Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

I've read many, many wrestling books over the years, but not any of them, including Mick Foley, can compare to the heartfelt drama, drawbacks, and success of professional wrestling through the eyes of one of it's finest talents to ever don the tights.

Bret's book is like none I've ever read. It is 100% honest. The difficulties of the industry, the lies, the backstabbing, and the affairs are just part of the story. Incredible family issues, death, drugs, steriods, and alcohol abuse all play a major role in this story. Incredibly written from tapes that Bret kept during his career, this is the most honest and riveting read on the subject of wrestling I've ever laid my eyes on.

You simply cannot purchase a better book on wrestling, period...

Being a bit unimpressed by the first 150 pages, I was hoping that the book would take off when the story neared the WWF years, and thankfully it did. Now, I realize a lot of people are intrigued by detailed descriptions of a wrestlers travels and such, but I really didn't think it was necessary for Bret to detail his Stampede wrestling days as much as he did here. Not being familiar with many Canadian wrestlers, or promoters, it didn't mean much to hear about winning small market titles in Calgary and across Canada throughout the late 70's and early 80's. It, however, was interesting to hear about some of the future WWF stars that he met up with early on in their careers. The book really started getting interesting and more detailed in the last 400 pages. Bret doesn't hold anything back as far as his opinions of other wrestlers and their vices, such as drugs, alcohol, and women. The thing that struck me as being one of the more psychological aspects of the book is the ongoing comments about Julie Hart through basically the whole book, intertwined with his very detailed descriptions about all of his trysts with women on the road. Also, he tends to mention his son Blade quite frequently, while only mentioning his other three kids very briefly. To say this is a final chapter in his life, is probably not true, because it seems to me that Bret lives for wrestling and will probably be involved in some aspect of it until he dies. I look forward to an appearance or two from Bret in the future, but as far as this book goes, I think it is a definite keeper.

A brutally honest, amazing, tell-all tale of "the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be". Highly recommended for any and ALL wresting fans- past and present.

I rate "Hitman" up there with the best pro wrestling autobiographies on the market, including Mick Foley's No. 1 best-seller "ManKind: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks," Chris Jericho's "A Lion's Tale" and "Pure Dynamite" by Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington.

The Hitman offers an up-close and personal look into one dysfunctional family -- a family that includes snotty brat sister Alison, who used father Stu to create disharmony all the way up to Stu's death bed, and big brother Smith, who seemed to have more demons than any of the clan.

Bret is candidly honest about his life in and out of the "squared-circle," including talks on his extramarital affairs and the tragedies that struck brothers and friends alike.

Upon finishing "Hitman," if you don't have resentment in your heart for Alison Hart and Shawn Michaels -- for very, very different reasons, then you haven't read "Hitman".

The only wrestling book you'll ever need, this one says it all written by the greatest of all time the Hitman Bret Hart. The Hitman holds nothing back and tells it like it is and was when he worked his way up in wrestling to become the greatest champion of all time that any wrestling to this day can still be proud of. This book will ever change the way you look at wrestling and some famous wrestlers who are mentioned as who they really are ie. HBK, HHH, Hogan. I highly recommend this book and the Bret Hart DVD set to any fans of Bret Hart and wrestling fans in general.