The Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling - Bret Hart

Summer's here, and with it comes the unashamed escape into 'trashy' literature. Forget novels ringing with the fanfare of critical acclaim, or the works of bearded Russians from the 19th Century, the summer sun (or lack of it) heralds autobiography season for me. Of all the titles I have read so far, 'Hitman' is my favourite. As a child, I was a casual fan of wrestling. I wanted to be more than that, but my parents' lack of money (or at least their lack of interest in spending it on me), meant I was only able to voyeuristically enjoy the entertainment through my friends. Their videos, their cards and their magazines became my way of glimpsing this fascinating ...  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

THE HITMAN: MYREAL LIFE IN THE CARTOON WORLD OF WRESTLING is the autiobiography of WWF legend Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. The book consists of over 500 pages of Bret's life as a wrestler. The book begins with his upbringing which was wild and wacky. Bret focuses on how his family was wrestling crazy with his father Stu and brother Owen also in the wrestling business. The book then goes on to how he got started in the business and the politics that goes on in the backstage area. Bret talks about many of his matches including his time in The Hart Foundation and then his great singles career where he became the top superstar in the ...  Read the complete review

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I could go on, and I could tell you everything in this HUGE book... 592 pages of pure Wrestling and Personal trials, tribulations, successes and journeys taken by arguably the Greatest Technical Wrestler of All Time, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. Taken from his personal tape collection, which were recorded throughout the whole of his life, much less his career, Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling centres around family life in 'Hart House' and then the local and International travelling and bouts for Stampede Wrestling, the NWA, WWF, WCW, and many other organisations around the world, sharing the before, ...  Read the complete review