Rating: 
Summary: Well, she was once.
Review: I had always heard of Missy Hyatt, but wasn't really familiar with the character so I bought the book. I had heard that it was full of information and all the goods in just about everyone in the wrestling business both past and present. There are some unexpected statements, but nothing is written in the book that isn't said on a typical girl's night out. The book is written in a very conversational tone, by a very forthright author. As it concludes the reader feels as if Melissa Hiatt told the story of a character and where that character tok the real person through the years. It also leaves the reader in in wander, wandering "what the hell was she thinking all that time?" Overall it is a good read for a lazy afternoon, but won't be something that will be taken along as a life lesson.
Rating: 
Summary: Missy Hyatt's Tell All book on pro wrestling
Review: I have followed Missy Hyatt's career off and on since
her days with World Class Championship Wrestling. This
book is very explicit in content. She tells about her
impressions of the various promotions she worked for,
various promoters, and wrestlers. She doesn't hold anything
back, like her feud with Lori Fullington, inside and
outside the ring. Fullington is the wife of the wrestler
better known as The Sandman, especially to ECW and WCW
fans. This book also talks about her sexual encounters with
Jason Hervey, Sting (the ex pro-wrestler, not the rock
star), Jim Kelly, Rod Brind'amour, Bill Fralic, Tom
Zenk, Eric Watts and others. She also talks about her relationship with her ex-husband Eddie Gilbert, and how
much it hurt when she received a phonecall from Paul E.
(Paul Heyman) about the tragic circumstances surrounding
the death of Hot Stuff. She also talks about Ted Turner
and Vince Mc Mahon.
It details how she had a WWF contract and taped segments
of Missy's Manor, but how she left the organization shortly
afterwards to be with Gilbert. This book is pretty graphic
in content, but I don't know if I would give it five stars,
only because while the information revealed is shocking,
I feel it could have been written better. This isn't a
book for a young child, but some of the accounts she tells
would make good copy, or sell well on a daytime TV talkshow
like Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, Jenny Jones or something
along those lines, or perhaps even Howard Stern, or even
daytime TV soap operas themselves. I'm glad she's trying
to get her life back on track. Also the rumors of former
valet Dark Journey and her sexual relationship with Dick
Slater are briefly discussed, as are the women of ECW she
had contact with (Francine, Lori Fullington, Beulah,
Kimona, and others).
Rating:
Summary: A Light, Fun Read Sure To Entertain Wrestling Fans
Review: I remember having a HUGE crush on Missy Hyatt when I was 16. She was the highlight of every week's episode of UWF Wrestling; The action was great, but I struggled with the reception of the UHF channel so I could see Missy, not Hacksaw Jim Duggan or The One Man Gang. (No offense to them!) Well, in the wake of Mick "Mankind" Foley's smash Autobiographical books "Have A Nice Day!" & "Foley Is Good", Missy has penned her own story, with the help of Writers Charles Salzberg & Mark Goldblatt. I was expecting a sleazy bedroom tell-all, and what I got couldn't have been farther from that. It's actually a rather tame book, and Missy comes across as a sweet girl who led a somewhat wild life. She breaks the book down into brief chapters revolving around her tenures with the various Wrestling organizations (WCCW, WCW, UWF, WWF, ECW, etc.), and tells some wickedly funny stories about some of the people she met and worked with. There are a few sex-partner stories, but they don't get into explict detail. (She does tell VERY funny anecdotes about Ric Flair, Val Venis, and The Freebirds in particular.) She's got a pretty good sense of humor, and reading the book is almost like meeting an old friend you haven't seen in years and hearing an summary of what they've been up to. Unfortunately, Missy doesn't mention her recent foray into soft-core internet sites... The book is VERY short; I'd estimate it only took a few hours to read. But when I was done, I wished it had been longer. It's a fun read, and the book is loaded with pictures, both color & black-and-white. Wrestling fans will have a ball reading this book.
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Summary: MUCH LIKE MISSY - FUN AND ENTERTAINING!
Review: I'm a huge mark for the WWF but aside from her brief (and embarassing stint) with that company, I knew nothing of Missy Hyatt. But after hearing some of her interviews on The Law I decided to give this book a shot. I'm glad I did! The book is short, to the point, and just plain fun! Missy cuts straight to the chase and simply tells us about her years involved with professional wrestling. We get stories about her intro, years in various organizations, times in the big companies, and times in between the sheets with some famous wrestlers. I must confess the dirt is fun to hear but - OUCH! Hurts to be Val Venis and Bills QB Jim Kelly I think. The pictures in the book are a nice touch and Missy does manage to convey some fine story-telling about people like her wrestling ex-husband Eddie Gilbert (who I had never heard of but came to care about). I think the only drawback to her story is that there isn't really a growth factor. Missy is all about having fun in professional wrestling. When you read the book you'll be having fun too but it won't stay with you beyond that. Still, with the recent run of wrestling books Missy Hyatt's biography stands at #2 right behind Mick Foley's outstanding Mankind: Have a Nice Day! Both of these books should be read by all fans of wrestling.
