Tom Billingtone Pure Dynamite: The Autobiography of Tom Dynamite

Tom Billingtone Pure Dynamite: The Autobiography of Tom Dynamite - I loved this book. At times it was very funny especially the bit with the goat. For fans like me who loved and grew up with Saturday afternoon wrestling and watched as Tom grew into a world star it explained a lot.

At times Tom's arrogance seems overbearing and the constant references to how "hard" he was seem a bit too much. He obviously rates himself as a practical joker but one suspects its tolerence by the others was more driven by fear than liking.

The last few untitled chapters come together well and at the end of it one suspects Tom has finally found his peace with the world. The end pictures are both sad and moving and I would love an update on where and how he is now.

From the book you gather he does not like autogragh hunters yet I would dearly love his (even now) a true innovator.

If you only buy one book about wrestling in the WWF by this. Buy the Rick Flair one for WCW/ NWA.

Mick Foley's book is better-written than both and more humorous and he comes across as being a much nicer guy, but for authenticity these two are the ones to get.

Tom Billington changed the face of professional wrestling forever.

As a fan lucky enough to have grown up watching the British Bulldogs in the eighties, it must be said that the current crop of cruiserweights in most of the American promotions (yes, especially you guys, Bret Hart and Chris Benoit!)owe this man a debt that they will never be able to repay.

This book revisits Billington's great battles and his legendary disregard for his own well-being. Admittedly his drug/steroid use combined with the career-shortening bumps and death-defying manouvres combined to end up placing 'Dynamite' in a wheelchair, but the overall tone of this book is one of 'no regrets'.The legendary (and some might say cruel) jokes he pulled on his fellow wrestlers, unflatteringly blunt opinions of the superstars of the day that he worked with and the feud he never resolved with cousin Davey Boy Smith are all covered with little or no embellishment. Here is a man who clearly feels that he has no bridges left to burn.

I laughed uproariously at parts of this book. I shook my head at the physical ordeal Billington put himself through, and, dammit, I got all teary-eyed reminiscing about the classic battles, feuds and angles the Bulldogs enjoyed in their heyday.

This is a classic book, and to my mind, it stands without a doubt alongside Mick Foley's 'Have a Nice Day' as one of the greatest books ever written about Professional Wrestling. Sad to say The Britsh Bulldog has passed-away now but we will Never forget you! PROMISE