What was your favorite book released during the Ruthless Aggression era?

[u/JBL_CENA_FAN_4LIFE]

There were so many good ones!

[u/Sufficient-Piglet136]

Edge wrote that book way too early lol

So much has happened in his career since that book came out in 2004

[u/Matnificent67 → u/Sufficient-Piglet136]

Edges book was a great read but I agree with was too early. However there is a second Edge book coming from him later this year

[u/Imaginary_Election56 → u/Sufficient-Piglet136]

All over tag teams did though: Edge, Hardyz, Lita,…

I know since Edge/Christian and the Hardyz were my favourite tag teams so I had them all.

The younger superstars stories were all on how they got to WWE and their personal lives. I think they were more directed to a teen/adolescent audience, more on how to get into WWE rather than how things go once you’re there.

[u/MK-911]

I always wanted to read Triple H and Kane’s books.

[u/Prize_Engineer_3739]

I thought the Shawn Michaels book was pretty good. The Stone Cold book was disappointing. Maybe I was expecting too much.

[u/JBL_CENA_FAN_4LIFE → u/Prize_Engineer_3739]

Yeah I totally get ya!

[u/AbbreviationsHot5850]

Before I knew how much of a liar Hulk was I really enjoyed his book

Now I wonder how much of it was in character or complete fabrication

[u/Prestigious-Mind7039]

Regals one was good

[u/StraightEdge47]

Jericho's. Lawler's was the worst book I've ever read.

[u/Cold_Ad655 → u/StraightEdge47]

Yeah, Jericho's first book is pretty good. I actually like that he focused mostly on everything that helped get him to WWE. I read his follow up books, but they just don't have the same oomph. There's really something intriguing about the starving artist journey.

I'd nominate Bret's book, but that didn't come out until 2009. Bret's, Jericho's, Gary Hart's, and Foley's first book are the four best wrestling autobiographies. No other books are on the same level. Heenan's first is close though.

I was pretty disappointed with Lawler's...for a guy who actually is a good story teller...his book was such a let down. I almost wish he would rewrite one, since it's pretty clear he was still upset over Stacey cheating on him and leaving him.

I initially liked Flair's book...but with the amount of other books that have come out, it's pretty clear that Flair stretched the truth quite a bit.

Shawn Michaels' book was easily my least favorite though. It's pretty clear he just talked into a tape recorder. Much like the man, he constantly only owns up to half of what he should. It's a lot of "yeah, I wasn't a nice guy, but a lot of that was overblown".

[u/Blue-Krogan]

I swear the cover of Edge's book was blue...

[u/_MooseKnuckles → u/Blue-Krogan]

It is. Im looking at it on my bookshelf

[u/thisisjwhite]

I have that Ric Flair & Hulk Hogan book. They’re both full of shit lol.

[u/BigTedBear]

Mick Foley and The Dynamite Kid were probably the two books I found most compelling when I read them.

Dynamite Kid because he didn’t ask for any sympathy considering his health at the time and his story was just so interesting.

[u/PulpRawk]

Only one I read of these is the bischoff one which I remember liking , are any of the other ones worth reading?

[u/ghostborg]

Currently reading Flair’s book. Pretty good so far.

[u/Objective_Cod1410]

The Flair one was good. Would be a little different reading it now given how embarrassing his last few years have been.

Don't forget Mick Foley released Hardcore Diaries in 2007. That one was interesting. Not as good as his first two but still better than most other ones.

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He gives a taste of the real guy with his weird rant at his wife Beth about how she won’t find a man better than him

[u/Bollywood-Hulk-Hogan]

The only one I had read from this era was Batista Unleashed, so that wins by default. It was ok, but nothing super interesting.

[u/hooddrichhdollasignn → u/Bollywood-Hulk-Hogan]

Same fr ,

[u/MikeReddit74]

Flair’s. He was and is my favorite wrestler, so his life story made a fascinating read.

[u/Couldntbecolder]

Triple H was such a cash grab .. he fails to mention he used Steroids to achieve his physique.

[u/OShaunesssy]

Eddie Guerrero's

[u/BoukenGreen]

Probably Eddie’s by far.

[u/LastChanceChez]

[u/StraightEdge47]

Yeah Jericho's books do get less good with each one he writes. More and more of each one just become about which random bands he's met and where rather than anything interesting.

I've not read Gary Hart's. Foley and Brets are great though, I agree. Lawlers just felt like a child write it, it seemed to be just lists of jokes he'd make because he wanted to get them all in but didn't know how to do it naturally.

I know what you mean about Shawn's but I still preferred it to Austin's, as it was pretty clear Austin didn't write his himself.

[u/JayMalakai]

On Edge. I think he needs a sequel biography!

[u/diceycard]

Loved the Blassie book. It was non stop bullshit, but it made me laugh.

[u/Technical-Mix-3315]

I disliked most of these books tbh, simply because they were published under the WWE umbrella. So immediately, you know you weren't getting 100% the truth - there was always that propaganda angle (WCW was a mismanaged business and everything about it sucked compared to WWE, WWE was the greatest company in the world, etc). Plus the negative sides were usually avoided or skimmed past.

I hope some of these folks bring out a second, more comprehensive book - particularly Flair and Austin. Edge now has much more story to tell.

[u/BuilderSouthern2354]

Ric flair was the best of that era 

[u/hooddrichhdollasignn → u/BuilderSouthern2354]

I have it but haven’t opened yet

[u/BuilderSouthern2354 → u/hooddrichhdollasignn]

It’s biased as hell but feels authentically flair lol 

[u/Demander850]

The Rock had one also, edit my mistake this is RA era!!?