Jericho's Second Book Set For Release

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

Chris Jericho's second autobiography will be titled "Highlight of the Night." While a domestic release has not been announced, it will be released on 9/16 in Canada and 2/17/11 in Great Britain.

The synopsis released with promotional material for the book reads:

A Lion's Tale documented Chris Jericho's journey from small-time dreamer to big-time superstar, from Winnipeg, Canada, to undisputed WWE heavyweight champion of the world. Having achieved his wildest dreams in A Lion's Tale, Chris Jericho's sequel kicks off just as the fantasy begins to unravel. Faced with endless internal politics on his rise to the top of the WWE company ladder, Jericho has to draw on the super-human resources that got him there in the first place. There are bruising encounters aplenty both inside and outside the ring. He reveals why he temporarily left WWE, includes the inside story of his time in Hollywood, and opens the can of worms that is life on the road with Fozzy. He also re-visits the premature birth of his twins and the pain of his mother's death, as well as the shock of Eddy Guerrero's and the Benoit family deaths. As upfront and outspoken as A Lion's Tale, the sequel is outspoken and direct as the man himself.

[Juan]

Old

[The Gold Standard]

I can't wait. I loved the first, and have been waiting for a second for a while.

[Xero]

Old

Release dates weren't set.

[screech]

Old

Still awesome

[Juan]

Still awesome

Agreed

[Tazz Dan]

I want this. Might have to order from England.

[jskinnyg]

Jericho is THE man... Has been since he and Ralphus were kicking ass in WCW... He's better than anyone now... and doesn't need to be on top to prove it... Although he will be the champ before the year is out... Write that down...

[GD]

I am reading his first book at the moment and it's too good.

[Dave Youell]

His first book for me was the best since Foley's first effort

[Jeritron]

Can't wait for this. His first book was fantastic

[RGWhat316]

Cool, first book was fun, now I cant wait to hear about the WWE run.

[Joesgonnakillyou]

His first book for me was the best since Foley's first effort

I prefered Bret Hart's but I think I'm alone in that...

I'm looking forward to this one though. I wonder how honest he can be while still in WWE.

[Mr. JL]

Is this a WWE produced Chris Jericho book? Or a book published independantly from the WWE? I am hoping it is the latter.

[NeanderCarl]

No I probably preferred Bret's too, just because its so comprehensive and detailed. Not taking anything away from Jericho; his writing style is certaining very amiable and appealing, and he's no slouch in the depth department either, but it's a shame that he only covers up to the point he joined the WWF, which I think will probably be some of the most interesting stuff he could talk about. Certainly looking forward to the sequel.

I'm sure I'm not alone in considering Foley, Jericho and Bret's books to be jointly the best autobiographies in the biz.

Still waiting for an equally good one to cross my path. My Gary Michael Capetta book just arrived today. Maybe I'm reaching now...

[CSL]

Have had the first one for about 2 years and still haven't read it yet. Will probably buy this before that happens.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Will be buying this first chance I get...I've actually re-read some bits of Jericho's first book just cause the stories are amazing.</font>

[DaveWadding]

I'll buy it from Canada. Probably.

[Rammsteinmad]

Promotional materials were sent out recently for Highlight of the Night, Chris Jericho’s next book. It is set for release on September 16 in Canada and February 12 2011 in the UK. A synopsis for the book was sent with the material, which is below: A Lion’s Tale documented Chris Jericho’s journey from small-time dreamer to big-time superstar, from Winnipeg, Canada, to undisputed WWE heavyweight champion of the world. Having achieved his wildest dreams in A Lion’s Tale, Chris Jericho’s sequel kicks off just as the fantasy begins to unravel. Faced with endless internal politics on his rise to the top of the WWE company ladder, Jericho has to draw on the super-human resources that got him there in the first place. There are bruising encounters aplenty both inside and outside the ring. He reveals why he temporarily left WWE, includes the inside story of his time in Hollywood, and opens the can of worms that is life on the road with Fozzy. He also re-visits the premature birth of his twins and the pain of his mother’s death, as well as the shock of Eddy Guerrero’s and the Benoit family deaths. As upfront and outspoken as A Lion’s Tale, the sequel is outspoken and direct as the man himself.

