Do These Tights Make My Butt Look Big?

When looking through the books about wrestling, there is a common theme among many of them, which is that there is a major slant towards one of the spectrum, one way or the other.  This is especially true of wrestler autobiographies, and if you have read any of the WWE published wrestler autobiographies at all, you'll notice that some of them don't even bother to try and break kayfabe (fantasy, read: Hulk Hogan's autobiography).  And there are those that are complete and utter crap to the point where I won't even bother try to skim through (The Rock, and that one had little to no involvement from him, so calling that an autobiography would be a stretch).

There are exceptions, as Mick Foley has proven time and time again, with two autobiographies that became New York Times best sellers (Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, which will be reviewed in the near future, and Foley is Good) and a children's book that has Christmas in mind.  You can throw Chris Jericho onto the list of wrestlers turned successful authors (which is a very short list) and his autobiography A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex.  The book wasn't published by the WWE, which gives him some free reign when it comes to his sense of humor, which is evident in spades.  The book stops to the point of his WWF debut in 1999 (it was called that prior to 2002), which leaves an open door to the next ten years or so of his life.  The autobiography covers his journeys through Mexico, Germany, and Japan, among others, as he chases his dream of being a wrestler on the big stage of New York, otherwise known as the WWE.  Throughout the book, you will laugh at some of the things that happened while he was on the path to reaching his goals and you will also cry a little, too, with stories about his mother and some of his closest friends that he made while on the road.  Mostly though, putting down the book will be difficult to do, as it is one of the most compelling reads by a pro wrestler.  Jericho's journey is one that very few will EEEEEEEEE-ever take a-gain, and only Jericho could make such a journey entertaining and emotional at the same time.