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My Favorite Match: WWE Superstars Tell the Stories of Their Most Memorable Matches
Re-live the most breathtaking, unbelievable wrestling action ever as WWE’s superstars and divas recount their greatest matches of all time—featuring eight pages of full-color photographs.
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 a phrase like “favorite match.” It’s not about the greatest match in their careers or the time they won their first title. It’s about the moments that stand out and make them smile. Sometimes, it’s the same smile they had when they left the ring, face full of blood and sweat, to the roars of thousands. Sometimes, it’s the smile they tried so hard to hide when anything and everything seemed to go so wrong that even the ring announcer was accidentally injured in their struggle. And sometimes, it’s the smile only the showmen themselves share with each other as brothers in battle with one goal in mind: doing whatever it takes to put on the best show possible, even if it means landing on a few thousand thumbtacks along the way.
These are their stories, straight from the Superstars who performed some of the most memorable matches in WWE history. These are the most unexpected, the most brutal, the most hilarious, and the most unforgettable moments of their careers—captured in their own words.
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 a phrase like “favorite match.” It’s not about the greatest match in their careers or the time they won their first title. It’s about the moments that stand out and make them smile. Sometimes, it’s the same smile they had when they left the ring, face full of blood and sweat, to the roars of thousands. Sometimes, it’s the smile they tried so hard to hide when anything and everything seemed to go so wrong that even the ring announcer was accidentally injured in their struggle. And sometimes, it’s the smile only the showmen themselves share with each other as brothers in battle with one goal in mind: doing whatever it takes to put on the best show possible, even if it means landing on a few thousand thumbtacks along the way.
These are their stories, straight from the Superstars who performed some of the most memorable matches in WWE history. These are the most unexpected, the most brutal, the most hilarious, and the most unforgettable moments of their careers—captured in their own words.
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 19, 2012
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Jon Robinson
8 books38 followersJon Robinson is an award-winning author and journalist whose work has appeared across media including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, GamePro, and IGN.com. He has written eight books, including Rumble Road, The Attitude Era, NXT: The Future is Now, and Creating the Mania. His book, The Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever won the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Biography. His first YA novel, Sunshine and the Full Moon is set to release June 2021.
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September 16, 2015
I really enjoyed this book. Most of the stories were good. I learned more about what goes into these matches and how the wrestlers feel about it. As a lifelong wrestling fan, I've often wondered what wrestlers are thinking during their matches, especially the bigger pay per view matches, and now I know.
My favorite stories were the ones by Randy Orton, Christian and Kane. Orton's story about his match with Mick Foley was hilarious. I started laughing at it while I was at the bus stop and got a few weird looks. My least favorite story was John Morrison's. He wrote it in character and it just came off as lame to me.
I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of professional wrestling.
My favorite stories were the ones by Randy Orton, Christian and Kane. Orton's story about his match with Mick Foley was hilarious. I started laughing at it while I was at the bus stop and got a few weird looks. My least favorite story was John Morrison's. He wrote it in character and it just came off as lame to me.
I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of professional wrestling.
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December 21, 2016I found this book to be pretty good, I love wrestling and this bok goes in detail of some of WWE wrestlers favortie matches, some I have watched and some I haven't, but they are told by the wrestlers and you can hear their voice when they talk to, thats one of my favorite parts.
September 10, 2022
A compilation of WWE wrestlers telling the story, and their views on their favorite match, plenty of very popular superstars give their take on what's the match that has meant the most to them, or at least, like enough to be their personal favorite match. Triple H, Kane, Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels and Rey Mysterio are some of the most popular stars who take part on this compilation.
As simple as the idea sounds, it's an ok book, some wrestlers really take the time to explain, and even tell stories that happened around their match, pieces of advice, and training details that give hood background and serve as entertainment apart from the main topic that is just them talking about the match.
Some stories will have you rushing to youtube to look up said match, making you follow the order of events as the superstars told them, you will laugh at the funny botches, and gasp in awe at the most serious injuries, related to the matches themselves as they develop in front of your eyes. While other stories will just give you a background of the match and tell you why it means more to the wrestlers, which is ok, but they could've made a little more effort as the better stories or at least give a couple more content, the shortest stories are 3-5 pages long.
The ones I liked the most are (strangely enough) John Morrison, Goldust, Randy Orton and The Miz. Which is quite weird becuase none of them are favorites of mine, but they gave such interesting details about their matches that for me they were the best ones.
Morrison remarks a botch that modified the entire course of his match, Goldust tells how truly brutal and violent was his backlot brawl at Wrestlemania, Orton recalls trying to prepare for a thumbtacks bump in a totally insane way and The Miz, doesn't even remember his match due to a dangerous spot.
In conclusion, this is a great, light read which you can complete while you are killing some time, as you can sporadically finish a story at a time, and then jump to the next one at another ocassion without losing track of events since every story is short and independent from the others. And hey! If you find a new favorite match of your own, reading one these stories, then it's even better.
As simple as the idea sounds, it's an ok book, some wrestlers really take the time to explain, and even tell stories that happened around their match, pieces of advice, and training details that give hood background and serve as entertainment apart from the main topic that is just them talking about the match.
Some stories will have you rushing to youtube to look up said match, making you follow the order of events as the superstars told them, you will laugh at the funny botches, and gasp in awe at the most serious injuries, related to the matches themselves as they develop in front of your eyes. While other stories will just give you a background of the match and tell you why it means more to the wrestlers, which is ok, but they could've made a little more effort as the better stories or at least give a couple more content, the shortest stories are 3-5 pages long.
The ones I liked the most are (strangely enough) John Morrison, Goldust, Randy Orton and The Miz. Which is quite weird becuase none of them are favorites of mine, but they gave such interesting details about their matches that for me they were the best ones.
Morrison remarks a botch that modified the entire course of his match, Goldust tells how truly brutal and violent was his backlot brawl at Wrestlemania, Orton recalls trying to prepare for a thumbtacks bump in a totally insane way and The Miz, doesn't even remember his match due to a dangerous spot.
In conclusion, this is a great, light read which you can complete while you are killing some time, as you can sporadically finish a story at a time, and then jump to the next one at another ocassion without losing track of events since every story is short and independent from the others. And hey! If you find a new favorite match of your own, reading one these stories, then it's even better.
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October 23, 2013Bought: October 23, 2013
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Price: P115
December 29, 2013
there were some pretty decent stories in this book. it was decent
May 24, 2014
This was a really easy-quick read. I had no idea what some of these WWE Superstars were like.
October 29, 2014
This is a great concept and executed well, stories from guys that don't usually give kayfabe interviews and stories from autobiographies that you'd never read and they'd never write.
January 27, 2015
Some stories I really liked hearing about from various wrestlers, worth a read if you are a wrestling fan.
May 6, 2015
It is great to see all those awesome matches
October 15, 2016
A nice little collection of favorite match stories from WWE superstars, past and present.
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