Fucking sweet!!! 'A Lions Tale' is easily the best book I've ever read. Ever.

Definitely gonna get this when it comes out.

So, to justify making this thread, discuss your favourite moments from 'A Lions Tale'.

:D:D:D:D:D

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Not to be a dick, but...</font>

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=99443

[Supreme Olajuwon]

'A Lions Tale' is easily the best book I've ever read. Ever.


You should read more books.

[Londoner]

You should read more books.

And threads.

[NeanderCarl]

This Capetta book is surprisingly good actually.

[Xero]

From Jericho's Twitter:

Contrary to popular belief, my upcoming second book is not entitled The Highlight Of The Night or Undisputed Attitude...

[ministrychick77]

so that makes me wonder where people got that info.. probally purely made it up. still can't wait for it. first book was awesome!

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

The final title for Chris Jericho's second autobiography will be "Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps". The book will be officially released in February 2011 by Grand Central Publishing.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Can't wait.</font> :heart:

[RiX1024]

hope this one will be a good read! the first one was funny!

[tjmidnight420]

I'm looking forward to this...

[Rammsteinmad]

Awesome name for a book :lol:

[The Gold Standard]

I can't wait. I loved his first book, couldn't put it down when I was reading it.

[Xero]

Just to 100% confirm the name, from Jericho's Twitter:

IAmJericho It's official!! The title of my next book is- Undisputed: How To Become The World Champion In 1372 Easy Steps

I wonder if it's a reference to how many matches he had up to that point.

[CSL]

Reviews are starting to come

In the opening foreword of Chris Jericho’s new book “Undisputed: How To Become The World Champion In 1,372 Easy Steps," Mick Foley writes about how back in 2007 when Jericho’s first autobiography “A Lion’s Tale” was released, Foley found himself not only enthralled in the story Jericho was telling but worried that he was about to lose his title as the wrestling star with the best autobiography out there.

While Foley has never defeated Jericho in a wrestling ring (a point Jericho makes sure to point out numerous times throughout this book), Mick refuses to relinquish his title in the author’s squared circle but not before putting him over big time and basically admitting that if someone is the next Mick Foley in the wrestling author ranks, it's Chris Jericho. If anything that is all you need to know before deciding whether or not to pick up Jericho’s new autobiography as Jericho delivers another awesome read.

Picking up where A Lion’s Tale left off, Y2J takes you through his WWE career to date beginning with the famous debut segment on Raw where he interrupted The Rock turning out to be one of the most unique debuts in recent memory. Despite this fact, Jericho’s early days in the WWE were no different than many before him as he recalls the massive heat he developed backstage as he tried to adjust to the WWE way of doing things.

Jericho’s story is both intriguing and hilarious at the same time. Coming from WCW to the WWE was a major transition for Chris. In the first few weeks and months of his WWE career, he managed to piss off locker room leaders like The Undertaker and Triple H, developed a reputation of being green as grass and nearly had his “Walls of Jericho” finisher named “The Salad Shooter” of all things. Yes that’s right, WWE’s creative team offered up some of the dumbest names one can think of, and Jericho includes the original email to prove it.

Reading the stories of Jericho’s interactions with boss Vince McMahon is a fascinating look inside the WWE that we rarely get. Any wrestling fan has heard the things the so called dirt sheets has had to say about McMahon and his rapport with his staff, but having it come straight from the mouth of someone who has spent a lot of time working for him and someone without an agenda of being bitter over a release or sucking up in hopes of a push, makes much of this book a truly awesome read.

Coming in at nearly 450 pages, the book covers a lot but doesn’t seem anywhere near that long as its quite the pager turner. Amongst what will be the most talked about chapters is the one simply entitled Benoit. It may be nearing four years since the tragic events of June 2007, but reading this chapter about Jericho’s interactions with Benoit in the weeks leading up to the tragedy and his reaction is truly captivating.

