Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling by Bret Hart Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
Book Review: bret hitman hart book
Summary: 5 Stars
this was a gift i gave to a friend they were very happy with this book
and the speed at which it took was fantastic less then two weeks around xmas time as well
thanks very much amazon.
shane.
Book Review: completely enjoyable
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a wonderfully entertaining book to read. I am not a big wrestling fan; in fact, before I read this book I didn't know that Bret Hart had ever become the WWF Champion. I only remember him as a member of the Hart Foundation along with Jim--the Anvil--Neidhart. My memory remembers them because I thought they were the most entertaining and skillful tag team at the time. But anyway, even though I am not the world's greatest wrestling fan, I do enjoy reading about those who lives are so different than my own.
What I found somewhat sad when reading the book was remembering how wrestling used to be many years ago when there were so many "characters" with great personalities. Until recently, I hadn't watched WWF (WWE now) wrestling for probably at least 25 years or so. But now, because my 12-year-old son has become interested, I watch with him. But it is sad because the show was so much better long ago when Bret Hart was wrestling. Today, with few exceptions, there only seem to be multitudes of vanilla, cookie-cutter wrestlers lacking any real personalities or differences between them. Where are the Iron Sheik's, the CoCo Beware's, the Roddy Piper's, Ricky Steamboat's, Junk Yard Dog's, Animal Steele's, Hillbilly Jim's, and all the other great characters? It is sad that they have been replaced by those less skills and one-tenth the personalities. Years ago, even a wrestler without great technical skills, such as Hulk Hogan, had a personality, tremendous stage presence, and a charisma that made him legendary. That charisma and showmanship is largely missing in today's WWE. Furthermore, there is just way too much talking going on in today's WWE shows and not enough wrestling. It appears many WWE wrestlers today are trying to make up with talk what they lack in skill and charisma. Sadly, it isn't working, as today's shows have a severe lacking of showmanship and thus the "fun factor" that made wrestling so enjoyable to watch long ago. To be frank, today's WWE isn't anywhere near as entertaining as it was many years ago. It isn't near as fun to watch either.
In fact, both my son and I enjoy going to a small, monthly, local wrestling event that draws maybe 100 fans. There, the more flamboyant characters with distinct personalities have way more charisma and are simply more enjoyable (fun!) to watch than today's WWE.
But back to the book: how the ratings war between Vince McMahon's WWF and Ted Turner's WCW forever changed the "fun" family orientation of WWF is a very interesting part of the book. Also notable is how the tension of Bret Hart deciding between his loyalty to the WWF or much greater pay (and thus his own financial security) offered by the WCW led to the "Montreal Screwjob". This led to Bret finally realizing that WWF's owner Vince McMahon showed loyalty to no one but Vince McMahon. And it shows the reader that double-crossing, lying, "bad" guys are all too real in the wrestling world--as are injuries.
Anyway, both Bret's life and the memories of what wrestling used to be are most interesting and enjoyable to read about. The book is fast moving, never gets boring, and offers many, many insights into the world of professional wrestling. There is both joy and sadness in the story, both in Bret's professional life and in his home and family life. The death of Bret's brother Owen is especially troubling in that it really didn't have to happen. An excellent book concerning the wrestling world that can be enjoyed by both the wrestling fan and the non-wrestling fan like me who just enjoy reading a quality book written by someone who knows the subject they are writing about.
Thanks, Bret Hart, for making wrestling so enjoyable and fun when I was watching many years ago. Sadly, things have been going downhill since.
Book Review: he is not telling the whole story
Summary: 5 Stars
bret hart was my favorite wrestler and i wanted to buy the book just to listen his side of the story i also have the book of shawn michaels and i wanted to compare notes for example shawn michaels talks about him sleeping with sunny a diva wrestler back in the 90s and shes was married to another wrestler chris candido and in this book bret never talks about that knowing the everybody knows he slept with her he skip it wish i didnt like at all and also he never credits her wife for talking care of his children while he was away never mention gratitude toward her and when he was cheating on her with other woman like he mentions in his book never mention i am a cheater husband and she didnt deserve that no to the contrary he always excuse himself that he was lonely and thats it what a joke there is also some parts that i agree with bret to do like doing the right thing and respect for other wrestlers and other good moral things now that i have the truth my conclution is the both wrestlers never metions the bad stuff from them i recommend this book to any real hit man fan to know the real man behind the character of the hit manBook Review: the best that was written....
Summary: 5 Stars
I highly recommend this book to the wrestling fan and non alike. It is a very, very well written account of the life of one of the greats, bret hart.
I myself grew up watching wrestling so I can remember a lot of the stories told by the hitman here. It's pretty cool to get the prespective from the other side of the curtain. It is so well written you fell like your there with them, through all the struggles and highlights.
now a personal tangent: I always hear about shawn michaels and how much of jerk he was. I was lucky enough to be backstage at the 1996 royal rumble, met michaels and let me say he was a jerk, but may in the spotlight are. some other srestlers were as well that night, but many were not and were very nice, hitman vince and jim corrnett being the nicest i remember.
any way reading this just made me dislike michaels more. My roommate read it after me and he is not a wrestling fan but was blwn away by it. both of us read it in under a week, and this is a 700 page book and we both work full time, i hope that says something about it. He felt it'd make a good move as it is about bret hart, no need for a rewrite.
he also came to a similar conclusion of michaels.
I also read shawn michaels book following this to get the full story; what you get in his book is a overwahing of events and no real insight from him, which i take to be a sign of guilt.
All in all this is a great, fast informative read and will really give you a further appriciation for mr. hart..
damn you goldberg for taking his career away you no talent hack (sorry still a little bitter, I know bret forgives him but I cant for the simple reason he should have never been in the ring as he has no prfessionalism or skill).
this is with out a doubt the best there was, the best there is and for the forseeable future the best wrestling book...better than foley's (didnt his last one kinda suck?), better than eddie's better than jerichos ( but a close second).
buy it and read it already!!!!!
Book Review: this book is riveting
Summary: 5 Stars
Well-told--articulate and concise-Bret explains many of the facets of the wrestling world and tells his story simply and without bitterness or bias.
I've read the whole book in less than a day and admire him for his wit and candor and humor even thru all the heartache his family and friends have endured
Bravo to you Bret and many more good years to you in whatever your next endeavors may be
I've read many of the bios by wrestlers and enjoyed them all but Bret's is top of the line