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dantastic's review against another edition
2.0
Undisputed covers Chris Jericho's career from the time he made his WWF debut to the time he made his comeback two years later.
As you can see by the rating, I did not like this one nearly as much as the first volume. First, the good parts.
Chris Jericho covers his arrival in the WWF, which was surprisingly rocky, and his relationship with his new co-workers. He talks about working with the Rock and Chyna while other wrestlers were trying to poison the office against him. He also talks about how things went down when Benoit, Guerrero, Saturn, and Dean Malenko, some of his best friends in the business, came to the WWF, and how Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash didn't run the show like they did in WCW. He also talks about the rise of John Cena, and the deaths of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit.
All that was pretty good. What killed the book for me was how much of it was devoted to Fozzy, the mostly cover band he was in. I didn't care about his band at all and probably half the book was spent on it. While I'm sure there were people who followed his music career, I am not one of them.
I hate to give this thing a 2 since I enjoyed the first book so much but a 2 is as good as it's getting. The wrestling bits were as good, maybe even better than those. Too bad they were entangled in the Fozzy sargasso.
As you can see by the rating, I did not like this one nearly as much as the first volume. First, the good parts.
Chris Jericho covers his arrival in the WWF, which was surprisingly rocky, and his relationship with his new co-workers. He talks about working with the Rock and Chyna while other wrestlers were trying to poison the office against him. He also talks about how things went down when Benoit, Guerrero, Saturn, and Dean Malenko, some of his best friends in the business, came to the WWF, and how Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash didn't run the show like they did in WCW. He also talks about the rise of John Cena, and the deaths of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit.
All that was pretty good. What killed the book for me was how much of it was devoted to Fozzy, the mostly cover band he was in. I didn't care about his band at all and probably half the book was spent on it. While I'm sure there were people who followed his music career, I am not one of them.
I hate to give this thing a 2 since I enjoyed the first book so much but a 2 is as good as it's getting. The wrestling bits were as good, maybe even better than those. Too bad they were entangled in the Fozzy sargasso.
kstumpf's review against another edition
4.0
Fun, entertaining book. Not a big Jericho fan since he has joined AEW, but he was always entertaining in WCW and WWE.
vickyloo's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyable read, has loads of different parts to it not all about wrestling in wwe. Jericho's humor is a constant throughout the book, which makes it more enjoyable as you can 'hear' him as you read. Not something I would normally have picked up but as my husband had it it was def worth the read.
sabregirl's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I had more fun reading this than his first autobiography. When I was reading that I was more aware of what was going on. But when Jericho debuted in WWE I wasn't watching wrestling at that time so it was nice to read something that I wasn't really sure what's going on. That being said it was surprising how he wasn't highly regarded when he first started in the company. I liked how this book included a lot of his band Fozzy and thier touring highs and lows. I've been listening to Fozzy for a while but I didn't know all that much about them. The Benoit chapter was heartbreaking. You could tell that Jericho was really struggling with how to deal with his best friend murdering his wife and child. I never cry when I read books but this was a rare time that I actually did. Jericho struggled with trying to figure out how to deal with the happening and how a man who he thought he respected and loved could do that to his family. (I am almost in the same boat, I respect him and am still confused how that could happe) it was sad to see that every time Jericho mentioned a match he had with Benoit that it didn't exist anymore and like his favorite matches no longer exist in the world of WWE. There were a few times however, when I thought that the book was a bit forced. The awkward moments of him trying to hard to get the reader to laugh. There were actually maybe about a dozen or so times I did that but other times it was just a bit too much.
jamietherebelliousreader's review against another edition
4.0
This is the, I guess you could say, 'sequel' to his first autobiography 'A Lion's Tale'. It picks up right where the first book left off and again it just shows how hilarious and entertaining of a writer Chris Jericho is. Though I think I like the first book just a little bit more, this one was just as good.