Although Jericho doesn’t intend to offer up any sort of new information on the tragedy, he indirectly does so when describing how hard it was for him to interact with Benoit during his final years due to Benoit’s anti-social nature. Much like he did during the few media appearances Jericho made during the media blitz that covered the tragedy, Jericho does what I consider the best job in telling the world how and what to separate when thinking of Chris Benoit the man versus Chris Benoit the murderer.

The other important aspect of this book is Jericho’s decision to chase yet another dream with the formation of his band Fozzy. The chapters about the adventures of Fozzy are sprinkled throughout the book and are just as interesting as the wrestling related chapters as you learn a lot about how the recording industry truly works and how hard it was for Fozzy to even get to the point they are today.

Overall, Undisputed is yet another great book from Chris Jericho. It’s honest, its entertaining and it’s insightful, I highly recommend it, and to Mick Foley I’d say watch out, Jericho could quickly become the “undisputed” wrestling author champion of the world.

Chris Jericho’s “Undisputed: How To Become The World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps” will be available February 16th in book stores everywhere.

Chris Jericho's latest autobiography, Undisputed, is only disappointing in comparison to his first one, A Lion's Tale. The difference stems from the very nature of his career, as recounted here. Whereas he once was an up-and-comer, struggling on the indy scene, he's now a WWE star and sometimes a rocker.

In short, the big leagues are never as funny as the minor leagues. Slap Shot was great, but The Tooth Fairy or Mystery, Alaska, not so much.

That said, Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps still deserves to be ranked amongst the top wrestling autobiographies e-e-e-e-v-v-v-e-e-r-r-r-r.

And anyone who reads it will be laughing at the stories, touched by the honesty and emotion, and absolutely over the moon that this isn't a WWE-sanctioned book.

Undisputed, co-written again with Peter Thomas Fornatale, picks up where A Lion's Tale left off, with Jericho making his WWE debut, about to verbally spar with The Rock. The insight into his debut is fascinating. "My cowardly heel routine made it hard for the audience to believe that I was a credible opponent for a megastar like The Rock, even though that was the initial plan," he writes, unashamed to acknowledge his failures.


Jericho goes into detail on how he began "stockpiling nuclear heat" backstage, while naming names and exploring the multiple reasons.

This is a decidedly non-PG book, not quite rated-R, but getting close with the tales of boozing and good times. It also makes me miss the so-called "Attitude Era" of the WWE, where Jericho was allowed to call Stephanie McMahon all kinds of wicked names, while the fans chanted along.

As it is also a non-WWE sanctioned tome, thankfully, and Jericho is allowed to address the backstage relationships, including Triple H and Chyna, and then Triple H and Stephanie, his contract negotiations, payoffs and paycuts. After one particularly bad dispute with the boss, Vince McMahon, Jericho sought out Bret Hart for some advice. The Hitman said that McMahon "was like a drill sergeant who liked to tear people down and build them back up in his own image," to which Jericho writes, "Well, he had done half of that so far. I just hoped he wouldn't rebuild me with a bad pompadour and a loud suit."

Along the way, Jericho shares his recollections of some significant WWE moments, including Droz's accident which left him paralyzed, his storyline (and backstage clashes) with Chyna, the arrival of screenwriters to the WWE's writing staff, Eddie Guerrero's death, TNA's growth, and Goldberg's arrival and departure from the company.

He leaves the most significant one, the double murder/suicide of Chris Benoit in June 2007, to the end of the book, coincidentally almost the same point where Jericho had decided to return to the WWE, which is, once again, where his book concludes.

Benoit is one thread that runs throughout the book, and a far more serious one than the jabs at Mick Foley, who wrote one foreword (Zack Ryder wrote the other, better one, surprisingly).

As painful as the memories of Benoit's end may be, Jericho still has fond feelings for their in-ring performances, and reminds readers again and again that it's "unfortunate" that the footage has "been buried forever and technically doesn't exist anymore."

Like with Foley's recent efforts, the side ventures, like Jericho's Fozzy band, are nicely compartmentalized in chapters, allowing fans who aren't into the music scene to skip ahead. Doing so would miss out on a lot of humour and heart of the book, but unless you have a serious love of metal music, the names and songs will mean little to you.

