In my honest opinion, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart was probably the greatest wrestler ever, bar none. This opinion has only really come to pass in my mind after reading Bret Hart's fantastic autobiography 'Hitman' over the past week. Without a shadow of a doubt the best wrestling book ever written, and possibly one of the best autobiographies I've read in my lifetime - Hart has had a life and a half. In the cartoon world of professional wrestling, nothing can be as real as the heartbreak and triumph that this guy has been through. It's a massive book (weighing in at well over 600 pages) and was every bit as interesting as Hart's life could be. I cannot praise the book highly ..  Read the complete review

Growing up, Bret Hart was always one of my heroes. I remember vividly him making Stone Cold pass out in his signature sharp shooter, I remember his rivalry with his beloved brother Owen, I remember the Ironman match with nemesis Shawn Michaels. I remember the day that wrestling died, when Vince McMahon screwed him in front of his home fans in Montreal, Canada. I also remember how he was misused in rival company WCW, how brilliant his match with the late Chris Benoit was at the Owen Hart tribute show, how his career ended in the saddest of ways, with a horrific injury, courtesy of the unfathomably popular and clumsy Bill Goldberg. As a huge Hitman fan, I had ...  Read the complete review

'Bret Hart - Hitman' is Bret Hart's autobiography charting his 51 years to date. Bret is one of 12 children to the legendary wrestler Stu Hart. His life has been dominated by wrestling almost from birth. His seven brothers were involved in wrestling and his four sisters married wrestlers. This is a family whose entire existence has been dominated by wrestling, with Bret the shining light who reached the very top of his profession. As this is an autobiography it covers Bret's life from his earliest memories. Often with this type of story I lose interest when the author covers their childhood in great detail. However, the one thing Bret does throughout the ...  Read the complete review

I was never really a big Bret Hart fan. He was far from my favourite wrestlers, I always felt he was a bit hammy when wrestling (forever favouring the injured leg to gain sympathy) but I was prepared to give this a read as I was very keen to read his viewpoint on the Montreal screwjob more than anything else. Bret writes his autobiography in the almost guaranteed style now of Youth - Early Career - Highlights - Reflections. No qualms here although I do wishs someone would have the guts to skip the upbringing out, generally no-one cares about it and just want the juicy bits. In Bret's defence his upbringing is quite a key part of his life. The ...  Read the complete review

As a child, Bret Hart was a hero of mine. Every week, I would watch him wrestle and cheer. I waited with much anticipation when I heard that he was releasing his autobiography. I wanted to relive those days and experience my memories flooding back to me. I couldn't have expected what I actually experienced however. Bret Hart has hard a troubled life. From his 2 divorces and the break down of the famous Hart family (due to untimely deaths and bitter disputes), to what he deems as personal injustices. Then his career ending concussion and crippling stroke. Make no mistake about it, this is not happy reading. I found that a lot of my happy childhood memories ...  Read the complete review