Tyson as fascinating as I do, or want to learn more about the man behind the glove (and there's much, much more to him than I expected), or just want to know what in the world he was thinking with that tattoo, you absolutely must read this book."
"A book to be read with out being judgmental. It is true a big part of the book is about Tyson's partying and drug taking and womanizing."
"His trainer Cus D'Amato saw the greatness in him at age 13 and he fought his way to the top of the boxing world while at the same time becoming addicted to cocaine, fast women and booze thinking that this was normal for all champion boxers. His searching for his true spiritual self and finding peace is a great testament to his humanity and the ability to overcome the obstacles of people who were born at a disadvantage."
"No, Mike Tyson will not go down as the greatest fighter of all time, but he certainly will go down as the most memorable and interesting fighter (second only the Muhammad Ali) to ever step into the ring. Here, in this book, you get everything you want to know about Tyson inside the ring and out, and you just can't put it down."