Rating: 
Summary: Its Good Its Good!
Review: As a fan of the World Wrestling Federation, I've enjoyed Kurt Angle's antics right from day 1. His character is one of the most colorful to ever grace the Sports Entertainment industry.This book was extremely interesting, and Kurt Angle has lived quite an interesting life. You had him when he was a kid, entertaining his brothers friends by fighting his brother Eric until one of them cried. And his insane training regimen for the 1996 Olympics. I'm not much of a reader, never been. But I honestly couldn't put his book down. I read it in 3 days. I'd never read 300 pages in 3 days before. That says something about this book. Kurt Angle ends the book by saying he wants to go for the 2004 Gold Medal again. I would love to see it. He is the most confident wrestler to ever grace the mat, and I know he truly believes he's the best. All in all, a very good read, and I urge any fan of wrestling, whether amateur or professional, to give it a look.
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Summary: Enteraning, Something that a Kurt Angle fan would like.
Review: I do admit alough Kurt is my all-time favorit, He does blow his horn a lot in the book and goes off the topic a little bit o tell some story of his life,,,,,
But all in all whean it gets to for WWF (WWE) Carrer its pretty good he is honest about most of eveyrthing,,,.....
But I can also see why this wasent a huge succes eather,,,,,,, Kurt should have waited for more of his carrer to devolpe, even to this day isnt the best time eather,,,,
The Real Reason The Rock's and Mik Foley's was a huge sucess was becuase they wear both well known outside the wrestling world and the olympics, and they had a lot of storys to tell in the WWE.
Kurt wrote this on his 2nd year in the pro-wrestling business,,,,,,,,
If you are a true Kurt fan youde like this,,, but buying it is something you might wantto think about...
Go get it from th libary or something unless you really think you like it dont buy it!
Rating: 
Summary: An alright book. It's true..it's true
Review: I just read this book and found it alright. There are times in the book that Angle repeats himself, saying the same thing in a different way. Profiles a lot of his amateur career in wrestling which is very impressive. However, if you are looking for a lot of things regarding WWE in this book you won't find it in my opinion. It is a straight up view of Angle's life from age 6 on, the last few chapters being related to his career in WWE. Pick up the book if you are interested in reading more about his amateur career. A whole lot on his drive for the Olympic Gold is included including how he trained for that. A good read. A bit slow at times with detailed explanation of amateur wrestling moves, repeating of things previously said etc...
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Summary: Wow, Great American Disappointment
Review: I watch Kurt Angle religiously every week and think he's the greatest thing to come into wrestling in a long, long time. The guy can do no wrong either on the mic or in the ring. But wow, am I disappointed in the book. Let me sum it up for you -- "Everything I do is perfect and amazing, I learn everything instantaneously and do it better than anyone." Most of the time I thought he was writing the book in character, and trying to be an annoying, arrogant heel. But he spends too much time talking about how they built up his character for him to have been doing that. Great example, when he says something about wrestling with a bad knee and writes, "It took a great deal of character on my part to come back from an injury like that." That's super, Kurt. It's just not entertaining to read about you patting yourself on the back. The family parts are boring because they're so cliche. "My dad drank alot, but I love him and do everything in memory of him. My brothers were so violent that some of them went to jail for it, and they used to make me and my brother beat each other up until we cried. They're my role models." The amateur background did nothing for me (I'm impressed, sure, but not entertained) because how exciting is it to describe amateur wrestling in words? "He shot for the leg and then I stuck my head in his armpit, badda boom badda bing I got the point." Just remember, every time Kurt does it, to add "...no one had ever done that before" to the end of your sentence. Even his description of the pro stuff disappointed me. Everything we fans know about backstage politics, particularly the big egos, he manages to deny and justify at the same time, like saying "we killed the Kurt-HHH-Stephanie storyline to protect HHH's character." Or later when he comes right out and says "If Rock beats me on RAW fair and square I should be able to beat him on Smackdown to get my heat back." That's exactly the problem with wrestling now, so many of the old troops protecting their characters and their heat that the shows just aren't fun anymore.
It's easy for him to say it now, because he's still on top of his game. But if he's doing the same thing for 10 years like some of the guys, and still playing the "protect my heat" game, then he's just going to be part of the problem rather than the solution. The organization of the book is nothing special, either. There's plenty of pictures -- of random people, randomly placed, with no captions (until the end of the book). In short, I'm very disappointed. I want to go back to just seeing Kurt Angle the character, and pretend like I never read the book. And that's a shame.