On the personal front, we're privy to Jericho's wedding, the birth of his three children, his mother's death, and his forays into acting. In particular, the writing on his mom, who had been paralyzed for a number of years, was touching, and Jericho's efforts to forgive the man who caused her injury should be a lesson to us all. Some of the stories about his dad, Ted Irvine, who played in the NHL, are poignant as well, in particular the Stanley Cup story.

My only complaint (aside from the generic cover) is more of a warning: Undisputed lurches from funny to serious to affecting, from his twin daughters to Axl Rose to Chris Benoit, leaving the reader shaken from the roller coaster ride.

But it's all good, and leaves the door wide open for book number three.

lol Zack Ryder foreword

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol holy shit. Ryder said on his Twitter that he was writing a foreword and I assumed he was joking.

Picking this up ASAP.</font>

[Haze]

I wish I enjoyed reading.

[XL]

Dude try it.

I am by no means a "reader" but I ploughed through his first book.

[Haze]

I'll have to pick it up still trying to make it through my last book purchase, The Game (has nothing to do with HHH).

[Nicky Fives]

I hate reading with a passion, but I love wrestling...... Jericho's first book was great..... I'm hoping they sell both books together, so I can get the first one in a paper copy.....

[Haze]

I would buy a Jericho audio book.

[Rammsteinmad]

Well, his first book is STILL the best book I've ever read. The only book in the world that has any chance at all of taking that claim is this one.

Can't wait for this to come out!

[Rammsteinmad]

Also 450 pages wtf?! :nono:






























Not nearly enough! :(

[Splaya]

So when is the official date

[Troelar]

Reviews are starting to come


Chris Jericho’s “Undisputed: How To Become The World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps” will be available February 16th in book stores everywhere.


lol Zack Ryder foreword

[XL]

I think it's later in the UK. Sometime in March :(.

[PorkSoda]

Zack Ryder foreword? Ummmm......okay....???

Other than that confusion, I'm really looking forward to this. His first book was awesome. I'm really looking forward to reading about Jericho's mother, his feud with Chyna and the Benoit part.

[CSL]

I think it's later in the UK. Sometime in March :(.

Naw mane, day after, 17th.

[Xero]

http://www.amazon.com/Undisputed-Become-World-Champion-Steps/dp/0446538159/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1297113014&sr=8-5

Shipping now.

[Innovator]

I'm waiting for 2/15, when he does the book signing in my town.

[Fignuts]

Literally read the first book in two days.

[XL]

Naw mane, day after, 17th.
Ah, I knew it was the 17th but got the month wrong. Awesome though!

[XL]

Will the paperback be released the same day?

[wwe2222]

Literally read the first book in two days.

:y when i heard undisputed was about to come out, I downloaded the first book on saturday and finished it yesterday morning. Great book.

[Fignuts]

Zack Ryder foreword? Ummmm......okay....???

Other than that confusion, I'm really looking forward to this. His first book was awesome. I'm really looking forward to reading about Jericho's mother, his feud with Chyna and the Benoit part.

Porksoda doesn't get it.

[Jeritron]

I might just go to the Boston book signing to get it

[Disturbed316]

Got this the other week and loving it so far, just as funny as ALT and such a page turner.

[PorkSoda]

I must have read the Benoit chapter at least six or seven times, and it still gives me chills every time. It's like that chapter is haunted.

[Lock Jaw]

http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1370334361/IAmJericho_normal.jpg (http://twitter.com/#%21/IAmJericho) @IAmJericho (http://twitter.com/#%21/IAmJericho) Chris Jericho


The contract is in the mail so its official...there's gonna be a third book! It'll be released via Penguin Publishing in 2013. GET READY!!

21 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/#%21/IAmJericho/status/75717108293570560) via TwitBird (http://www.nibirutech.com/)

[Xero]

Woooo.

Still need to finish the second. Just haven't gotten time.

[RGWhat316]

Can't wait. Have loved the first 2 books. Will be interesting to hear about the fan punch in the next book.

[Asmo]

Finally got it, and its a page turner for sure. 3 chapters in.

Also, Zack Ryder, FTW. WWWYKI, bro.