Rating: 
Summary: For True Wrestling Fans
Review: If you grew up reading the Apter mags, and have an idea of what kayfabe means, this one is for you. I read it cover to cover, it's short, it's fun and it gives true insight to one of sports entertainments pioneers.
Rating:
Summary: Could be longer
Review: If you like gossip about your favourite wrestlers than this is the way to go. The only down side to this book was that I finished it in a day and a half as I couldnt put it down, so it definetly could do with being longer or at best Missy could do with putting out another book as there was nothing mentioned about her website and stuff like that.
Rating:
Summary: A great tell-all
Review: It figures Missy Hyatt would write the best wrestling book of all--and wind up putting it out on a small press! After all, she invented the diva character--I mean, without her there would have been no Sunny, no Sable, no Trish. They wound up the Most Downloaded Women on the Web, whereas Missy wound up . . . well, she wound up working indies on the weekends. Her memory's not perfect; there's stuff she leaves out. But the good stuff is all there. Real fights with other valets. Affairs with wrestlers. This is a funny, nasty, tell-all. (You'll never be able to look at Ted Turner, Ric Flair or Val Venis the same way again!) It's loaded with photos. (You can almost keep count of her plastic surgeries!) A must read for wrestling fans over eighteen. Maybe a bit too raunchy for the kids, but highly recommended.
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Summary: A Controversial First...
Review: Missy. The First Lady. Melissa. Call her what you want. But you can't help but not call her successful. Missy Hyatt has done some things that many may never do. She was indeed "The First Lady of Wrestling," and this is her saga in the business. To be blunt, her saga is something. She was in the Big 3. She's "assisted" many a superstar. She was even married to the late and great Eddie Gilbert. This book tells many a tale of the ups and downs of her career. Sure, she may have left out the odd thing here and there, but that's besides the point. The information and stories contained within the book more than make up for things. In fact, the price of the book more than makes up for the tales she has to tell. Inside you'll find out about some of her "men," who are duds, who are studs, and even some input to some of her more classic angles. I have been looking forward to this book since I first heard about it and was amazingly happy with the read. I had no idea she even did "Missy's Manor" in the WWF early on. I loved her in WCW, and even that short stint in the WWF around '96, '97. I'm now looking into some of the more retro ECW footage to see her star power there. If you're a fan of wrestling, this book is for you. If you love the women of wrestling, this book will shed some light on who the real woman is who set the standards of today. Just pick up the book and you won't be disappointed.
Rating:
Summary: A good laugh.
Review: Not one of the best wrestling books out there (Bodyslams by Capetta, Pure Dynamite are better).. Full of fluff, not much substance... No real inside info..more like cheap gossip... Skip this book... or readit in the store.. Its so short it might only take u an hour and a half.
Rating: 
Summary: So-So....
Review: Over the last five years many books have been written by pro wrestlers and most have been informative in there own way. Mick Foley's book showed a life long wrestling fan who realized his dream after a long, and painful, road. Chyna showed what it was like to be a women who preformed, The Rock and Million Dollar Man talked about life as a second generation star and the ups/downs. and Kurt Angle was about the life of and Olimpic wrestler and mabey the most natural talent ever. Missy Hyatt on the other hand was not a second generation star, or a female wrestler, or a natural at her craft, so instead of trying be somone she is not she just tell's the story of her life (and many loves).
One of the biggest problems with this book if that it is very short and will only take less than a day to read, and it also makes you feel a little unclean after reading it. Hyatt holds back nothing and I think that it hurts the book. By telling all the stories there is to tell, and some were embarassing to the people she wrote about, you feel more like a peeping tom than a reader. Missy Hyatt wrote about the only thing that she knew would sell and on that level it work's, but after a few chapters you wonder just what was the reason for all the hype.
Some wanted more dirt. Other's wanted more wrestling and if just taken as a bit of both the book is a fairly good one. However I do think that by telling all there is to tell she leaves the reader with not just a look at the underside of wrestling (as she see's it) but also you leave the book not connecting with Missy at all. You can't help but thinking "What kind of a person would tell all just to sell a few book's" and on that leval she fails. Foley, The Rock etc...leave you with a real sense of both who they were and how they got there, Missy just leaves you with the thought, "If I ever become a big star I'll never tell this women anything". So really at the end of the book you can't help but wonder two things. One if she knew so many people and closely as she say's than why would she, at time's it seems, go out of her way to tell very personal stories and Two if she is the kind of person who would do that than why would she not lie in her book and it is that last question that set's the whole outlook askew. You never felt that at any time were the other wrestler's not being truthful with Hyatt you just don't get that same feeling....
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