D.C. Wood reviews Drew McIntyre: My Story - A Chosen Destiny (Hardcover Book)

[@smarkdownsblog]

Amazing video as always Daniel, it's amazing how you go through all the details and put everything into consideration before recommending something, or not. As far the book itself goes, I prefer waiting for wrestlers to retire (or at least in their final active years like Foley) before reading their books. Edge's book is an example of that because, despite being awesome (and you know it is!), it was released in 2004 and it literally misses ALL of his main event career. I also feel a lot of stories are yet to happen, let alone be told, in Drew McIntyre's life & wrestling career!

[@MrDCWood]

That's a great point! Edge's autobiography was ace, but it was published long before he won his first world title. When that happened, his career skyrocketed and there was so much that Adam Copeland could've wrote & shared. At least in a follow-up book. Drew McIntyre's definitely got loads more stories yet to tell, but despite this being somewhat of a truncated book (in comparison to most other life stories), I felt that Drew's at the top of his game now. So the time seemed right to release his autobiography. Cheers for the comments and the like, my friend!

[@dariopalmieri7572]

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[@betinaitalia]

Glad I stumbled upon this review A+ I've gone back and forth debating if I should buy this book since the release because I feared this would be a semi more detailed version of stories we've heard already heard numerous times via WWE docs, interviews and profiles. I also questioned why a guy needs a book at the age of 35/36? Still so much life to live and career to cover. And while I'm McIntyre fan, and respect his hard work and determination, I find books released while wrestlers are still employed by WWE can be formulaic and rather PG. Readers are rarely given the full unfiltered stories until wrestlers retire and feel less restricted speaking their truths and maybe burning some bridges. Btw, I would also like to know what happened with his first wife and as I suspected it would not be covered in this book lol. Yeah, maybe not our business but if you're going to write a book regarding your life isn't that part of the story? To me a good book is in all the gritty details of your journey and not the gloss over. Again, great review.

[@MrDCWood]

Thank you for the kind comments! Glad you liked the review! I know what you mean that certain wrestler's autobiographies can be rather tame and truncated under the WWE banner. I heard rumours that that's why they refused to publish Bret's autobiography without editing the manuscript (Bret certainly didn't pull any punches there!). But having said that, Ric Flair's autobiography was VERY shocking when it came out in 2004! He certainly didn't pull any punches there either! And that was when he was still under WWE contract! I think it all depends on the individual and the story. In the case of Mick Foley, his book was in-depth, thrilling and honest...a life worth living, and it didn't have a need to go dark or macabre like some stories can be. In terms of WWE Autobiographies from recent years that were excellent, Daniel Bryan's was essential. As for Drew, I agree there're so many more chapters of Drew's story just waiting to be told, but now that he's at the top of his game, I felt the time was right to share his story. Cheers again for commenting. And I hope you like the book!

[@justintrimpey8862]

I also have a copy of that book