In this particular story Dwayne and his ghost writer takes the reader on what it took to turn from a 3rd gen wrestler's kid to becoming one of the more recognizable names in the wrestling business. As a result there is a bit of everything family life, failures, successes, challenges and the true grittiness of being a traveling performer trying to make a name as this all takes place before his Hollywood debut. As a result even for a non-wrestler I found it quite interesting, especially with the respect that he shows some of his fellow wrestlers. Found his stories of his Football career very interesting, especially since I know so little about it, and how tough it can be to make it in the big leagues, and also his love conquests? especially his first relationship? ... really was a different time it seems? plus his reflections on Owen Hart were really touching, it felt so genuine, which isn't always the case when it comes to this awful tragedy. I have to start by saying that although I'm not an active fan, from what I know about Dwayne Johnson, I appreciate him for all his hard work, not to mention his charity and active involvement in improving children's lives. Firstly, it contains a very rushed enumeration of Johnson's personal life (less so) and career achievements (a long list that here resembles more a shopping list) that made me skim really fast through them and lose my attention while reading. In spite of that statement, this short book was disappointing in many ways. It tried to be a bite size biography/lesson book about an inspirational contemporary figure.

I grew up watching WWE when it was still known as the WWF. I still consider it the glory days of wrestling. The bullshit "talent" they've got now - aside from the wrestlers from the WWF days - are all a bunch of boring pissants with abs. It's cringey to watch. Some things that annoyed me were the pictures. There were so many that broke up the flow of the conversation, plus some just weren't very nice looking and badly printed, just felt like they were there to take up space.Secondly, the information it contains can easily be found on Wikipedia and in more detail than in this book. Wikipedia is free too, this book is no and I'm sorry for the writer, but it reads like a middle school essay. There is less space dedicated to the lessons and the only part in the book that I read with a bit more interest was the chapter containing the rules for success. Pity most of them are pieces of advice already heard in various ways. Across the book the quotes by Johnson himself are very very few and sporadic too, not to mention the personal interpretation print of the author is alk over the place. I'm afraid that this was neither informative in any way nor inspiring, interesting or engaging for the reader.