Book Review: Self Help by Al Snow

My entire childhood was based around spending weekends at my grandparents (who lived just down the street from us) and watching WWF. Back in those days we would start our wrestling day with some Canadian based All-Star Wrestling, then sit back and enjoy the superstars of the WWF.

I stayed a wrestling fan for many years, and stopped when the WWF (by then the WWE) purchased WCW and began to introduce some of their characters.

Maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s curiosity, but I find myself devouring documentaries and biographies about a lot of the superstars from my wrestling watching days now. There were so many crazy antics behind the scenes, it blows my mind that they were even able to perform.

Which brings me to Al Snow’s biography Self Help.

This was a really fun read. I was never a fan of Al’s ‘Head’ gimmick personally, and I thought a number of times the gimmick went beyond the realm of “good taste” or beyond PG13. Saying that, he was always an incredibly talented performer and his battles with Mankind were amazing.

This book chronicles his journey from humble beginnings, trying to break into the business all the way through to the here and now.

Throughout Al pops in a number of life lessons that he learned along the way, which range from practical to hysterical. I found myself brought back to a time and place I loved, and reliving a number classic matches again.

I think this book will appeal to those who’ve loved wrestling their entire lives, the casual fan, and the non-fan. If you’re looking for a book about never giving up, believing in yourself and working your butt off to make your dreams come true, then you’ve found it!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC approval!

5/5 stars!

Original review can be found at;

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2673398259?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1