Product Description

On 14 January 2003 Steve Austin was voted the best professional wrestler of the last ten years in a WWE fan poll. In addition to the WWE he has wrestled in the ECW, the WCW and WWF. He has been known as The Ring Master, Superstar Steve Austin, Stunning Steve Austin and now Stone Cold Steve Austin. He has held the tag team belt in WCW and WWF, the Million Dollar Belt and the Intercontinental Championship in WWF. He won the 1996 King of the Ring, the 1997 Royal Rumble and the Larry Flynt Freedom of Speech Slammy. Steve Austin is by far the best and most exciting wrestler today. A notoriously private man, this is the book his fans have been waiting for: his own personal story, told in full for the first time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99957 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 352 pages

About the Author
Steve Austin is the most popular wrestler in WWE. J. R. Ross is a WWE commentator - the voice of RAW - and head of talent relations at WWE

Customer Reviews

Not what it could have been
I am a huge WWE fan, and have devoured most of the autobiographies that have been published over the course of the last four or five years. If you know anything about the wrestling business, you'd know that the memoirs of Steve Austin promise great things. The neck injury suffered at the hands of the usually dependable Owen Hart in 1997, an insight into the cutthroat environment of the backstage political minefield of the WWE locker room, the controversial 'walk-out' of 2002 - by rights, Austin's book should have been the most explosive wrestling-based book of all time, the WWE's answer to Roy Keane's autobiography.

In reality, Austin's book is a by-the-numbers account of his life and career, too often shying away from the total honesty that made Mick Foley's two non-fiction books such wonderful reads. Wrestling fans know Austin has axes to grind (and he has never been one to hold his tongue in interviews), but for some reason, he seems loath to straight shoot on any subject, which makes his book very frustrating for a die-hard fanatic to read. In addition, Austin is very careful - his woeful marriage record aside - to cast himself in a bad light. Although his book is not as delusional as Hulk Hogan's effort last year, Austin's unwillingness to look at some of his own mistakes (and here I refer to his own political games within the WWE, particularly in 1999 and 2002) leaves 'clued up' readers slightly non-plussed.

Having said that, the book does provide a nice insight into the wrestling business, and no doubt would seem eye opening to somebody who has not read Mick Foley's work. The book's strongest points are when Austin gives the rundown on his thoughts and feelings during his recent matches, which is always intriguing and interesting. For these reasons alone, it is worth reading.

The biggest problem of all is that Austin's own rich character is lost among the workman-like prose of his co-writer, and this is what seperates his book from Mick Foley's. Foley stumbled upon a fertile mind, and untapped writing talent, and this - combined with his own, unadulterated voice - made 'Have a Nice Day' and 'Foley is Good' such amazing reading experiences. Whatever honesty in Austin's voice is suffocated by the 'ghost' moulding his life into a palatable whole, alienating the readers from perhaps the one WWE superstar we have come to know better than any other.

It could have been so much more.

Stone Cold Brilliance
I've been a professional wrestling fan for the past ten years, many of which were spent following the career of the Texas Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin. If you yourself are in the same position, or even if you're new to the world of wrestling, I strongly recommend this book. I bought a copy earlier this week (regards to Amazon for the fast deilvary) and was so impressed I felt it right to come here and spread the word. There are so many things this book will teach you about the life of Steve Williams. I mean life. Steve talks about his childhood, his parental issues, his love life, his money struggles and more interestingly his wrestling career. If this isn't convincing enough for you, buy the book and read it for yourself. You will be glad you did.

'Stunning!'
Brilliant book which I couldnt put down! Great insight into Stone Colds injury troubles and bumps and bruises that he's taken along the way in the ring and in his personal life.
Great reading about Steves opinion on Vince and interesting reading about the incident with Owen. Only down side is I dont think the books not long enough and a lot more could have been put in!
Apart from that I highly recommend it! Any wrestling fans gonna love it!