Pure Dynamite: The Price you Pay for Wrestling Stardom

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Summary: An indepth look at professional Wrestling
Review: This was a very detailed, moving memoir about British Bulldog, Dynamite Kid. It pays tribute to the risks, both physical and financial, that wrestlers take when they go in that ring and give us a good show. It was an incredible book. I couldn't put it down. I wish I could thank Tom personally for his many years of entertainment. It is a must read for anyone interested in pro wrestling and for those who think wrestling is not serious.

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Summary: Half-truths and lies from glory-seeking alsoran
Review: Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington may just be wrestling's biggest black mark. Never more than a mediocre worker, his notoriety stems from his drug addicition, wife-beating, and backstage confrontations. Having burned all his bridges, he now cashes in on the turn-f-the-century wrestling boom the only way he still can...by writing a book of his adventures. Sadly, it doesn't take a wrestling historian to work out that most of the content of this book has been, shall we say, "tweaked"? This doesn't necessarily work to make Dynamite look like a saint, far from it, as his self-depreciation is quite vivid, but he certainly doesn't let the thruth get in the way of his teraing into the people he hates. If you're interested in the 80s wrestling boom there are far better books.

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Summary: A sad but engrossing tale
Review: Tom "The Dynamite Kid" Billington's biography is a very interesting story of a wrestler who was a part of the 1980's surge in the popularity of professional wrestling. But, while this era is give some discussion, Billington gives equal billing to the time that he spent learning the craft in England, Canada, and Japan. I never realized what a legitimate tough guy the Kid was as well as a locker room prankster. I also didn't have any idea of the falling out between him and The British Bulldog. Sadly, Billington's story does not end happily as he is wheelchair bound today but his story is an important chapter in the history of professional wrestling.

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Summary: Bob from Boston
Review: What an eye opener. This book goes behind the curtains on wrestling from it's TV roots to it's superstar ratings. You want to know about WWF, Steroids, Japan and Canada's wrestling stars it's in there. Tom Billington pulls no punches.

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Summary: Bob from Boston
Review: What an eye opener. This book goes behind the curtains on wrestling from it's TV roots to it's superstar ratings. You want to know about WWF, Steroids, Japan and Canada's wrestling stars it's in there. Tom Billington pulls no punches.