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Post by JM Punk on Oct 24, 2007 17:20:31 GMT -5
well, I got it... I read it... and it was about what I expected. Nothing really special, it's mostly him saying how he's not the jerk most make him out to be and that he's just a quite guy.
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Post by dukedave on Oct 24, 2007 17:23:10 GMT -5
well, I got it... I read it... and it was about what I expected. Nothing really special, it's mostly him saying how he's not the jerk most make him out to be and that he's just a quite guy. "Yeah, I'm not a bad guy but my wife had cancer and didn't want to do it so I had threesomes everywhere I went on the road. Really, I'm a great guy." He's right up there with josharpie in the annals of great guys. |
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Post by JM Punk on Oct 24, 2007 17:26:22 GMT -5
that's not an exact quote but it's honestly pretty close.  |
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Post by JED-SE on Oct 25, 2007 8:57:26 GMT -5
Well, I have to agree with Havoc. It's hard to feel sorry for a guy that made it to the top and struggled in life by having sex with numerous women. I do feel badly that he grew up without his father though.
The part about him being quiet I heard is actually true. I was talking to someone at a bar while watching one of the PPV's who met him, and she said it was practically impossible to get a word out of him (this conversation took place before the book was released, so I don't think she'd make this up).
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Post by Pete on Oct 25, 2007 13:21:23 GMT -5
After reading the first half of this book, my inner amateur psychologist is wondering if Batista is...
...a.) A 40-year-old manchild who's never had much going on ladies-wise whose playerhood exploded with his national TV exposure, and he has no idea how to handle that; or...
...b) A 40-year old flamingly gay man whose incessant bragging about his mounds of female conquests are desperate attempts to cover up his real preferences.
Take your pick.
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Post by Aquinas on Oct 25, 2007 13:25:14 GMT -5
He sounds like a real prize. That goes well with my already-established beliefs that he's a lumbering stiff who gasses out during his entrance.
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Post by GrumpyBigBee on Oct 25, 2007 14:44:31 GMT -5
Is anyone else getting tired of wrestlers coming out with books? geez!
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Post by hofclemens on Oct 25, 2007 22:17:05 GMT -5
Is anyone else getting tired of wrestlers coming out with books? geez! I'm not tired yet its just that some of the books that have come out I don't have an interest in. To me the ultimate biography to be written is still Vince McMahon. Some have tried but I think better work can be done. |
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Post by Big Bri on Oct 25, 2007 22:40:15 GMT -5
Is anyone else getting tired of wrestlers coming out with books? geez! Not in general, but the ones who write the books should only do so when their career is winding down and they have more of a "complete" story to tell. That's why Angle's bombed, it was done way too soon and it was filled with too much family stuff and not enough wrestling stuff. Edge's was decent, but he still should've waited another 5 years or so. Funk, Rhodes, Flair: most of their career was over, so it was a good time for them to write a book. Lita? The Hardyz? Batista? No, I think not. |
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Post by rawhide on Oct 26, 2007 18:07:46 GMT -5
how many wrestlers have written books ? just wondering is all.wanna see whos on the ball. hehe
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Post by hofclemens on Oct 27, 2007 8:35:59 GMT -5
I tend to think book's by the guys in charge like Dillon/Watts tend to be better then guys who just wrestled. Those two books were among the best wrestling books I have ever gotten.
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Post by stephenvegas on Oct 27, 2007 11:59:08 GMT -5
Is anyone else getting tired of wrestlers coming out with books? geez! I'm not tired yet its just that some of the books that have come out I don't have an interest in. To me the ultimate biography to be written is still Vince McMahon. Some have tried but I think better work can be done. I agree with you about a McMahon book which is why I bought the McMahon DVD when it came out. The DVD was OK but relatively short especially compared to what a book by him would be like. Does anyone know if McMahon has plans to write an autobiography at some point? |
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Post by hofclemens on Oct 27, 2007 14:52:02 GMT -5
haven't heard anything about plans for him to write an autobiography. I would prefer someone outside the scope of the E did a fair and balanced one about him though. I know there was one out prob. 6-8 years ago but it seemed like more of an attack then anything. The Sean Assal (sp?) book did a decent job but left me wanting more.
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Post by offspring515 on Oct 28, 2007 8:48:26 GMT -5
Sex Lies and Headlocks is a good read, but it's filled with inaccuracies. Nothing blows credibility like a lot of small details being off  |
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Post by hofclemens on Oct 28, 2007 18:00:46 GMT -5
yeah I agree about Sex Lies and Headlocks. I sort of was smart enough to know what they were off on some things some details were so small it didnt really effect my read.
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Post by Avarice on Nov 3, 2007 16:46:35 GMT -5
I agree on the winding down/end of career guys writing ones, not people who are still in their prime. Jericho still has some left in him, and I just read his, but he'd been around a lot longer than say Batista and Angle when theirs came out.
The only way a Vince book would be good is not by someone else doing it without him, but him sitting down with a writer and telling the story...other wise, it's full of holes.
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Post by JED-SE on Nov 7, 2007 13:16:49 GMT -5
I actually liked Angle's book. In his book, there was a lot about his family included, but also how he transitioned from freestyle (olympic) wrestling to the world of Sports Entertainment. Honestly, this was an interesting story because no one has ever done it.
Ideally, it is better for someone to write a book as their career is winding down or done. Once in a while, you'll have someone like Foley come along and write a really great book before his career is over. (I didn't like "Foley is Good" nearly as much as the first one)
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Post by stephenvegas on Jan 18, 2008 0:52:54 GMT -5
I just finished Batista's book tonight. I was surprised to read that Batista considers his Hell in a Cell match against Triple H at Venegance 2005 here in Las Vegas to be his favorite match. I checked this book out from the library and it's worth reading for free but, unlike Jericho's new book that I also recently read from the library, I don't think there's any chance that I'm later going to buy this book.
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