Tito Santana's Tales from the Ring: Santana, Tito, Caiazzo, Tom: 9781596703254: Amazon.com: Books (original) (raw)
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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2010
Tito Santana had a lengthy and successful career in the wrestling ring. While he never attained the highest level of success, he managed to build an excellent career for a long time and he did it the clean, hard way.
Tito's book isn't a cheap self-praising book. Santana realistically recalls his career, the good and the bad. He tells stories o himself and some other greats, but he doesn't include hyperbolic praise of anyone. Santana delivers this book, like he delivered his career, straight-forward and entertaining.
A few more behind-the-scenes stories would have been welcome, but that is a minor complaint in a better-than-average Tales book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2008
In my opinion, it's not worth buying. The book is very short and does not have many details about Tito's life and career.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2008
Great book! He talks about life on the road! He also states what it is to be a minority in the business. The sacrifices that he made will make you think twice about how hard it is to be in the business! From football to wrestling he came along way.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2014
Tito Santana was a mainstay of the WWF for over a decade, he had a couple of great Intercontinental Title runs as well as feuds with most of the heels in the company yet his book is short (159 pages with larger than normal font) and has a number of factual errors throughout.
It is a very quick and easy read, quite enjoyable in places and Tito tells some good stories about various wrestlers he knew.
Not a bad book but could have been so much better with perhaps an extra 100 to 150 pages.
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2008
The World Wrestling Federation (Entertainment) years of Tito Santana go from the squared-circle of some of the biggest events ever in the industry to a much too rapid read; if this was a match, it has the feel of Gorilla Monsoon coming down to ringside and signaling for things to wrap-up fast.
From 1979-1993, Santana had a remarkable run with the company, holding on two occasions each the Intercontinental and Tag Team (with Ivan Putski and Rick Martel) and capturing the 1989 King of the Ring, while maintaining a spot near the top due to his solid work and popularity with fans. But by the end, he was relegated to a dark match versus Papa Shango on the Wrestlemania X card and ended his tenure on Wrestling Challenge, facing Virgil.
The pace of the book prohibits Santana and co-author Tom Calazzo from delving into any period with any depth. And though Santana will remain known for his work in WWF, he became a key performer for a small outfit called Eastern Championship Wrestling, which soon became the wild, hardcore Extreme Championship Wrestling.
This wrestling legend deserves a chance to really tell his story. The book never gains solid momentum because things rapidly go by like the story line in the first match in a mid-week house show.
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5.0 out of 5 stars El buen estado del libro
Reviewed in Spain on January 17, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars AUCH HIER ALLES GUT
Reviewed in Germany on July 15, 2013
lustige wwe -geschichten für den fan!
mein englisch hat sich hierdurch verbessert.
ein muß für jeden 90er jahre kult fan