Individual Sports category: 1455 books
Hitman
My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2008
Written without collaborators and based on decades of tape recordings he made throughout his career, HITMAN is Bret Hart's brutally honest, perceptive and startling account of his life in and out of the ring that proves once and for all that great things come in pink tights.
by Adam Copeland
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Adam Copeland on Edge is what the author describes as “a mental picture.” It's also a dream—“one of many”—that he decided to realize while at home convalescing from potential career-ending neck surgery. And it's a journey that explores not only his life but also his innermost thoughts.
In...
Rey Mysterio
Behind the Mask
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
He's called the human highlight reel of professional wrestling. His high-flying acrobatics have thrilled fans on every continent. He's been crowned champion of the world's greatest wrestling promotions, from Mexico to the U.S. But he's never revealed the inside story of who he is.
Until now.
Wrestling...
Living the Dream: Vol. 1
From the pages of The Kingston Whig-Standard
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
A compilation of the first year of professional wrestler Tommy Dreamer's "An Extreme Original" columns, which appeared in The Kingston Whig-Standard.
Three Count, The
My Life in Stripes as a WWE Referee
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The Three Counthighlights the triumphs and tragedies Jimmy Korderas experienced over his storied career as a WWE ref, from humble beginnings with Jack Tunney in Toronto to being a part of the main event at WrestleMania. For the first time, Korderas talks about the harrowing experience of being in...
My Favorite Match
WWE Superstars Tell the Stories of Their Most Memorable Matches
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Remember the time Goldust ran over “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in his gold Cadillac? How about when Randy Orton battled Mick Foley with a barbed-wire bat named “Barbie”?
When you ask a WWE Superstar what his favorite match is, you might be surprised by his answer. But that’s the thing about...
Main Event
WWE in the Raging 80s
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Every saturday night in the eighties fans would gather around their television to watch, not Saturday Night Live, but Saturday Night The Main Event. WWE wrestling beat the ratings for the most talked about show on television week after week. Here is that era captured.
“Introducing your champion,...
Yes
My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
YES! YES! YES! Daniel Bryan is the real deal. Everyone's favorite underdog, he's proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. Just ask everyone who's ever underestimated him…right before he went out and whipped the WWE Universe into a frenzy.
This is Bryan's behind-the-scenes...
by Rowdy Roddy Piper, Robert Picarello
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2002
Here, in his own words, is the story of one of the greatest wrestlers ever—Rowdy Roddy Piper. The bagpipe-playing legend gets down and dirty about the world of professional wrestling—and his own career.
Eric Bischoff
Controversy Creates Cash
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Eric Bischoff has been called pro wrestling's most hated man. He's been booed, reviled, and burned in effigy. Fans have hurled everything from beer bottles to fists at him. Industry critics have spewed a tremendous amount of venom about his spectacular rise and stupendous crash at World Championship...
Mad Dog
The Maurice Vachon Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The true story of one of pro wrestling’s most charismatic, feared, and beloved icons
Who was Maurice the man, and who was Mad Dog the character? Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon was a gold medalist, a pro-wrestling legend, and a pop culture icon — but he was also a son, husband, and father....
American Victory
Wrestling, Dreams and a Journey Toward Home
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
"Compelling...American Victory represents the triumph of the human spirit." --Los Angeles Times
Henry Cejudo's remarkable journey follows an unlikely hero, the son of illegal immigrants, from the mean streets of South Central LA to the glory of the Beijing Olympics. The first American...
Gladiator
A True Story of 'Roids, Rage, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Aggressive, explosive, and boasting awesome athletic ability, Dan Clark rose to tremendous fame as Nitro on American Gladiators. He quickly emerged as the most popular cast member and became a reality television superstar. But a twenty-year affair with steroids led to a life of pissing blood, smuggling...
by Don G. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
In Fritz Von Erich: Triumph and Tragedy, author Donald G. Smith brings to the page the account of how a Depression baby, born in Texas to the local sheriff and his homemaker wife, became a high school football hero and eventually ended up in the flash, glam and often dangerous world of professional...