Rating:
Summary: Wow, Great American Disappointment
Review: I watch Kurt Angle religiously every week and think he's the greatest thing to come into wrestling in a long, long time. The guy can do no wrong either on the mic or in the ring. But wow, am I disappointed in the book. Let me sum it up for you -- "Everything I do is perfect and amazing, I learn everything instantaneously and do it better than anyone." Most of the time I thought he was writing the book in character, and trying to be an annoying, arrogant heel. But he spends too much time talking about how they built up his character for him to have been doing that. Great example, when he says something about wrestling with a bad knee and writes, "It took a great deal of character on my part to come back from an injury like that." That's super, Kurt. It's just not entertaining to read about you patting yourself on the back. The family parts are boring because they're so cliche. "My dad drank alot, but I love him and do everything in memory of him. My brothers were so violent that some of them went to jail for it, and they used to make me and my brother beat each other up until we cried. They're my role models." The amateur background did nothing for me (I'm impressed, sure, but not entertained) because how exciting is it to describe amateur wrestling in words? "He shot for the leg and then I stuck my head in his armpit, badda boom badda bing I got the point." Just remember, every time Kurt does it, to add "...no one had ever done that before" to the end of your sentence. Even his description of the pro stuff disappointed me. Everything we fans know about backstage politics, particularly the big egos, he manages to deny and justify at the same time, like saying "we killed the Kurt-HHH-Stephanie storyline to protect HHH's character." Or later when he comes right out and says "If Rock beats me on RAW fair and square I should be able to beat him on Smackdown to get my heat back." That's exactly the problem with wrestling now, so many of the old troops protecting their characters and their heat that the shows just aren't fun anymore.
It's easy for him to say it now, because he's still on top of his game. But if he's doing the same thing for 10 years like some of the guys, and still playing the "protect my heat" game, then he's just going to be part of the problem rather than the solution. The organization of the book is nothing special, either. There's plenty of pictures -- of random people, randomly placed, with no captions (until the end of the book). In short, I'm very disappointed. I want to go back to just seeing Kurt Angle the character, and pretend like I never read the book. And that's a shame.
Rating:
Summary: Pretty much another run of the mill wrestling book...
Review: Let me say this first off. Kurt Angle the wrestler is one of my favorites, and I have nothing but respect for him as a persn as well. I wish I had his drive, work ethic, and mental fortitude. That being said - eh, this book is entertaining but nothing special. The fundamental problem is this - the parts detailing his life growing up and his olympic trials, wins, and tribulations is entertaining, but let's face it - people are picking it up to hear about wrestling, and not the amateur kind. And that's where this book falls on its face, as once Kurt and his ghostwriter (whom you can tell wrote great swathing portions of this book without a lick of Kurt's imput at times) get to the wrestling section, it becomes a giant WWE fluff piece. Vince McMahon is a great person, everyone in the WWE works hard and gets along, injuries happen, yadda yeadda yadda. NOTHING is said that could rock anyone's boat here. It's good for a quick read if you're at borders or barnes and noble and want something to do for four hours. But otherwise, defiently not worth your moolah
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK OH IT'S TRUE.....IT'S TRUE
Review: Out of all the books I have read in my life, this has to be one of if not the best one I have ever read. Kurt takes you on a wonderfull ride threw out his life. He lets you in on his joys his pains and his emotions. The years he of his childhood will have you feeling the pain he felt when he lost his father. He tells about his bond with his mother, the hard times with his father, the rough treatment from his brothers and the impact his fathers death had on him. As you get into his colledge years and pre olympics years you see his determination to please his father come out. He takes you all the way into his emotional olympic victory and into the World Wrestling Federation, oh my bad WWE. This is a great book please do not hesitate to buy it. IT IS WORTH IT.
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Summary: WWE Star With Morals
Review: Parents-If your child insists on watching WWE, at least encourage them to become a fan of Kurt Angle. He is married and an Olympic Gold Medalist. His enthusiam for competition and achieving his goals led him to wrestle in the Olympic trials with two cracked vertebrae in his neck!
Rating:
Summary: Great Story
Review: The life of Kurt Angle is fairly simple until he went into amatuer wrestling. What he went through to become the best in the world is just amazing. Reading about his injuries and his training is unbelievable. Then to read about his amazing rise to the top in the WWF/WWE as well captivates you. This book does not have a lot of WWE information, it focuses on his amatuer career more. I would assume he will have another book out once he retires.
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Summary: Inspirational work which lacks an edge
Review: The story of Kurt Angle is best summed up in achieving a goal through hardship and against the odds. A nice story in itself with recounts from Kurt's childhood followed by the collegiate and Olympic success right up to the days of his much anticipated match with WWE's Brock Lesnar (at least this is the timeline of the paperback edition). But as far as sports or wrestling books go, this lacks the revelations, rough edge and charismatic humor which can be found for example in the works of Mick Foley -- to the point where the reader is left with a bland feeling and starts suspecting this is just a moderately well ghost-written piece of work to promote WWE. As far as Kurt Angle, the WWE wrestler, goes, this book doesn't live up to the high standards he is accustomed to display for us in the ring on a weekly basis.
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